List ranks sickest cities when it comes to flu
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Posted: 03/14/2011
Are you living in one of America's sickest cities? If you live in Baltimore you don't.
The online news site "The Daily Beast" has compiled a list of what it says are the nation's sickest places when it comes to flu.
They named Dayton, Ohio the nation's sickest city.
Coming in at number two is the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
Mobile, Alabama; San Diego and Jacksonville rounded out the top five.
Editors used positive flu test rates, vaccination numbers and length of flu season among their criteria.
Closest to us, Washington DC comes in at number 13 on the list.
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