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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
- Few poor physical health days
- Low rate of cardiovascular deaths
- Low percentage of uninsured population
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
- Low immunization among adolescent males for HPV
- Low per capita public health funding
Highlights
- In the past year, physical inactivity decreased 14% from 23.5% to 20.2% of adults.
- In the past 2 years, smoking decreased 13% from 18.8% to 16.3% of adults.
- In the past 5 years, low birthweight decreased 4% from 6.7% to 6.4% of live births.
- In the past 10 years, infant mortality increased 6% from 4.8 to 5.1 deaths per 1,000 live births.
- Since 1990, cardiovascular deaths decreased 47% from 350.6 to 186.5 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.