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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 coverage of smokefree laws
- High prevalence of cancer screenings
- High percentage of hospice care use
Challenges
- High prevalence of avoided care due to cost
- High prevalence of multiple chronic conditions
- High prevalence of falls
Highlights
- Food insecurity decreased 18% in the past four years from 15.3% to 12.6% of adults ages 60+
- Poverty increased 15% in the past three years from 7.8% to 9.0% of adults ages 65+
- Low-care nursing home residents decreased 20% in the past year from 10.4% to 8.3% of residents
- Flu vaccination coverage decreased 14% in the past year from 60.3% to 51.9% of adults ages 65+
- Falls increased 81% since 2014 from 16.2% to 29.3% of adults ages 65+
- Cognitive difficulty decreased 14% since 2014 from 9.4% to 8.1% of adults ages 65+

