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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
- Low prevalence of excessive drinking
- High immunization among adolescent females for HPV
- High immunization coverage among children
Challenges
- Large disparity in health status by education level
- Low per capita public health funding
- High infant mortality rate
Highlights
- In the past year, physical inactivity decreased 13% from 26.6% to 23.2% of adults.
- In the past year, HPV immunization among females ages 13 to 17 years increased 64.6% from 32.8% to 54.0%
- In the past 2 years, disparity in health status by education level increased 13% from 32.1% to 36.4%.
- In the past 10 years, premature death decreased 9% from 8,396 to 7,604 years lost per 100,000 population.
- Since 1990, cardiovascular deaths decreased 42% from 430.3 to 251.1 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.