Kane County now ranks as the 12th-healthiest among Illinois 102 counties, down from eighth last year.

Although Kane County slipped in the rankings, Kane County Health Department spokesman Tom Schlueter said the county actually improved on 12 of 29 factors measured. He said seven measures showed a decline and eight were identical to last year.

"There is always room for improvement," Schlueter said. "This is just a shapshot of information that they gathered for this year's rankings. Smaller counties improved more than we did."