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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 drug death rate in women
- Low prevalence of low birthweight births
- High prevalence of supportive neighborhoods
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking in women
- Low percentage of well-baby visits
- Low percentage of developmental screening
Highlights
- North Dakota ranks 4th in women's health, but 25th in children's health.
- It ranks 2nd in measures of community & environment, and 1st in community & environment measures for women, ranking 1st in concentrated disadvantage, food insecurity, and lifetime intimate partner violence.
- The state ranks 50th in excessive drinking and 37th in alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
- In North Dakota 14.7% of women report smoking during pregnancy (37th) and 29.8% of children live in households with a smoker (38th).
- North Dakota has a high prevalence of teen suicide at 20.6 deaths per 100,000 adolescents ages 15 to 19 years (47th).

