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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 percentage of high school graduation
- Small disparity in health status by educational attainment
Challenges
- High prevalence of smoking
- High violent crime rate
- High prevalence of frequent physical distress
Highlights
- In the past three years, drug deaths increased 17% from 15.7 to 18.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
- In the past year, HPV immunization among females ages 13 to 17 years increased 94% from 20.1% to 38.9%
- In the past year, Tdap immunization among adolescents ages 13 to 17 years decreased 7% from 86.0% to 79.7%.
- In the past eight years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 39% from 97.8 to 59.9 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past two years, disparity in health status by education decreased 36% from 32.1% to 20.5%.

