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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
- Higher number of mental health providers
- Low cancer death rate
Challenges
- High violent crime rate
- High percentage of children in poverty
- High drug death rate
Highlights
- In the past two years, excessive drinking increased 10% from 15.1% to 16.6% of adults
- In the past three years, violent crime increased 26% from 559 to 703 offenses per 100,000 population
- In the past five years, the percentage uninsured decreased 51% from 20.5% to 10.1% of the population
- In the past five years, children in poverty decreased 29% from 31.7% to 22.4% of children
- In the past 10 years, drug deaths increased 32% from 18.8 to 24.9 deaths per 100,000 population

