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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 difference in health status by high school education
- Low drug death rate
Challenges
- High prevalence of obesity
- High percentage of children in poverty
- High cardiovascular death rate
Highlights
- Since 2012, smoking decreased 21% from 26.0% to 20.5% of adults
- In the past 15 years, air pollution decreased 39% from 12.7 to 7.7 micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter
- Since 1993, low birthweight increased 21% from 9.6% to 11.6% of live births
- In the past three years, primary care physicians increased 8% from 102.3 to 110.8 per 100,000 population
- In the past five years, premature death increased 7% from 10,354 to 11,043 years lost before age 75 per 100,000 population
- Since 2012, diabetes increased 15% from 12.4% to 14.3% of adults

