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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 obesity
- Low violent crime rate
- Low percentage of population without insurance
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
- High rate of cancer deaths
- Large disparity in health status by educational attainment
Highlights
- In the past year, physical inactivity increased 17% from 19.0% to 22.2% of adults.
- In the past year, children in poverty increased 50% from 11.5% to 17.3% of children.
- In the past 10 years, the percentage of the population without health insurance decreased 60% from 11.1% to 4.4%.
- In the past two years, low birthweight increased 15% from 6.2% to 7.1% of live births.
- In the past year, preventable hospitalizations decreased 10% from 43.2 to 38.8 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.

