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From The Nashville Tennessean Newspaper as reported by WBIR.com: A study released December 18th ranked Tennessee as the fourth-happiest state based on the answers of Tennesseans and what researchers called objective measures of good living. The Centers for Disease Control polled more than 1.3 million people across the country, and only three states - Louisiana, Hawaii and Florida - ranked higher in happiness than the Volunteer State. The places where people are most likely to report happiness also tend to rate high on studies comparing things like climate, crime rates, air quality and schools. Tennessee has had its share of sobering rankings this year. The fifth-highest death rate for cancer patients . Forty-seventh in preventing infant mortality . Fourth fattest in the nation. But happiness is something that Vanderbilt University philosophy professor John Lachs says can't be scientifically measured as easily as those things. People tend to think about happiness in the context of...

From The Nashville Tennessean Newspaper as reported by WBIR.com: A study released December 18th ranked Tennessee as the fourth-happiest state based on the answers of Tennesseans and what researchers called objective measures of good living. The Centers for Disease Control polled more than 1.3 million people across the country, and only three states - Louisiana, Hawaii and Florida - ranked higher in happiness than the Volunteer State. The places where people are most likely to report happiness also tend to rate high on studies comparing things like climate, crime rates, air quality and schools. Tennessee has had its share of sobering rankings this year. The fifth-highest death rate for cancer patients . Forty-seventh in preventing infant mortality . Fourth fattest in the nation. But happiness is something that Vanderbilt University philosophy professor John Lachs says can't be scientifically measured as easily as those things. People tend to think about happiness in the context of...