Social and Economic Factors - Children in North Carolina
North Carolina
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North Carolina Value:
-0.137
Sum of weighted z-scores of social and economic measures for children
North Carolina Rank:
32
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Social and Economic Factors - Children
- America's Health Rankings composite measure, 2024
About Social and Economic Factors - Children
Top State(s): Massachusetts: 1.037
Bottom State(s): New Mexico: -1.289
Definition: Sum of weighted z-scores of social and economic measures for children
Data Source and Years(s): America's Health Rankings composite measure, 2024
Suggested Citation: America's Health Rankings analysis of America's Health Rankings composite measure, United Health Foundation, AmericasHealthRankings.org, accessed 2024.
The social and economic factors category represents the broader impact that society and the economy have on an individual or community’s ability to make healthy choices. Measures include adverse childhood experiences, children in poverty and high school completion. This category is one of five categories of measures that make up the America’s Health Rankings model. The other four categories are behaviors, physical environment, clinical care and health outcomes.
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