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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 among adolescents for MCV4
- Low percentage of uninsured population
Challenges
- Low immunization coverage among children
- Low immunization among adolescents for Tdap
- High prevalence of smoking
Highlights
- In the past year, HPV immunization among females ages 13 to 17 years increased 19% from 34.5% to 40.9%
- In the past year, disparity in health status by education level decreased 13% from 29.7% to 25.8%.
- In the past 5 years, lack of health insurance decreased 24% from 12.7% to 9.7% of the population.
- Since 1990, children in poverty decreased 6% from 22.1% to 20.8% of children.
- In the past 20 years, infant mortality decreased 32% from 10.3 to 7.0 deaths per 1,000 live births.


*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.