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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 excessive drinking
- High flu vaccination coverage
- Low prevalence of activity-limiting joint pain
Challenges
- Low community support expenditures
- Low percentage of health screenings
- High premature death rate
Highlights
- In the past year, very good or excellent health status increased 19% from 28.4% to 33.8% of adults ages 65+.
- In the past year, low-care nursing home residents decreased 18% from 16.3% to 13.4% of residents.
- In the past year, smoking decreased 19% from 12.9% to 10.5% of adults ages 65+.
- In the past 3 years, home health care increased 44% from 58.2 to 83.7 home health care workers per 1,000 adults ages 75+.
- In the past 3 years, hospice care use increased 39% from 35.1% to 48.9% of decedents ages 65+.

