NONREACTIVE RESEARCH AND SECONDARY ANALYSISCHART 1 Social Health Index of United States
SIXTEEN SOCIAL INDICATORS USED TO CREATE SOCIAL HEALTH INDEX
Infant mortality
Child poverty
Child abuse
Teenage suicide
Teenage drug abuse
High school completion
Unemployment
Average wages
Social Health of States in 2008
RANK SOCIAL HEALTH SCORE- Minnesota 75.0
- Iowa 71.1
- New Hampshire 67.2
- Nebraska 67.0
- Hawaii 63.1
- Vermont 62.7
- Connecticut 61.2
- North Dakota 6 1.1
- Utah 60.6
- New Jersey 59.9
- Idaho 59.7
- Virginia 59.7
- Pennsylvania 58.6
- Maine 57.4
- Indiana 55.9
- Kansas 55.9
- Delaware 55.7
- Illinois 55.2
- Wisconsin 55.2
- Maryland 54.9
- South Dakota 54.4
- Ohio 53.8
- Wyoming 53.4
- Massachusetts 53.1
- Washington 52.2
RANK SOCIAL HEALTH SCORE- Missouri 51.4
27. Michigan 48.9 - Oregon 47.8
- Rhode Island 46.8
- Colorado 44.6
31. New York 43.9 - Georgia 43.7
- Alaska 43.6
- Nevada 42.6
- California 41.7
- West Virginia 40.8
37. Oklahoma 40.1 - Montana 39.4
- Alabama 38.8
- South Carolina 38.0
41. Texas 37.8 - Louisiana 37.5
- Arkansas 36.4
- Kentucky 36.2
- Tennessee 35.5
- Florida 34.3
47. North Carolina 33.4 - Arizona 32.8
- Mississippi 31.0
- New Mexico 26.8
Health insurance coverage
Aging: poverty among the elderly
Suicide among the elderly
Homicide
Alcohol-related traffic fatalities
Food stamp coverage
Affordable housing
Income inequalitySource:From http://iisp.vassar.edu/socialhealth08.html. Institute for Innovation in Social Policy. Vassar College. Reprinted by permission.