Which State Is Healthiest?

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

1.   Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 12) -

2.   Teenage Birth Rate (Table 30) -

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

4.   Age-Adjusted Death Rate (Table 80) -

5.   Infant Mortality Rate (Table 84) -

6.   Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Malignant Neoplasms (Table 148) -

7.   Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 169) -

8.   Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 226) -

9.   Health Care Expenditures as a Percent of Gross State Product (Table 282) -

10.  Per Capita Personal Health Expenditures (Table 283) -

11. Estimated Rate of New Cancer Cases (Table 328) -

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

12. AIDS Rate (Table 357) -

13. Sexually Transmitted Disease Rate (Table 394) -

14. Percent of Population Lacking Access to Primary Care (Table 426) -

15. Percent of Adults Who Are Binge Drinkers (Table 494) -

16. Percent of Adults Who Smoke (Table 495) -

17. Percent of Adults Obese (Table 500) -

18. Number of Days in Past Month When Physical Health was “Not Good” (Table 509) -

19. Beds in Community Hospitals per 100,000 Population (Table 193) +

20. Percent of Children Aged 19-35 Months Immunized (Table 390) +

21. Safety Belt Usage Rate (Table 512) +