evidence: Texas ranks significantly higher than 50th, though it’s still below average. [...] Texas ranked better by this measurement than Alabama, Alaska, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin. [...] The most recent data we could find from the CDC, covering 2018, had Texas ranking 12th among the 25 states for which data was available. Texas’ rate was better than the rates in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.