Sadness and Happiness

A breakdown of Americans.

In broad strokes, the happiest Americans are older, richer and living out in California. The least healthy are middle-aged, lower-middle-class, and southern. Why?

Dig into the numbers and you begin to see some interesting gaps in well-being. The healthy behavior index is almost 10 percent higher in the West compared with the Midwest and South (68 vs. 63.3, 63.1, respectively.) Separated couples have a low 56.2 overall well-being rating, compared with married couples' 69.4. Asians lead all ethnicities.

Can I hear a woop, woop for old Californian Asians! I guess I just need to stay alive, stay married, get rich, and stay in California and happiness will be mine. Shouldn't be too hard.