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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
- Small disparity in health status by education level
- High immunization coverage among adolescents
- Low levels of air pollution
Challenges
- High prevalence of obesity
- High percentage of children in poverty
- High prevalence of smoking
Highlights
- In the past year, disparity in health status by education level decreased 17% from 26.5% to 22.0%.
- In the past 5 years, children in poverty increased 73% from 19.5% to 33.7% of children.
- In the past 2 years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 16% from 87.5 to 73.3 per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
- In the past 5 years, public health funding decreased 33% from $95 to $64 per person.
- In the past 20 years, cardiovascular deaths decreased 26% from 414.4 to 306.3 per 100,000 population.


*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.