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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 incidence of pertussis
- High Tdap immunization coverage among adolescents
Challenges
- High prevalence of smoking
- High percentage of children in poverty
- High prevalence of low birthweight
Highlights
- In the past five years, the percentage uninsured decreased 45% from 20.3% to 11.1% of the population
- In the past three years, drug deaths increased 37% from 12.9 to 17.7 deaths per 100,000 population
- In the past five years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 29% from 92.1 to 65.8 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
- In the past four years, premature death increased 2% from 9,806 to 10,003 years lost before age 75 per 100,000 population
- In the past 10 years, air pollution decreased 36% from 12.2 to 7.8 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter

