The 10 Safest and Most Dangerous States

A new study ranked all 50 states from safest to most dangerous.They used criteria like crime rate, car accidents, work injuries, disease rates, the number of major natural disasters in the past decade, the number of cops and firefighters, and suicide rates.

The 10 safest states are Vermont . . . Massachusetts . . . New Hampshire . . . Rhode Island . . . Maine . . . Connecticut . . . Minnesota . . . Virginia . . . Utah . . . and Iowa.

The 10 most dangerous states are Mississippi . . . Oklahoma . . . Alaska . . . New Mexico . . . Tennessee . . . South Carolina . . . Louisiana . . . Arkansas . . . Nevada . . . and Missouri.