• Public Health Week 2010
  • PHW Obesity In Nevada
  • PHW Why We're Gaining Weight
  • PHW Effects Of Obesity
  • PHW Body Mass Index
  • PHW Let's Move & Other Resources
• Nevada Compared With Nation
  • How We Measured Nevada's Standing
• How Nevada Counties Rank
• Low Funding For Disease Prevention
• Quick Nevada Ranking Check
• Public Health Facing Critical Cuts
• Obesity In Nevada
  • Why We're Gaining Weight
  • The Effects Of Obesity
  • Report To President On Obesity
  • Let's Move / Other Resources
  • Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Childhood Immunizations
  • Immunizations for Babies New 2010
  • Immunizations Children 0 to 6
  • Immunizations Ages 7 to 18
• Smoking & Tobacco Use
• Primary and Prenatal Care
• Careers In Public Health

How We Measured Nevada's Standing

Weight of Individual Measures

Three criteria were considered by America’s Health Rankings™ when assigning weights to measures.

1. What effect does a measure have on overall health?
2. Is the effect measured solely by this measure or is it included in other measures?
3. How reliable is the data supporting a measure?

The weights of the measures total 100 percent. The column labeled “% of Total” indicates the weight of each measure in determining the overall ranking. For example, prevalence of smoking is 7.5 percent of the America’s Health Rankings™. The column labeled “Effect on Score” presents how each measure 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.

NAME OF MEASURES	% OF TOTAL	EFFECT ON SCORE
BEHAVIORS
Prevalence of Smoking	7.5	Negative
Prevalence of Binge Drinking	5.0	Negative
Prevalence of Obesity	7.5	Negative
COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
High School Graduation	5.0	Positive
Violent Crime	5.0	Negative
Occupational Fatalities	2.5	Negative
Infectious Disease	5.0	Negative
Children in Poverty	5.0	Negative
Air Pollution	5.0	Negative
PUBLIC & HEALTH POLICIES
Lack of Health Insurance	5.0	Negative
Public Health Funding	2.5	Positive
Immunization Coverage	5.0	Positive
CLINICAL CARE
Prenatal Care	5.0	Positive
Primary Care Physicians	2.5	Positive
Preventable Hospitalizations	5.0	Negative
Poor Mental Health Days	2.5	Negative
Poor Physical Health Days	2.5	Negative
Geographic Disparity	5.0	Negative
Infant Mortality	5.0	Negative
Cardiovascular Deaths	2.5	Negative
Cancer Deaths	2.5	Negative
Premature Death	5.0	Negative
OVERALL HEALTH RANKING	100