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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 in women
- Low prevalence of alcohol during pregnancy
- Low prevalence of tobacco use in children
Challenges
- High percentage of uninsured women
- High percentage of low-risk cesarean deliveries
- Low percentage of children with adequate health insurance
Highlights
- Florida is far behind other states in the clinical care (49th) and policy (48th) categories.
- It ranks 50th in flu vaccine for women and also ranks low in percentage of dental visits (44th) and percentage of dedicated health care providers (45th).
- Fewer women smoke (8.5%) and drink alcohol (5.2%) during pregnancy in Florida than most other states.
- The state ranks 43rd in both high school graduation (76.1%) and youth drug or alcohol dependence or abuse (5.8%).
- In Florida, 5.1% of children missed 11 or more school days in the past year compared to 6.2% nationally.

