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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 immunization coverage among children
- Low prevalence of frequent mental distress
- Low prevalence of non-medical drug use
Challenges
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
- High racial gap in high school graduation
- High premature death racial inequality
Highlights
- High-speed internet increased 8% between 2015 and 2018 from 83.6% to 90.1% of households
- Smoking decreased 27% between 2011 and 2019 from 20.0% to 14.7% of adults
- Preventable hospitalizations decreased 20% between 2012 and 2018 from 4,391 to 3,517 discharges per 100,000 Medicare enrollees
- Frequent mental distress increased 38% between 2014 and 2019 from 8.2% to 11.3% of adults
- Suicide increased 52% between 2009 and 2018 from 9.5 to 14.4 deaths per 100,000 population
- Diabetes increased 26% between 2012 and 2019 from 8.1% to 10.2% of adults

