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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 smoking
- Low occupational fatality rate
- Low infant mortality rate
Challenges
- Low percentage of high school graduation
- Low Tdap immunization coverage among adolescents
- Large difference in health status by high school education
Highlights
- Since 2012, smoking decreased 31% from 17.5% to 12.0% of adults
- In the past year, children in poverty decreased 13% from 14.3% to 12.5% of children
- In the past two years, mental health providers increased 21% from 308.5 to 373.3 per 100,000 population
- Despite steady decreases since 1994, violent crime increased 10% from 284 to 312 offenses per 100,000 population in the past three years
- In the past year, diabetes increased 9% from 9.1% to 9.9% of adults
- In the past two years, infant mortality decreased 13% from 4.7 to 4.1 deaths per 1,000 live births, continuing a steady decrease since 1990

