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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 mental health days
- High rate of high school graduation
- Low prevalence of low birthweight
Challenges
- Large disparity in health status by education level
- Low immunization among adolescents for Tdap
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
Highlights
- In the past year, physical inactivity decreased 16% from 25.3% to 21.3% of adults.
- In the past 2 years, smoking decreased 12% from 19.7% to 17.3% of adults.
- In the past 10 years, premature death decreased 11% from 6,883 to 6,125 years lost per 100,000 population.
- Since 1990, children in poverty increased 62% from 11.3% to 18.3% of children.
- Since 1990, cardiovascular deaths decreased 39% from 368.7 to 224.7 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.