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

1. Births of Low Birthweight as a Percent of All Births (Table 15) -

2. Teenage Birth Rate (Table 31) -

3. Percent of Mothers Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care (Table 59) -

4. Age-Adjusted Death Rate (Table 83) -

5. Infant Mortality Rate (Table 87) -

6. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Malignant Neoplasms (Table 154) -

7. Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Suicide

(Table 175) -

8. Percent of Population Not Covered by Health Insurance (Table 234) -

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

10. Per Capita Personal Health Expenditures (Table 285) -

11. Estimated Rate of New Cancer Cases (Table 350) -

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

12. AIDS Rate (Table 376) -

13. Sexually Transmitted Disease Rate

(Table 412) -

14. Percent of Population Lacking Access to Primary Care (Table 439) -

15. Percent of Adults Who Are Binge Drinkers (Table 500) -

16. Percent of Adults Who Smoke (Table 501) -

17. Percent of Adults Obese (Table 505) -

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 201) +

20. Percent of Children Aged 19-35 Months Fully Immunized (Table 409) +

21. Safety Belt Usage Rate (Table 512) +