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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
- Small disparity in health status by educational attainment
- Low violent crime rate
- Low percentage of uninsured population
Challenges
- High prevalence of smoking
- High cancer death rate
- High preventable hospitalization rate
Highlights
- In the past three years, children in poverty decreased 35% from 31.8% to 20.7% of children
- In the past three years, diabetes increased 24% from 10.6% to 13.1% of adults
- In the past five years, the percentage uninsured decreased 62% from 14.6% to 5.6% of the population
- In the past 10 years, drug deaths increased 85% from 13.8 to 25.5 deaths per 100,000 population
- In the past five years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 25% from 102.8 to 76.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees

