New York came in 10th in a national ranking of the safest states in the nation.
Finance resource website WalletHub compared various metrics, including workplace safety, emergency preparedness, traffic safety and financial security, from the 50 states and Washington, D.C. to come up with its list.
New York ranked well when it came to assaults per capita and annual consumer savings account averages, but Superstorm Sandy put the state 34th when it came to disaster safety, according to WalletHub’s CEO Odysseas Papadimitriou .
“Had it not been for [Superstorm] Sandy, it would have been higher,” he said.
Where the state ranked in various categories:
10th– Murder and
Non-negligent
Manslaughter per Capita
12th– Fatalities per
100 Million Vehicle Miles
of Travel
28th– Employer Health Insurance Coverage Rates
45th– Public Hospital Rankings12th– Percentage of Population Without Health Insurance Coverage19th– Percentage of People Who Spend More Than They Make
