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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 smoking
- Low rate of preventable hospitalizations
- Low rate of cancer deaths
Challenges
- Low percentage of high school graduation
- High percentage of children in poverty
- Large disparity in health status by educational attainment
Highlights
- In the past year, smoking decreased 15% from 16.5% to 14.0% of adults.
- In the past six years, chlamydia incidence increased 79% from 273.5 to 488.9 cases per 100,000 population.
- In the past year, HPV immunization among females ages 13 to 17 years increased 23% from 35.8% to 44.2%
- Since the 1990 edition, cardiovascular deaths decreased 36% from 332.5 to 213.7 deaths per 100,000 population.
- In the past year, infant mortality increased 4% from 5.5 to 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births.

