25. Arizona

Does the warm desert air stave off disease? Arizona ranks the second- and third-lowest in heart-related and cancer-related deaths in the country.

Some weaknesses the report found affected children. Arizona has a low high school graduation rate of 72.5 percent of incoming ninth graders (41st). Also Arizona has a high rate of children under 18 in poverty (43rd).

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