Here are Maine’s letter grades for 16 indicators on social issues, and the state’s ranking among the 50 states for each:
A
Infant mortality (1st in nation)
High school completion (1st)
Food stamp coverage (3rd)
Alcohol-related highway
deaths (4th)
Homicides (5th)
Elderly poverty (8th)
B
Income inequality (13th)
Child poverty (17th)
Child abuse (18th)
Health insurance coverage (18th)
C
Unemployment (23rd)
Average wages (25th)
D
Teenage suicide (32nd)
New-housing cost burden (32nd)
Teenage drug abuse (36th)
Elderly suicide (37th)
F
None
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