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Overall - Children in Alabama
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Alabama Value:

-0.505

Sum of weighted z-scores of measures for children

Alabama Rank:

45

Value and rank based on data from 2025

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Overall - Children by State

Rank based on: Sum of weighted z-scores of measures for children

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Data from America's Health Rankings composite measure, 2025

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Top StatesRankValue
Massachusetts
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10.768
Minnesota
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20.661
Vermont
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30.643
Your StateRankValue
West Virginia
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44-0.470
Alabama
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45-0.505
New Mexico
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46-0.569
Bottom StatesRankValue
Arkansas
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48-0.731
Mississippi
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49-0.812
Louisiana
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50-0.879

Overall - Children

Massachusetts
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10.768
Minnesota
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20.661
Vermont
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30.643
New Hampshire
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40.588
New Jersey
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50.549
Utah
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60.511
Connecticut
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70.489
Washington
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80.473
Rhode Island
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90.459
Maryland
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100.445
Nebraska
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110.425
Hawaii
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120.421
Colorado
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130.402
Iowa
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140.365
North Dakota
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150.335
Virginia
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160.271
New York
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170.249
Wisconsin
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180.224
Maine
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190.199
Oregon
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200.170
California
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210.155
Illinois
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220.146
Idaho
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230.089
Michigan
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240.064
North Carolina
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250.057
Pennsylvania
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260.040
South Dakota
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270.036
Kansas
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280.002
Wyoming
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29-0.024
Indiana
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30-0.062
Delaware
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31-0.077
Florida
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32-0.099
Ohio
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33-0.117
Alaska
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34-0.118
Montana
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35-0.170
Arizona
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36-0.178
Texas
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37-0.210
South Carolina
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38-0.278
Kentucky
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39-0.314
Georgia
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40-0.319
Tennessee
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41-0.328
Missouri
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42-0.370
Nevada
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43-0.385
West Virginia
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44-0.470
Alabama
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45-0.505
New Mexico
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46-0.569
Oklahoma
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47-0.673
Arkansas
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48-0.731
Mississippi
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49-0.812
Louisiana
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50-0.879
United States
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  • America's Health Rankings composite measure, 2025

Overall - Children Trends

Rank based on: Sum of weighted z-scores of measures for children

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About Overall - Children

Top State(s): Massachusetts: 0.768

Bottom State(s): Louisiana: -0.879

Definition: Sum of weighted z-scores of measures for children

Data Source and Years(s): America's Health Rankings composite measure, 2025

Suggested Citation: America's Health Rankings analysis of America's Health Rankings composite measure, United Health Foundation, AmericasHealthRankings.org, accessed 2026.

The America’s Health Rankings model synthesizes measures across five categories — Social and Economic Factors, Physical Environment, Clinical Care and Behaviors — reflecting that determinants of health directly influence the fifth category, Health Outcomes. This model is built upon the World Health Organization’s definition of health: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

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