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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
- Low preventable hospitalization rate
- Low cardiovascular death rate
Challenges
- High percentage of children in poverty
- High levels of air pollution
- Lower number of mental health providers
Highlights
- In the past two years, children in poverty decreased 19% from 28.5% to 23.1% of children
- In the past five years, obesity increased 16% from 25.1% to 29.0% of adults
- In the past five years, smoking decreased 24% from 19.3% to 14.7% of adults
- In the past 10 years, drug deaths increased 40% from 13.6 to 19.0 deaths per 100,000 population
- In the past five years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 32% from 52.9 to 36.1 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees

