[2001 Rankings] [States Ranked By All 21 Factors] [MQ Home]
[Healthiest State Rankings 1993 to 2001] [Methodology] [Press Release]
("Table" refers to table in our book Health Care State Rankings 2001)
POSITIVE (+) AND NEGATIVE (-) FACTORS CONSIDERED: 1. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 13) - 2. Teenage Birth Rate (Table 27) - 3. Percent of Mothers Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care (Table 55) - 4. Age-Adjusted Death Rate (Table 81) - 5. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 85) - 6. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Malignant Neoplasms (Table 153) - 7. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide (Table 177) - 8. Health Care Expenditures as a Percent of Gross State Product (Table 240) - 9. Per Capita Personal Health Expenditures (Table 243) - 10. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 303) - 11. Estimated Rate of New Cancer Cases (Table 356) - |
POSITIVE (+) AND NEGATIVE (-) FACTORS CONSIDERED: 12. AIDS Rate (Table 378) - 13. Sexually Transmitted Disease Rate (Table 413) - 14. Percent of Population Lacking Access to Primary Care (Table 442) - 15. Percent of Adults Who Are Binge Drinkers (Table 502) - 16. Percent of Adults Who Smoke (Table 504) - 17. Percent of Adults Overweight or Obese (Table 507) - 18. Number of Days in Past Month When Physical Health was “Not Good” (Table 510) - 19. Beds in Community Hospitals per 100,000 Population (Table 205) + 20. Percent of Children Aged 19-35 Months Fully Immunized (Table 411) + 21. Safety Belt Usage Rate (Table 512) + |
