20 Of The Worst States For Retirement In The US

9. Mississippi——the fewest dentists in US

Mississippi regularly ranks low in the United States on measures of health, education and development, and high on measures of poverty.

The state ranks 50th or last among all states in health care, according to commonwealth Fund, a non-profit foundation dedicated to improving the performance of the health care system. Mississippi has the highest infant and newborn mortality rate of any state in the United States. The age-adjusted data also showed that Mississippi had the highest overall mortality rate, with the highest rates for heart disease, hypertension and hypertension-kidney disease, flu and pneumonia.

In 2011 Mississippi (and Arkansas) had the fewest dentists per capita in the country.

You don't want to go to the doctor when you have a toothache or a dentist's appointment is expensive.