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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 violent crime rate
- Low preventable hospitalization rate
Challenges
- Lower number of primary care physicians
- High incidence of Salmonella
- Large disparity in health status by educational attainment
Highlights
- In the past two years, obesity decreased 5% from 28.9% to 27.4% of adults
- After decreasing between 2012-2015, diabetes increased 17% in the past two years, from 7.6% to 8.9% of adults
- In the past five years, smoking decreased 16% from 17.2% to 14.5% of adults
- In the past two years, frequent mental distress increased 15% from 9.3% to 10.7% of adults
- In the past five years, children in poverty decreased 39% from 22.3% to 13.5% of children

