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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
- Ready availability of primary care physicians
- Low prevalence of smoking
- Low percentage of children in poverty
Challenges
- High levels of air pollution
- High violent crime rate
- Large disparity in health status by education level
Highlights
- In the past year, drug deaths increased 10% from 12.2 to 13.4 per 100,000 population.
- In the past year, physical inactivity decreased 15% from 25.3% to 21.4% of adults.
- In the past 2 years, lack of health insurance decreased 31% from 13.1% to 9.0% of the population.
- In the past 5 years, public health funding decreased 31% from $109 to $75 per person.
- Since 1990, cancer deaths decreased 15% from 221.1 to 188.0 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.