Reliable data is essential to understanding where Americans are thriving, new pressures are emerging and opportunities exist to improve health for everyone.

New data from America's Health Rankings, the nation's longest-running health monitoring resource, is illuminating the state of the nation's health.

• It's a comprehensive, state-by-state health assessment designed to track outcomes and what shapes them.

Built for better health: America's Health Rankings' 36-year dataset offers a long-term view of national health trends, making it possible to spot patterns early.

• Leaders, clinicians and community organizations use its insights to assess progress, anticipate emerging needs and understand how national trends may shape conditions in their own states.

How it works: The dataset draws on 99 measures from 31 trusted public data sources, creating one of the most complete health pictures available today.

• It reflects a holistic view of well-being, blending health outcomes with the social and economic conditions that shape how people live, work and age.
• Detailed demographic data helps surface disparities by race/ethnicity, age, income and other factors, illuminating insights that matter.

The outlook: Key health signals to watch

From mental health to obesity rates, new data from America's Health Rankings reveals areas of increasing stabilization and some emerging challenges for younger Americans.

1. Mental health: The number of mental health providers — like psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and counselors — continued to grow between September 2024 and September 2025.

• Here's what else: Several behavioral health measures showed signs of stabilizing, including the percentage of adults with disorders like depression, major depression, minor depression or dysthymia.
• Depression remained steady between 2023 and 2024, at 22.0% of adults. Differences by gender persisted, as rates of depression were 1.7 times higher among women (26.5%) compared with men (15.4%).

2. Care and behavior: Several measures of clinical care and health behaviors improved nationwide.

• The impact: More adults are receiving key cancer screenings and becoming more physically active, which could contribute to leading healthier lives.

• Cancer screenings increased 15% between 2022 and 2024, from 56.0% to 64.5% of adults who received recommended colorectal and/or breast cancer screenings. There were significant improvements in 47 states and Washington, D.C.

3. Chronic conditions: Between 2023 and 2024, the percentage of adults living with three or more chronic conditions continued to rise, particularly among adults under the age of 45.

• Okay, but: Obesity, a risk factor for other serious health conditions, stabilized at 34.2%, showing no meaningful change between 2023 and 2024.
• This plateau comes after a 23% increase between 2011 and 2023, from 27.8% to 34.3% of adults.

Worth a mention: Nationally, premature death decreased 8% between 2022 and 2023 after rising sharply amid the COVID-19 pandemic — with significant improvements across 44 states.

The takeaway: American health is holding steady across some categories, following years of COVID-19 disruptions — but there are still challenges ahead.

Explore the latest nationwide data across these measures and more, plus a detailed state-by-state breakdown, in America's Health Rankings 2025 Annual Report.