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Summary of 
California

Strengths

  • Low premature death rate
  • Low prevalence of multiple chronic conditions
  • Low prevalence of cigarette smoking

Challenges

  • High economic hardship index score
  • Low supply of primary care providers
  • High percentage of households experiencing severe housing problems

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Measures Impacting a State's Rank

See which measures have the most impact on California’s 2022 Annual Report ranking and how California ranks on all measures.

California’s 2022 Annual Report Ranking: #22Adjust My Rank

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Annual Report
Measure2022 Value2022 Rank

-0.126

30

0.077

20

8.7

7

3.2

4

$138

17

442

35

-0.665

40

87

46

8.2%

49

37.6%

4

15.6%

50

$42,396

10

12.3%

29

8.3%

48

9.6%

18

55.9%

49

29.0

8

5.25

42

-0.117

29

31.0%

30

84.4%

50

84.5%

31

13.4

21

0.199

14

12.0%

6

94.6%

4

63

20

27.5%

45

58.5%

32

-0.554

49

-0.628

46

12.8

50

0.0%

1

100.0%

1

5,953,461

35

59.3%

36

4

1

6.0

5

-0.457

48

63.7%

7

17.0%

27

25.9%

49

-0.098

27

0.257

24

9.2%

28

0.377

15

77.2

3

440.9

10

209.6

48

7.0%

22

-0.511

34

62.4%

50

64.6%

31

-0.095

29

67.7%

42

43.5%

33

69.0%

9

0.200

20

82.1%

37

2,219

12

0.558

11

0.550

12

22.6%

27

9.0%

9

20.1%

8

0.093

23

452.2

19

6.1%

37

11.0

12

0.360

19

31.2%

19

1.710

2

5.2%

6

8.9%

2

0.495

8

0.037

23

22.4

21

16.7%

20

14.4%

21

16.5%

33

10.6

7

0.435

9

7,020

7

1.6

27

0.595

11

10.0%

15

50.1%

36

6.9%

6

2.1

37

7.0%

2

20.1%

1

8.8%

8

5.4%

1

6.4%

3

2.5%

5

4.6%

3

15.2%

2

11.6%

34

1.600

4

27.9%

3

33.9%

14

27.6%

4

0.127

22

39,237,836

22.4%

62.5%

15.2%

5.0%

* Value indicates a score. Higher scores are healthier and lower scores are less healthy.

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