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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 diabetes in women
- High percentage of home health visits
- Low prevalence of drug or alcohol dependence or abuse in children
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking in women
- High cost of infant child care
- Low percentage of children with adequate health insurance
Highlights
- On measures of community & environment, Minnesota ranks 5th in concentrated disadvantage, food insecurity, and protective home environment (ages 6-17), and 7th in supportive neighborhoods.
- The state ranks in the bottom 10 in alcohol consumption during pregnancy and excessive drinking among women ages 18 to 44.
- It ranks 4th for a low percentage of uninsured women and 3rd for a low percentage of unintended pregnancies.
- In Minnesota, 95.5% of live births had prenatal care before 3rd trimester and 43.8% of children ages 10 months to 5 years received developmental screening.
- While the state ranks 6th for children's health, it’s lagging in teen suicide (38th), homeless family households (41st), and adequacy of health insurance (47th).

