[1999 Rankings] [States Ranked By All 21 Factors] [MQ Home]
[Healthiest State Rankings 1993 to 1999] [Methodology] [Press Release]
("Table" refers to table in our book Health Care State Rankings 1999)
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 54) - 4. Age-Adjusted Death Rate (Table 78) - 5. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 85) - 6. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Neoplasms (Table 153) - 7. Death Rate by Suicide (Table 176) - 8. Health Care Expenditures as a Percent of Gross State Product (Table 248) - 9. Per Capita Personal Health Expenditures (Table 249) - 10. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 294) - 11. Estimated Rate of New Cancer Cases (Table 355) - |
POSITIVE (+) AND NEGATIVE (-) FACTORS CONSIDERED: 12. AIDS Rate (Table 377) -13. Sexually Transmitted Disease Rate (Table 410) - 14. Percent of Population Lacking Access to Primary Care (Table 439) - 15. Percent of Adults Who Are Binge Drinkers (Table 502) - 16. Percent of Adults Who Smoke (Table 503) - 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 206) + 20. Percent of Children Aged 19-35 Months Fully Immunized (Table 408) + 21. Safety Belt Usage Rate (Table 511) + |
