2025 Health Of Women And Children Report | 2025 Health Of Women And Children Report

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2025 Health of Women and Children Report 2025 Health of Women and Children Report – Executive Brief 2025 Health of Women and Children Report – State Summaries 2025 Health of Women and Children Report – Concentrated Disadvantage County-Level Maps 2025 Health of Women and Children Report – Measures Table 2025 Health of Women and Children Report – Infographics 2025 Health of Women and Children Report – Report Data (All States)

The United Health Foundation is proud to release the America’s Health Rankings® 2025 Health of Women and Children Report, which takes a comprehensive view of 125 measures of health and well-being from 34 data sources to tell a story of both progress and setbacks in health nationwide and within individual states.

This year’s report finds encouraging gains in children's health and well-being across a range of measures, as well as in some maternal health behaviors. However, these advances were offset by worsening mortality rates among children of all ages and continued increases in maternal mortality.

The percentage of children who were overweight or obese improved 7% from 2021-2022 to 2023-2024.
Early childhood education enrollment rose 4% from 2022 to 2023.
Children’s physical environments improved: between 2021-2022 and 2023-2024, household smoke exposure decreased 19% and the rate of neighborhood amenities improved by 6%.
Smoking during pregnancy decreased 19% between 2022 and 2023.
Well-woman visits improved 3% from 2020-2021 to 2022-2023, but the percentage of women with a dedicated health care provider decreased 2% between 2021 to 2022-2023.
Child mortality increased 14% between 2018-2020 and 2021-2023, while infant mortality increased 4% between 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 — the first rise in this measure since the Health of Women and Children Report began reporting.
Maternal mortality rose 36% between 2014-2019 and 2019-2023, even though overall mortality among women decreased 8% from 2022 to 2023. Racial differences persisted for both measures.
Women living in rural areas had healthier rates of excessive drinking than their metropolitan counterparts in 2022-2023, but also experienced several chronic conditions at higher rates.
The healthiest state for women and children was Massachusetts. This was followed by Vermont, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Utah. Louisiana was the least healthy, followed by Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

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