You read that right. Iowa is the #1 State for Doctors according to a new analysis from the personal finance website WalletHub.

With National Doctor’s Day around the corner, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2017's Best & Worst States for Doctors.

To identify the best states for those in the business of saving lives, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key metrics. The data set ranges from average annual wage of physicians to hospitals per capita to quality of public hospital system.

What we found interesting was the states who were the worst are all on the east coast.

Best States for Doctors Worst States for Doctors

  1. Iowa 
  2. Minnesota
  3. Idaho
  4. Wisconsin
  5. Kansas
  6. South Dakota
  7. Montana
  8. Mississippi
  9. Alabama
  10. Tennessee

Worst States for Doctors

  1. Delaware
  2. Hawaii
  3. Maine
  4. Connecticut
  5. Massachusetts
  6. Rhode Island
  7. Maryland
  8. New Jersey
  9. District of Columbia
  10. New York

Best vs. Worst:

  • Nebraska has the highest average annual wage for surgeons (adjusted for cost of living), $307,590, which is 2.5 times higher than in the District of Columbia, registering the lowest at $121,139.
  • Idaho has the lowest number of physicians per 1,000 residents, 0.72, which is 10 times lower than in the District of Columbia, registering the highest at 7.23.
  • Florida has the highest projected share of the population aged 65 and older by 2030, 27.1 percent, which is 2.1 times higher than in Utah, registering the lowest at 13.2 percent.
  • South Carolina has the lowest number of serious disciplinary actions taken by the state medical board per 1,000 physicians, 1.33, which is 5.1 times lower than in Wyoming, registering the highest at 6.79.
  • North Dakota has the lowest amount of malpractice award payouts per capita, $1.03, which is 35.1 times lower than in New York, registering the highest at $36.15.
  • Wisconsin has the lowest annual malpractice liability insurance rate, $6,699, which is 6.1 times lower than in New York, registering the highest at $40,826.

Click here for the full report and some cool info-graphics.

Source: WalletHub

More From 97.7 KCRR