StateMaster - Alaskan Health statistics

% 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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