TABLE 1: WHICH STATE HAS THE BEST HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE?
| MORGAN-QUITNO HEALTHIEST STATE RANKINGS (1993–1998): |
| 1. Births of low birth weight as a percent of all births (–) |
| 2. Births to teenage mothers as a percent of live births (–) |
| 3. Percent of mothers receiving late or no prenatal care (–) |
| 4. Death rate (–) |
| 5. Infant mortality rate (–) |
| 6. Estimated age adjusted death rate by cancer (–) |
| 7. Death rate by suicide (–) |
| 8. Percent of population not covered by health insurance (–) |
| 9. Change in percent of population uninsured (–) |
| 10. Health care expenditures as a percent of gross state product (–) |
| 11. Per capita personal health expenditures (–) |
| 12. Estimate rate of new cancer cases (–) |
| 13. AIDS rate (–) |
| 14. Sexually transmitted disease rate (–) |
| 15. Percent of population lacking access to primary care (–) |
| 16. Percent of adults who are binge drinkers (–) |
| 17. Percent of adults who smoke (–) |
| 18. Percent of adults overweight (–) |
| 19. Days in past month when physical health was “not good” (–) |
| 20. Community hospitals per 1,000 square miles (+) |
| 21. Beds in community hospitals per 100,000 population (+) |
| 22. Percent of children aged 19–35 months fully immunized (+) |
| 23. Safety belt usage rate (+) |