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. 2013 Dec 26;10:E214. doi: 10.5888/pcd10.130210

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Scatterplot shows the 32 states that had faster rates of improvement during the 2000s than during the 1990s and the 18 states that had a decline in the rate of improvement. — Correlation between baseline and follow-up trends for each state. States in which trends improved are plotted above the line, and states in which trends worsened are plotted below the line. Each state is represented by a diamond. The states with the best/worst performance are identified. Data for this graph are available in the Table. Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER).