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County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

20 Mar 2023

The Rankings are unique in their ability to measure the health of nearly every county in all 50 states, and are complemented by guidance, tools, and resources designed to accelerate community learning and action. [...] Conceptual Model: The County Health Rankings Model of Health The Rankings are rooted in a conceptual model of the social determinants of health. [...] The county with the lowest composite score (best health) gets a rank of #1 for that state and the county with the highest composite score (worst health) is assigned the lowest rank. [...] The county with the lowest composite score (best health) is ranked #1 in that state and the county with the highest composite score (worst health) is assigned the lowest rank in that state. [...] NOTE: Values for Premature Death are considered unreliable when the standard error of the estimate is more than 20% of the estimate value and the measure value is outside the previous year's confidence interval.

Authors

Amanda K. Gatewood

Pages
26
Published in
United States of America

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