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America’s Heath Rankings charts are available for you to download for use in PowerPoint presentations, handouts, or wherever you choose! In the top right corner of any chart, press the download icon.
You can also share a single chart, a whole measure, or a State page to Facebook or Twitter by looking for the share icon in the top right corner of a chart or an entire web page.
Strengths
- Low rate of preventable hospitalizations
- Few poor mental health days
- Low prevalence of obesity
Challenges
- High incidence of Salmonella
- Low immunization among adolescents for Tdap
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
Highlights
- In the past year, immunizations among children ages 19 to 35 months increased 11% from 66.5% to 73.7%.
- In the past 2 years, diabetes increased 26% from 7.8% to 9.8% of adults.
- In the past 5 years, air pollution increased 13% from 6.7 to 7.6 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter.
- In the past 5 years, lack of health insurance decreased 25% from 8.0% to 6.0% of the population.
- In the past 20 years, children in poverty increased 32% from 12.8% to 16.9% of children.


*Negative value denotes below US average; positive value denotes above US average. **Difference in the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with vs. without a high school education who report their health is very good or excellent.