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Rural America’s Opportunity for Equity

One in 5 Americans live in rural areas where they experience higher rates of disease and earlier death than those living in suburban and urban parts of the country. In October and November, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps will explore strategies to achieve better health in rural communities in a two-part webinar series.

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RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America Releases Recommendations on Ways to Create a Healthier Nation

This week, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America released their latest recommendations on ways-beyond health care-citizens and stakeholders can work together to create a culture of health.  At an event held January 13, 2014, Commissioners discussed their recommendations, answered questions, and shared examples of promising programs and...

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RWJF funding for CHR&R to end in 2026

Our primary funder, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has decided to end funding for County Health Rankings & Roadmaps next year. This means that the 2025 Annual Data Release will likely be our last.

County Health Rankings Model (Health Factor)

Safety and social support

Safety and social support are how we take care of each other. Community safety and support includes work that builds belonging and social connection, meeting the needs of individuals and families, and violence and injury prevention efforts. Some examples are mental health services, housing support, community centers and financial assistance programs. Meeting people’s needs while holding individuals accountable for their actions can help keep us all safe.
County Health Rankings Model (Measure)

School Funding Adequacy*

The average gap in dollars between actual and required spending per pupil among public school districts. Required spending is an estimate of dollars needed to achieve U.S. average test scores in each district.
County Health Rankings Model (Measure)

School Segregation*

The extent to which students within different race and ethnicity groups are unevenly distributed across schools when compared with the racial and ethnic composition of the local population. The index ranges from 0 to 1 with lower values representing a school composition that approximates race and ethnicity distributions in the student populations within the county, and higher values representing more segregation.
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See examples of Communities in Action

To help communities take action to improve health, we’ve added some new examples of communities’ experiences with implementing strategies listed in What Works for Health (WWFH) or key activities in our Roadmaps to Health...

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See the Key Findings from our 2015 Rankings

Detailing how we rank, how our program helps communities improve health, and our new measures and data for 2015, the new County Health Rankings Key Findings Report is an overview of our latest release. In this year’s report you’ll find: The health of our nation’s counties, including where the top counties are for health...