Can I compare my county's ranks and measures with those for a county in a different state?

Each county's ranks are calculated within a specific state so you cannot compare your county's ranks with those for a county in a different state. However, you can compare the values for the Health Outcomes measures from one state to another.  We advise caution in comparing the Health Factors measures across states because our measures for Health Factors are only uniform within states not across states. Users should refer to our guidelines for comparing measures across states to find the differences that occur for some measures (such as high school graduation rates and violent crime).  Although the County Health Rankings data tool does not include an online feature for comparing counties in different states, users can print out the “snapshots” for adjoining counties in different states to look for similarities and differences in the measures across the counties.