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America’s Health Rankings®
Community Indicators Consortium Impact Summit
September 29, 2014
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About America’s Health Rankings®
Elizabeth Walker Romero, Senior Director, Health Improvement, Association of State & Territorial Health Officials
Mary Kathryn Poole, Public Health Policy Researcher, Tulane School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center
Alejandra Herr, Director of Grants and Programs, National Business Coalition on Health
Tim Cowan, Director, Health Index Initiative, MaineHealth
Q&A
Session Overview
America’s Health Rankings®
A Comprehensive Assessment of the Nation’s Health
• Longest running annual assessment of our nation’s health on a state-by-state basis
• Report identifies the driving health trends of the nation
• Report provides insights into the national health challenges on the horizon
• Report has evolved from a source of information to a robust, interactive tool that urges all populations and communities to act
• Under the editorial control of a scientific advisory committee based out of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
• Published by United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and Partnership for Prevention
• 25th Anniversary edition will be released on December 10, 2014
Measures of HealthBehaviors Smoking Binge Drinking Drug Deaths Obesity Physical Inactivity High School Graduation
Community & Environment Violent Crime Occupational Fatalities Infectious Disease (Salmonella,
Pertussis and Chlamydia) Children in Poverty Air Pollution
Public & Health Policies Lack of Health Insurance Public Health Funding Immunization—Children Immunization—Adolescents
Clinical Care Low Birthweight Infants Primary Care Physicians Dentists Preventable Hospitalizations
Health Outcomes Diabetes Poor Mental Health Days
Poor Physical Health Days Disparity in Health Status Infant Mortality Cardiovascular Deaths Cancer Deaths Premature Death
America’s Health Rankings Overall Ranking
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2013 RANK (1-50) STATE Overall
47 Alabama -0.82225 Alaska 0.27528 Arizona 0.0249 Arkansas -0.89321 California 0.318 Colorado 0.5657 Connecticut 0.649
31 Delaware -0.09733 Florida -0.2138 Georgia -0.3151 Hawaii 0.919
12 Idaho 0.44230 Illinois -0.09641 Indiana -0.48718 Iowa 0.31727 Kansas 0.12245 Kentucky -0.71648 Louisiana -0.84416 Maine 0.36624 Maryland 0.2764 Massachusetts 0.725
34 Michigan -0.2183 Minnesota 0.731
50 Mississippi -0.89439 Missouri -0.37323 Montana 0.277
2013 RANK (1-50) STATE Overall
11 Nebraska 0.4637 Nevada -0.2945 New Hampshire 0.703
10 New Jersey 0.53132 New Mexico -0.17515 New York 0.3735 North Carolina -0.2479 North Dakota 0.557
40 Ohio -0.40744 Oklahoma -0.66613 Oregon 0.42629 Pennsylvania -0.02219 Rhode Island 0.31743 South Carolina -0.63522 South Dakota 0.28442 Tennessee -0.57936 Texas -0.256 Utah 0.6952 Vermont 0.868
26 Virginia 0.25914 Washington 0.40346 West Virginia -0.72720 Wisconsin 0.31317 Wyoming 0.355
A Call to Action
Use America’s Health Rankings® to identify strengths of your and other states to address areas that need attention.
Use the Rankings to help people understand the importance of key interventions, particularly around smoking and obesity.
Help promote the America’s Health Rankings® “take action” library to translate knowledge to action.
Access and share resources on Americashealthrankings.org. These include state summary pages, state profiles, state disparities information, a PDF and e-book of the report, state-specific infographics, custom-report tools and Spanish-language content. We list some new resources on the following slides.
Leverage successful models and advocate for change as individuals, a community and public health professionals.
United Health Foundation is committed to being a part of the solution, providing a full array of tools to help empower your missions to improve public health.
Contact InformationShelly Espinosa
952-936-1889
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