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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
- High SNAP enrollment
- High home health care worker rate
- Low early death rate
Challenges
- High percentage of hospital deaths
- High percentage of seniors living in poverty
- Low percentage of volunteerism
Highlights
- In the past three years, excessive drinking increased 17% from 6.9% to 8.1% of adults ages 65+
- In the past six years, physical inactivity decreased 10% from 31.3% to 28.2% of adults ages 65+ in fair or better health
- In the past year, community support increased 10% from $901 to $994 per adult ages 60+ in poverty
- In the past two years, ICU use in the last six months of life increased 5% from 11.8% to 12.4% of decedents ages 65+
- In the past six years, high health status increased 21% from 35.0% to 42.3% of adults ages 65+
- In the past three years, depression decreased 18% from 14.8% to 12.2% of adults ages 65+

