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% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies 0% [51st of 51]
% of Nursing Homes with No Deficiencies 7.1 % [28th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $0 Deductible 63 % [6th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $250 Deductible 26 % [51st of 51]
% Point Change in ESI -3.4 % [21st of 51]
% Point Change in Individual Insurance 0.3 [25th of 51]
% Point Change in Uninsured -4.8 [49th of 51]
ADAP Financial Eligibility Criteria 300 [31st of 52]
ADAP Insurance Purchasing/Maintenance Funds $64,000.00 [21st of 26]
ADAP Total Drug Expenditures $33,241.00 [48th of 51]
Admissions 71 [51st of 51]
Adult physical disabilities 4.8% [50th of 54]
Aged SSI 2,229 [40th of 51]
Aged SSI as % of Population Ages 65+ 5.5 % [2nd of 51]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages 8.4 [26th of 51]
Alcohol Abuse or Dependence 7.47% [32nd of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers 16.3% [17th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers 57.8% [23rd of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers 5.1% [21st of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities 31 [50th of 51]
    Alcohol related traffic fatalities (per capita) 0.467 per 10,000 people [37th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage 31% [49th of 51]
Alcohol Use in the Past Month 49.36% [32nd of 51]
Annual Reported HIV Cases All Ages 45 [32nd of 39]
Asthma > Adult cases 13% [31st of 52]
Attempts to Quit Smoking 58.3 % [12th of 50]
Autism > Cumulative Growth in Autism Cases 2,138% [15th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism 311 [48th of 56]
    Autism > Number of Children with Autism (per capita) 4.686 per 10,000 people [29th of 56]
Avg # of Nursing Home Deficiencies 3.8 [50th of 51]
Avg. Annual % Growth, FY1980-2000 9 % [22nd of 51]
Baseline Dual Eligible Enrollment 9,441 [50th of 51]
Baseline FFS Drug Payments for Duals $34,036,456.00 [47th of 51]
Beds 2.25 [39th of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000 15.5 [6th of 51]
Births Financed by Medicaid As Percent of State Births 52.6% [2nd of 48]
Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births 6 % [50th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI 8,422 [49th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI as % of Population 1.3 % [39th of 51]
C-Section births 19.5% [49th of 51]
Cancer Death Rate per 100,000 188.4 [35th of 51]
Cancer Incidence per 100,000 468 [21st of 44]
CARE Act Total Funding $2,343,040.00 [44th of 51]
Change in % of Preterm Births, '90-'03 23 % [23rd of 51]
Change in Medicaid Enrollment, 2003-04 -0.8 % [45th of 51]
Change in Number of Children with Individual Insurance 303 [29th of 51]
Change in Number Uninsured -6,840 [46th of 51]
Change in Number with ESI -9,378 [17th of 51]
Change in SCHIP Enrollment, 2003-04 -5 % [40th of 49]
Change in Teen Birth Rate, '91-'03 -42 % [45th of 51]
Child Death Rate 34 [2nd of 50]
Chlamydia Cases 3,900 [38th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate 605.8 [1st of 50]
Cholesterol Screening Rate 32.8 % [1st of 51]
Cigarette Use in the Past Month 25.54% [31st of 51]
Cocaine Use 2.48% [19th of 51]
Colonoscopy testing 50.6% [32nd of 52]
Colorectal Cancer Screening 18% [50th of 52]
Cum. Rptd. HIV Cases Adult/Adolescent 252 [33rd of 36]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent 590 [45th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages 597 [45th of 51]
    Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages (per capita) 0.9 per 1,000 people [37th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Pediatric 7 [45th of 51]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases All Ages 254 [34th of 40]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases Pediatric 2 [37th of 39]
Current Annual Appropriation $22,469,000.00 [46th of 49]
Current Monthly Enrollment, June 2004 82,387 [49th of 51]
Current Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, Dec 2004 11,078 [40th of 49]
Death Rate per 100,000 794.1 [37th of 51]
Deaths Among Persons with AIDS 301 [45th of 51]
Deaths due to HIV 16 [43rd of 51]
Diabetes 4.1% [52nd of 52]
Diabetes Death Rate per 100,000 21.9 [40th of 51]
Diabetes per 100 Adults 4.7 [50th of 51]
Disability prevalence 18.2% [30th of 54]
Duals Spending as a % of Medicaid 21 % [49th of 51]
Emergency Room Visits 329 [40th of 51]
Expenses per Inpatient Day $1,952.00 [1st of 51]
Fire death rate 14 [20th of 51]
Flu shot 64.1% [47th of 52]
Fruits and vegetables consumption 22.6% [27th of 54]
Gonorrhea Cases 573 [41st of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate 89 [30th of 50]
Growth in Medicaid Spending, FY1991-01 13 % [16th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries 0 [47th of 51]
    Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [47th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number 6 [51st of 51]
    Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number (per capita) 0.09 per 10,000 people [50th of 51]
HCBS Aged & Aged/Disabled 1,269 [41st of 50]
Health Care as a % of Total Employment 6.6 % [44th of 51]
Health Index -4.98 [37th of 50]
Health Spending as % Gross State Product 3.9 % [16th of 50]
Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000 167 [50th of 51]
High blood pressure 20.8% [52nd of 54]
High cholesterol 27.6% [52nd of 54]
HIV Testing Rate > Ever Tested 56.9 % [4th of 51]
HIV Testing Rate > Past 12 Months 32.5 % [11th of 51]
Home Health Services 40 [49th of 51]
HOPWA Funding $0.00 [50th of 51]
Hospice Services 36 [50th of 51]
Hospital Outpatient Services 672 [32nd of 51]
HPV vaccine > Proposal
Voluntary vaccination program
HPV vaccine > Status Passed
Illicit Drug Use 12% [1st of 51]
Illicit Drug Use other than Marijuana 3.96% [9th of 51]
Infant Death Rate 5.6 [43rd of 51]
Influenza Vaccines 69.5 % [22nd of 51]
Inpatient Census 59 [49th of 50]
Inpatient Days 443 [47th of 51]
Limited Activity Days per Month 1.7 [44th of 50]
Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Medicare PDPs 5 [51st of 51]
MA Total Enrollment 0 [50th of 51]
Mammogram Rate for Women 50-69 years 86 % [6th of 51]
Mammogram testing 67% [47th of 52]
Marijuana Use in the Past Month 9.88% [1st of 51]
Marijuana Use in the Past Year 15.83% [1st of 51]
MC Enrollment as a % of Medicaid Enrollment 0 % [49th of 51]
Medicaid Payments per Enrollee, FY2002 $5,568.00 [8th of 49]
Medicare as % of Health Care Spending 9.1 % [51st of 51]
Medicare Enrollment as a % of Total Pop 8 % [51st of 51]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita $81.00 [22nd of 51]
Motor Vehicle Death Rate 1.9 [11th of 50]
Needing Treatment for Alcohol Use 6.93% [36th of 51]
Needing Treatment for Drug Use 3.48% [1st of 51]
New AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent 54 [44th of 51]
New AIDS Cases All Ages 55 [44th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Pediatric 1 [14th of 51]
No. of MA Contract Withdrawals 0 [30th of 49]
Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers 5.68% [7th of 51]
Nonfederal Physicians per 100,000 Population 217 [42nd of 51]
Nonfederal Primary Care Physicians 49 % [1st of 51]
Number of Births 10,086 [47th of 51]
Number of Births of Low Birthweight 600 [48th of 51]
Number of HMOs 0 [50th of 50]
Number of Infant Deaths 56 [48th of 51]
Number of Inpatient Beds 79 [50th of 50]
Number of MA Contracts 1 [45th of 51]
Number of Medicare PDPs 27 [51st of 51]
Number of Nursing Home Residents 584 [51st of 51]
Number of Nursing Homes 14 [51st of 51]
Number of Special Care Beds 22 [50th of 51]
Nursing Home Occupancy Rates 80.1 % [42nd of 51]
Nursing Home Residents as % of 65+ Pop 1.4 % [51st of 51]
Obesity > Obese adults > % 25.8% [16th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight adults > % 63.7% [7th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight children > % 11.1% [45th of 51]
Obesity Rate 21 % [19th of 51]
Occupational Fatality Rate 14.7 [1st of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth 23% [21st of 52]
Oral health > Visits to the dentist 69.6% [29th of 52]
Organizations Offering Medicare PDPs 11 [51st of 51]
Outpatient Visits 2,227 [20th of 51]
Overall Child Health Status 88.2% [14th of 51]
Overweight and Obesity Rate 59.5 % [5th of 51]
Pap Smear Rate 89 % [3rd of 50]
Percent of Firms Offering Coverage 47 % [43rd of 51]
Percent of Women who had Dental Visit 66.3 % [44th of 51]
Percent of Women with Arthritis 33.3 % [47th of 51]
Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure 23 % [43rd of 51]
Percent Who Are Immunized 75 % [47th of 51]
Percent with some health care coverage 83.4% [33rd of 52]
Perception of Alcohol Consumption Risk 41.17% [22nd of 51]
Perception of Cigarette Smoking Risk 71.23% [31st of 51]
Perception of Marijuana Smoking Risk 28.18% [49th of 51]
Persons Living with AIDS All Ages 300 [45th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Adult/Adolescent 299 [45th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Pediatric 1 [46th of 51]
Physical exercise 79.4% [15th of 52]
Physician and Supplier Services 884 [51st of 51]
Physician Assistants per 10,000 Population 4 [2nd of 51]
Pneumococcal Vaccines 59.8 % [38th of 51]
Prenatal Care 79.8 % [41st of 49]
Preterm Births as a % of Births 11.1 % [39th of 51]
Prevalence of Asthma 9 % [13th of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health 31.7 % [41st of 50]
Prostate cancer testing 45.5% [47th of 52]
Registered Nurses per 10,000 Population 81 [28th of 51]
Resident population with serious mental illness 24,373 [51st of 52]
    Resident population with serious mental illness (per capita) 0.367 per 10 people [49th of 52]
Retail Rx Drugs Per Capita 6.5 [51st of 51]
Rx Spending as a % of Duals Spending 17 % [13th of 51]
Serious Psychological Distress 8.75% [44th of 51]
Short-Stay Hospitals 294 [43rd of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions 23 [50th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Days of Care 567 [51st of 51]
Smokeless tobacco users 21.9% [11th of 18]
SSDI Beneficiaries as % of Population 2.3 % [50th of 51]
SSI Beneficiaries as % of Population 1.6 % [34th of 51]
Stroke Death Rate per 100,000 55.1 [31st of 51]
Suicides 124 [44th of 51]
    Suicides (per capita) 0.187 per 1,000 people [3rd of 51]
Syphilis Cases 8 [45th of 50]
Syphilis Rate 1.2 [44th of 50]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 38.6 [28th of 51]
Teen Death Rate 75 [1st of 50]
Tobacco use > Everyday smokers 16.3% [22nd of 52]
Tobacco use > Former smokers 23.9% [26th of 52]
Tobacco use > Occasional smokers 8.4% [1st of 52]
Tobacco use > Total current smokers 24.8% [7th of 52]
Total ADAP Budget $555,000.00 [47th of 51]
Total ADAP Clients 35 [49th of 51]
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled 85 [48th of 50]
Total Dentists 490 [46th of 51]
    Total Dentists (per capita) 0.738 per 1,000 people [9th of 51]
Total Dual Eligible Medicaid Spending $171.00 [50th of 51]
Total FQHC Encounters or Visits 322,350 [37th of 51]
Total FQHCs 20 [18th of 51]
Total FQHCs Service Delivery Sites 96 [22nd of 51]
Total HCBS Waivers 4 [31st of 50]
Total Health Care Employment 19,370 [50th of 51]
    Total Health Care Employment (per capita) 0.292 per 10 people [43rd of 51]
Total Health Clinics 6 [43rd of 51]
    Total Health Clinics (per capita) 9.041 per 1 million people [31st of 51]
Total HMO Enrollment 0 [53rd of 53]
    Total HMO Enrollment (per capita) 0 per 100 people [53rd of 53]
Total Hospitals 19 [47th of 51]
    Total Hospitals (per capita) 0.286 per 10,000 people [12th of 51]
Total Medicaid Births 5,266 [40th of 49]
    Total Medicaid Births (per capita) 0.793 per 100 people [3rd of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 121,300 [44th of 49]
    Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 (per capita) 0.183 per capita [17th of 49]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 $890,164,117.00 [45th of 51]
    Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per $ GDP) $0.26 per $10 of GDP [19th of 51]
    Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per capita) $1,341.29 per capita [6th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries 50,350 [51st of 51]
    Total Medicare Beneficiaries (per capita) 0.076 per capita [51st of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments $169.00 [51st of 51]
    Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per $ GDP) $0.50 per $100 million of GDP [51st of 51]
    Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per capita) $0.26 per 1,000 people [51st of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians 1,424 [50th of 51]
    Total Nonfederal Physicians (per capita) 0.215 per 100 people [41st of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs 68,598 [40th of 51]
    Total Patients Served by FQHCs (per capita) 1.034 per 10 people [5th of 51]
Total Personal Health Spending, FY2000 $2,624.00 [49th of 51]
Total Physician Assistants 278 [40th of 51]
Total Registered Nurses 5,190 [50th of 51]
Total Retail Rx Drugs 4,255,867 [51st of 51]
Total Sales for Retail Rx Drugs $298,230,229.00 [50th of 51]
Total SSDI Beneficiaries 9,612 [51st of 51]
Total SSI Beneficiaries 10,651 [49th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health $51,444,549.00 [47th of 51]
    Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per $ GDP) $0.15 per $100 of GDP [33rd of 51]
    Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per capita) $77.52 per capita [23rd of 51]
Total State Health Care Spending $1,227.00 [44th of 50]
    Total State Health Care Spending (per $ GDP) $0.36 per $10 million of GDP [17th of 50]
    Total State Health Care Spending (per capita) $0.19 per 100 people [2nd of 50]
Total Tobacco Funds $144,731,000.00 [46th of 50]
Twin Births Ratio 28.3 [41st of 51]

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