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Weighting of
Components
(See Note)
Three criteria were considered when assigning weights to components.
1. What effect does a component have on overall
health?
2. Is the effect measured solely by this component
or is it included in other components?
3. How reliable is the data supporting a
component?
The
final weights, presented in Table 13, are based
on input from experts in 1990 and 1991 and included in the
methodology review now underway. The weights of the components total 100 percent.
The column labeled "% of Total" indicates the weight of each component
in determining the overall ranking. For example, prevalence of smoking
is 10 percent of the America's Health Rankings™. The column
labeled "Effect on Score" presents how each component positively or
negatively relates to the overall ranking. For example, a high
prevalence of smoking has a negative effect on score and will lower the
ranking of a state. An increase in the percent of high school graduates
has a positive effect on score and will increase the overall ranking of
a state.
Table 13 - Weight of Individual Components
|
Name of Component |
|
|
|
|
|
DETERMINANTS |
|
% of Total |
|
Effect on Score |
|
PERSONAL BEHAVIORS |
|
|
|
|
|
Prevalence of Smoking |
10 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Binge Drinking
(See Note) |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Prevalence of Obesity |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
High School Graduation |
5.0 |
|
Positive |
|
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Violent Crime |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Occupational Fatalities |
2.5 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Children in Poverty |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Infectious Disease |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PUBLIC & HEALTH POLICIES |
|
|
|
|
|
Lack of Health Insurance |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Per Capita Public Health Spending |
2.5 |
|
Positive |
|
|
Immunization Coverage |
5.0 |
|
Positive |
|
CLINICAL CARE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adequacy of Prenatal Care |
5.0 |
|
Positive |
|
|
Primary Care Physicians |
5.0 |
|
Positive |
|
|
Preventable Hospitalizations |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HEALTH OUTCOMES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Poor Mental Health Days |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Poor Physical Health Days |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Infant Mortality |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Cardiovascular Deaths |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Cancer Deaths |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
Premature Death |
5.0 |
|
Negative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OVERALL HEALTH RANKING |
100 |
|
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Note:
This component replaces Motor Vehicle Deaths and is reported for each
state. Its effect was not included in the overall rankings in this
edition due to the change in definition of binge drinking in the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey in the last year. See
clarification
for more information.
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