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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 obesity
- High rate of mental health providers
- Low infant mortality rate
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
- High drug death rate
- Large difference in health status by high school education
Highlights
- In the past three years, drug deaths increased 87% from 15.7 to 29.3 deaths per 100,000 population
- Since 2012, immunizations among children ages 19-35 months increased 16% from 70.7% to 82.1%
- In the past 10 years, chlamydia increased 71% from 250.3 to 427.3 cases per 100,000 population
- In the past two years, public health funding increased 27% from $108 to $137
- Since 1990, violent crime decreased 40% from 565 to 338 offenses per 100,000 population
- Since 2012, diabetes increased 8% from 8.0% to 8.6% of adults

