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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 maternal mortality rate
- Low infant mortality rate
- Low teen birth rate
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking in women
- High cost of infant child care
- High prevalence of homeless family households
Highlights
- Massachusetts is doing well in all measures of mortality, ranking in the top 5 in infant, neonatal, child, and maternal mortality.
- The state excels in all measures of women's clinical care, ranking in the top 3 in all measures.
- It has a high prevalence of excessive drinking (ranks 43rd) and alcohol consumption during pregnancy (ranks 39th).
- In Massachusetts, only 3.6% of women are uninsured, ranking the state 1st for this measure.
- While it ranks in the bottom 10 in homeless family households and high infant child care cost, the state ranks 1st in children with health insurance.

