America's Health: State Health Rankings - 2004 Edition
Intro and Findings
  
Components
  
State Snapshots
  
Methodology
  
Commentaries and Special Features
Foreword and Introduction   Selection of Components   State by State Snapshots   Methodology   Letter from Director of The Centers for Disease Control
Measures of Success   Combined Measures:
 Risk Factors/Outcomes		   All State Summaries   Weighting of Components   The State of Infant Health: Is There Trouble Ahead
2004 Results    
Appendices
   The Obesity Epidemic: A Call to Action
Changes from 2003, 1990   Risk Factors    Occupational Fatalities   Index of Tables   Eliminating Health Disparities
Comparison to Other Nations   Outcomes    Health Disparity       Getting Involved: Your Responsibility

Combined Measures of Risk Factors and Outcomes1

Table 17

 
2004 Risk Factors
  
2004 Outcomes
State
Score
Rank
  
Score
Rank
Alabama
-3.1
39
  
-7.2
47
Alaska
-0.5
33
  
3.3
15
Arizona
0.5
30
  
2.5
21
Aransas
-5.7
43
  
-6.4
45
California
0.1
31
  
3.5
14
Colorado
6.1
14
  
5.5
6
Connecticut
9.6
10
  
5.4
7
Delaware
2.9
25
  
-2.9
38
Florida
-8.9
47
  
0.5
27
Georgia
-6.0
45
  
-4.2
41
Hawaii
11.4
6
  
6.2
4
Idaho
4.3
20
  
2.1
22
Illinois
1.1
28
  
-0.9
31
Indiana
3.0
23
  
-3.1
39
Iowa
8.3
11
  
4.9
9
Kansas
5.7
15
  
1.6
25
Kentucky
-1.9
37
  
-5.2
42
Louisiana
-13.5
50
  
-7.8
49
Maine
10.0
9
  
3.7
13
Maryland
-0.4
32
  
-1.7
34
Massachusetts
11.9
4
  
5.4
7
Michigan
3.0
23
  
-2.7
37
Minnesota
17.6
1
  
7.3
1
Mississippi
-10.8
49
  
-9.4
50
Missouri
-0.7
34
  
-3.6
40
Montana
0.6
29
  
1.5
26
Nebraska
7.9
13
  
3.8
12
Nevada
-4.8
41
  
-1.0
33
New Hampshire
17.5
2
  
6.4
3
New Jersey
5.0
17
  
2.1
22
New Mexico
-9.6
48
  
3.1
17
New York
-1.8
36
  
1.9
24
North Carolina
-5.1
42
  
-2.4
35
North Dakota
11.3
7
  
4.5
10
Ohio
4.5
19
  
-2.4
35
Oklahoma
-1.3
35
  
-5.9
44
Oregon
2.5
26
  
2.7
20
Pennsylvania
3.7
21
  
-0.9
31
Rhode Island
8.1
12
  
2.8
18
South Carolina
-7.6
46
  
-5.2
42
South Dakota
3.1
22
  
3.2
16
Tennessee
-6.0
44
  
-7.1
46
Texas
-3.0
38
  
0.2
30
Utah
10.5
8
  
7.1
2
Vermont
16.7
3
  
6.1
5
Virginia
5.3
16
  
0.5
27
Washington
4.8
18
  
4.3
11
West Virginia
-3.2
40
  
-7.2
47
Wisconsin
11.6
5
  
2.8
18
Wyoming
1.6
27
  
0.4
29
1 Refer to Risk Factors and Outcomes for the individual components contained in the combined measures. Scores are percent above and below the national average.