What statistics specifically are you thinking of, DC Al Fine? Many of the ones at the link are fairly US-centric measures.
Yes that's true. Refusing Obamacare funding doesn't really apply here
The one that stuck out for me in the Huffington Post article was obesity because ours is comparable to the South. As for a general case, Atlantic Canada has high unemployment rates, low wages, and our governments are only able to sustain themselves due to massive transfers from the federal government. The federal government subsidizes us via transfer payments, locating large numbers of civil service jobs, military bases etc in the region, and making it easier to go on pogey compared to other regions.
For example Cape Breton and rural Newfoundland spent much of the past few decades with unemployment rates over 20%.
Cape Breton's median income would make it one of the 10th wealthiest cities in Mississippi.
Yes in a currency that's worth 90% of the USD, and unadjusted for the cost of living. I doubt Mississippians are paying $9/gal for milk or $5.25/gal for gas