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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 prevalence of excessive drinking
- Small disparity in health status by educational attainment
- Low incidence of pertussis
Challenges
- High prevalence of smoking
- High violent crime rate
- High premature death rate
Highlights
- In the past year, excessive drinking increased 29% from 11.2% to 14.4% of adults
- In the past seven years, infant mortality decreased 16% from 8.2 to 6.9 deaths per 1,000 live births
- In the past five years, obesity increased 19% from 29.2% to 34.8% of adults
- In the past five years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 29% from 83.4 to 59.3 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
- In the past five years, drug deaths increased 27% from 15.7 to 19.9 deaths per 100,000 population

