The County Health Rankings show us that where we live matters to our health. The health of a community depends on many different factors - ranging from health behaviors, education and jobs, to quality of health care, to the environment.

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Why doesn’t the number on the Rankings web site match the report that I have?

The most frequent reason why numbers of the Rankings web site may not match other numbers that states have will be due to different definitions of measures, different time periods, or different samples or denominators. Communities should rely on their own state's data for their own more detailed community health assessments.