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Rankings and Ratings

Almost 40 percent of the U.S. population age 15 and older is obese, and the cost of obesity-related medical treatment is roughly $147 billion to $210 billion per year, according to a recent study by WalletHub.

Of the 118 U.S. medical schools that submitted admittance data for fall 2018 to U.S. News & World Report, the average acceptance rate for students was 6.8 percent.

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Secure, affordable housing plays a major role in health outcomes, according to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's 2019 County Health Rankings.

U.S. News & World Report released its rankings for the best medical schools in the U.S. for research and primary care on March 12.

Location plays a large role in a person's happiness, according to researchers at WalletHub.

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