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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 levels of air pollution
- Low prevalence of obesity
- Low cardiovascular death rate
Challenges
- High percentage of uninsured population
- High prevalence of physical inactivity
- High incidence of Salmonella
Highlights
- In the past year, drug deaths increased 7% from 13.2 to 14.1 deaths per 100,000 population after four years of continuous decline. The rate today is 15% below what it was in 2012.
- In the past three years, cardiovascular deaths increased 3% from 223.0 to 229.0 deaths per 100,000 population
- In the past year, children in poverty decreased 23% from 24.4% to 18.7% of children
- In the past 5 years, premature death decreased 6% from 7,893 to 7,412 years lost before age 75 per 100,000 population
- In the past eight years, chlamydia increased 44% from 315.5 to 454.8 cases per 100,000 population

