Which State Is Healthiest?

Negative and Positive Factors

[2000 Rankings] [States Ranked By All 21 Factors] [MQ Home]

[Healthiest State Rankings 1993 to 2000] [Methodology] [Press Release]

("Table" refers to table in our book Health Care State Rankings 2000)

POSITIVE (+) AND NEGATIVE (-) FACTORS CONSIDERED:

1. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 15) -

2. Births to Teenage Mothers as a Percent of Live Births (Table 30) -

3. Percent of Mothers Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care (Table 56) -

4. Age-Adjusted Death Rate (Table 79) -

5. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 86) -

6. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Malignant Neoplasms (Table 154) -

7. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 178) -

8. Health Care Expenditures as a Percent of Gross State Product (Table 247) -

9. Per Capita Personal Health Expenditures (Table 248) -

10. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 293) -

11. Estimated Rate of New Cancer Cases (Table 354) -

POSITIVE (+) AND NEGATIVE (-) FACTORS CONSIDERED:

12. AIDS Rate (Table 376) -

13. Sexually Transmitted Disease Rate (Table 409) -

14. Percent of Population Lacking Access to Primary Care (Table 438) -

15. Percent of Adults Who Are Binge Drinkers (Table 501) -

16. Percent of Adults Who Smoke (Table 502) -

17. Percent of Adults Overweight (Table 506) -

18. Number of Days in Past Month When Physical Health was "Not Good" (Table 507) -

19. Beds in Community Hospitals per 100,000 Population (Table 207) +

20. Percent of Children Aged 19-35 Months Fully Immunized (Table 407) +

21. Safety Belt Usage Rate (Table 511) +

METHODOLOGY