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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 rate of drug deaths
- Low percentage of children in poverty
- Low percentage of population without insurance
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
- High incidence of pertussis
- Low per capita public health funding
Highlights
- In the past five years, drug deaths increased 31% from 7.1 to 9.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
- In the past year, children in poverty decreased 33% from 11.9% to 8.0% of children.
- In the past year, meningococcal immunization among adolescents ages 13 to 17 years increased 11% from 75.5% to 83.6%.
- In the past eight years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 43% from 65.6 to 37.1 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past year, disparity in health status by education increased 4% from 24.6% to 25.7%.

