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Oklahoma’s national rank in heart disease mortality, 2012
Percent of Oklahoma adults who reported not participating in any physical activity in the last month in 2012.
Percentage of high school graduates meeting college readiness benchmarks on the ACT and SAT, 2014.
Source: State of Oklahoma
Number of women legislators in the upcoming 2017 Oklahoma legislative session. Only Wyoming will have a smaller share of female legislators in 2017 (11 percent, versus Oklahoma’s 13 percent)
Source: Oklahoma Watch
Yearly cost of uncompensated care in all Oklahoma hospitals.
Source: State Chamber of Oklahoma
Estimated share of non-elderly Oklahomans with pre-existing conditions for which insurance coverage could be declined under pre-Affordable Care Act health insurance practices, about 706,000 people
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Percentage of Oklahomans who have Type 2 Diabetes, 2014.
Source: data.ok.gov
Number of credit hours Oklahoma high school students were enrolled in concurrent college classes, 2014.
Source: State of Oklahoma
Number of fatal occupational injuries in Oklahoma in 2014
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Number of Oklahoma children per 1,000 who were living in foster care in 2013, the highest rate in the US (tied with West Virginia)
Source: Center for American Progress
