The America’s Health Rankings 2025 Health of Women and Children Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the health and well-being of women and children in the United States. The report examines a wide range of measures including mental, behavioral and physical health outcomes as well as social drivers of health to present a holistic portrait of women and children’s health nationwide.
Nevada ranks 43 in this year’s report. Some of the highlights for Nevada in this report include:
- Low infant mortality rate
- Low prevalence of asthma among children
- Low percentage of women in poverty
However, a few areas for improvement in Nevada are:
- High prevalence of frequent physical distress among women
- Low enrollment in early childhood education
- Low prevalence of physical activity among children
Notably, this year’s report features a spotlight on women in rural areas, highlighting higher rates of several chronic conditions.
Some of the report’s key national findings are below:
- Children’s health and well-being improved across a range of measures:
- Overweight or obesity prevalence decreased 7% between 2021-2022 and 2023-2024.
- Early childhood education enrollment improved, rising 4% between 2022 and 2023.
- Well-child visits increased 4% from 2021-2022 to 2023-2024.
- Mortality rates worsened:
- Child mortality increased 14% between 2018-2020 and 2021-2023.
- Infant mortality rose 4% between 2020-2021 and 2022-2023 — the first increase in the history of the Health of Women and Children Report.
- Maternal mortality worsened 36% between 2014-2018 and 2019-2023, despite an 8% decrease in overall mortality among women ages 20-44 between 2022 and 2023.
- This improvement coincided with a plateau in drug deaths among women, which had been steadily increasing since 2014, and instead showed no change between 2020-2022 and 2021-2023.
- Several chronic conditions were higher among women in rural areas compared with their metropolitan counterparts:
- Women ages 18-44 in rural areas had 1.5 times higher prevalence of multiple chronic conditions (6.5% vs. 4.2%) compared with metropolitan women in 2022-2023, though they had lower excessive drinking rates.
- The top five healthiest states for women and children were:
- Massachusetts (No. 1), Vermont, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Utah.
- The five states with the most room for improvement were Louisiana (No. 50), Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and West Virginia
You can download the full report by clicking here.
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