June is Safety Month – So Where Does Washington Rank?
June is National Safety Month, a time to focus on reducing the leading causes of injury and death at work, on the roads and in our homes and communities and thousands of organizations across the country will spend the month of June working to raise awareness of what it takes to stay safe.
With three in 10 parents worrying about their children’s safety at school and one in six Americans naming terrorism as the most important U.S. problem, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2016's Safest States in America comparing 25 key “safety” metrics including “number of assaults per capita” to “unemployment rate” to “estimated losses from climate disasters.”
Washington State comes in at #21, in part because of the low number of police officers per capita. It would appear that New England has cornered the market of safety—find out why.
Top 10 Safest States in America | |||||
1 | Vermont | 6 | Connecticut | ||
2 | Massachusetts | 7 | Minnesota | ||
3 | New Hampshire | 8 | Virginia | ||
4 | Rhode Island | 9 | Utah | ||
5 | Maine | 10 | Iowa |
Comparing the Safest & Least Safe
- New Hampshire has the lowest number of murders and non-negligent manslaughters per 100,000 residents, 0.90, which is 18 times lower than in the District of Columbia, where it is highest, 15.94.
- Vermont has the lowest number of thefts per 100,000 residents, 1,535, which is four times lower than in the District of Columbia, where it is highest, 5,713.
- The District of Columbia has the highest number of law-enforcement employees per 100,000 residents, 766, which is four times higher than in Washington, where it is lowest, 207.
- Minnesota has the lowest pedestrian and pedacyclist fatality rate per 100,000 residents, 0.37, which is 10 times lower than in New Mexico, where it is highest, 3.8.
- The District of Columbia has the lowest percentage of high school students who were bullied online, 7.9 percent, which is three times lower than in Maine, where it is highest, 20.6 percent.
- Massachusetts has the lowest fatal occupational injury rate per 100,000 full-time workers, 1.7, which is eight times lower than in Wyoming, where it is highest, 13.1.
- North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate, 2.7 percent, which is three times lower than in the District of Columbia, where it is highest, 6.9 percent.
For the full report https://wallethub.com/edu/safest-states-to-live-in/4566/