7 Cities Where You Don’t Want to Get Sick

2. Rocky Mount, NC 

30-day readmission rate: 17.3%  

30-day mortality rate: 14.6% 

Preventable hospitalizations: 59.2 per 1,000 patients  

No. of physicians: 50.0 per 100,000  

Median household income: $38,972  

Rocky Mount, NC, stands second among the cities where you don’t want to get sick, including disabilities and lack of health insurance among residents. Top health priorities include Metabolic Syndrome, Poverty, and Behavioral Health. Financially, the city has a median household income of $50,092 and a 19.6% poverty rate.