StateMaster - Delawarean Health statistics

% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies	8.1%	[48th of 51]
% of Nursing Homes with No Deficiencies	2.7 %	[47th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $0 Deductible	55 %	[45th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $250 Deductible	38 %	[7th of 51]
% Point Change in ESI	-5.9 %	[30th of 51]
% Point Change in Individual Insurance	-1.1	[42nd of 51]
% Point Change in Medicaid	1.4	[11th of 19]
% Point Change in Uninsured	5.9	[1st of 51]
Abortion Rate	28	[3rd of 47]
Abortions by Out-of-State Residents	28.3%	[4th of 44]
ADAP Financial Eligibility Criteria	300	[21st of 52]
ADAP Insurance Purchasing/Maintenance Funds	$50,000.00	[23rd of 26]
ADAP Total Drug Expenditures	$189,634.00	[38th of 51]
Admissions	119	[25th of 51]
Adult physical disabilities	5.9%	[29th of 54]
Aged SSI	1,307	[46th of 51]
Aged SSI as % of Population Ages 65+	1.2 %	[39th of 51]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages	18.9	[7th of 51]
Alcohol Abuse or Dependence	7.03%	[41st of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers	17.4%	[10th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers	59.6%	[15th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers	6.8%	[4th of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities	51	[46th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities (per capita)	0.605 per 10,000 people	[23rd of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage	38%	[30th of 51]
Alcohol Use in the Past Month	50.67%	[26th of 51]
Asthma > Adult cases	14.4%	[14th of 52]
Attempts to Quit Smoking	56.7 %	[16th of 50]
Autism > Cumulative Growth in Autism Cases	228%	[53rd of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism	375	[46th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism (per capita)	4.446 per 10,000 people	[31st of 56]
Average Monthly MA Payment Rates (Weighted)	$659.00	[18th of 48]
Avg # of Nursing Home Deficiencies	7.7	[24th of 51]
Avg. Annual % Growth, FY1980-2000	9.6 %	[11th of 51]
Baseline Dual Eligible Enrollment	9,557	[49th of 51]
Baseline FFS Drug Payments for Duals	$31,663,451.00	[48th of 51]
Beds	2.51	[33rd of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000	13.9	[22nd of 51]
Births Financed by Medicaid As Percent of State Births	42%	[17th of 48]
Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births	9.4 %	[7th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI	11,661	[46th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI as % of Population	1.4 %	[35th of 51]
C-Section births	27.3%	[15th of 51]
Cancer Death Rate per 100,000	194.4	[28th of 51]
CARE Act Total Funding	$6,394,992.00	[34th of 51]
Change in % of Preterm Births, '90-'03	24 %	[19th of 51]
Change in Medicaid Enrollment, 2003-04	2.7 %	[36th of 51]
Change in Number of Children with Individual Insurance	-2,342	[34th of 51]
Change in Number Uninsured	46,857	[28th of 51]
Change in Number with ESI	-13,277	[19th of 51]
Change in Number with Medicaid	2,549	[19th of 21]
Change in SCHIP Enrollment, 2003-04	-7.1 %	[43rd of 49]
Change in Teen Birth Rate, '91-'03	-26 %	[15th of 51]
Child Death Rate	22	[24th of 50]
Chlamydia Cases	3,035	[40th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate	375.9	[8th of 50]
Cholesterol Screening Rate	19.4 %	[44th of 51]
Cigarette Use in the Past Month	24.89%	[35th of 51]
Cocaine Use	2.57%	[13th of 51]
Colonoscopy testing	61.9%	[6th of 52]
Colorectal Cancer Screening	26.5%	[25th of 52]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	3,277	[34th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages	3,302	[34th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages (per capita)	3.915 per 1,000 people	[7th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Pediatric	25	[33rd of 51]
Current Annual Appropriation	$25,750,000.00	[44th of 49]
Current Monthly Enrollment, June 2004	135,360	[43rd of 51]
Current Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, Dec 2004	4,413	[44th of 49]
Death Rate per 100,000	840.9	[27th of 51]
Deaths Among Persons with AIDS	1,695	[33rd of 51]
Deaths due to HIV	70	[33rd of 51]
Diabetes	7%	[26th of 52]
Diabetes Death Rate per 100,000	26	[27th of 51]
Diabetes per 100 Adults	6.9	[17th of 51]
Disability prevalence	17.5%	[38th of 54]
Duals Spending as a % of Medicaid	35 %	[37th of 51]
Emergency Room Visits	367	[32nd of 51]
Expenses per Inpatient Day	$1,508.00	[16th of 51]
Fire death rate	5	[50th of 51]
Flu shot	69.2%	[20th of 52]
Fruits and vegetables consumption	22%	[34th of 54]
Gonorrhea Cases	1,128	[37th of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate	139.7	[13th of 50]
Growth in Medicaid Spending, FY1991-01	15 %	[6th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries	0	[50th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[36th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number	37	[42nd of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number (per capita)	0.439 per 10,000 people	[25th of 51]
HCBS Aged & Aged/Disabled	1,123	[43rd of 50]
Health Care as a % of Total Employment	7.3 %	[36th of 51]
Health Index	-1.49	[35th of 50]
Health Spending as % Gross State Product	2.7 %	[40th of 50]
Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000	236.7	[24th of 51]
High blood pressure	27.7%	[14th of 54]
High cholesterol	34.7%	[12th of 54]
HIV Death Rate	8.5	[6th of 42]
HIV Testing Rate > Ever Tested	49.6 %	[11th of 51]
HIV Testing Rate > Past 12 Months	33.1 %	[8th of 51]
HMO Enrollment Growth	-2.9 %	[18th of 49]
HMO Penetration Rate	13.9	[25th of 49]
Home Health Services	65	[30th of 51]
HOPWA Funding	$1,696,000.00	[30th of 51]
Hospice Services	56	[17th of 51]
Hospital Outpatient Services	659	[34th of 51]
Illicit Drug Use	8.7%	[21st of 51]
Illicit Drug Use other than Marijuana	3.94%	[10th of 51]
Income Eligibility --Separate SCHIP Program	200 %	[23rd of 30]
Infant Death Rate	8.6	[9th of 51]
Influenza Vaccines	71.5 %	[16th of 51]
Inpatient Census	342	[33rd of 50]
Inpatient Days	741	[19th of 51]
Limited Activity Days per Month	2	[27th of 50]
Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Medicare PDPs	14	[37th of 51]
MA Total Enrollment	437	[44th of 51]
Mammogram Rate for Women 50-69 years	91 %	[1st of 51]
Mammogram testing	82.4%	[1st of 52]
Marijuana Use in the Past Month	6.26%	[20th of 51]
Marijuana Use in the Past Year	10.78%	[20th of 51]
MC Enrollment as a % of Medicaid Enrollment	77.1 %	[15th of 51]
Medicaid Managed Care Capitation Rates	$183.00	[7th of 36]
Medicaid Payments per Enrollee, FY2002	$4,333.00	[21st of 49]
Medicare as % of Health Care Spending	17.4 %	[35th of 51]
Medicare Beneficiaries Below 150% FPL	16 %	[47th of 48]
Medicare Enrollment as a % of Total Pop	15 %	[16th of 51]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita	$93.00	[14th of 51]
Motor Vehicle Death Rate	1.6	[24th of 50]
Needing Treatment for Alcohol Use	6.47%	[41st of 51]
Needing Treatment for Drug Use	2.63%	[27th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	157	[35th of 51]
New AIDS Cases All Ages	157	[35th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Pediatric	0	[30th of 51]
No. of MA Contract Withdrawals	0	[40th of 49]
Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers	5.52%	[11th of 51]
Nonfederal Physicians per 100,000 Population	272	[16th of 51]
Nonfederal Primary Care Physicians	39 %	[42nd of 51]
Number of Births	11,329	[45th of 51]
Number of Births of Low Birthweight	1,068	[42nd of 51]
Number of HMOs	4	[30th of 50]
Number of Infant Deaths	95	[41st of 51]
Number of Inpatient Beds	334	[37th of 50]
Number of MA Contracts	1	[39th of 51]
Number of Medicare PDPs	47	[3rd of 51]
Number of Nursing Home Residents	3,484	[46th of 51]
Number of Nursing Homes	37	[46th of 51]
Number of Special Care Beds	331	[45th of 51]
Nursing Home Occupancy Rates	88.7 %	[21st of 51]
Nursing Home Residents as % of 65+ Pop	3.3 %	[36th of 51]
Obesity > Obese adults > %	23.6%	[29th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight adults > %	62.2%	[20th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight children > %	14.8%	[19th of 51]
Obesity Rate	20 %	[33rd of 51]
Occupational Fatality Rate	2.7	[47th of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth	21.1%	[27th of 52]
Oral health > Visits to the dentist	77.1%	[7th of 52]
Organizations Offering Medicare PDPs	19	[7th of 51]
Outpatient Visits	2,471	[14th of 51]
Overall Child Health Status	85.2%	[35th of 51]
Overweight and Obesity Rate	55.6 %	[27th of 51]
Pap Smear Rate	88 %	[10th of 50]
Percent of Firms Offering Coverage	61.1 %	[8th of 51]
Percent of Women who had Dental Visit	76.2 %	[13th of 51]
Percent of Women with Arthritis	39.4 %	[15th of 51]
Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure	27.3 %	[16th of 51]
Percent Who Are Immunized	86 %	[7th of 51]
Percent with some health care coverage	91%	[3rd of 52]
Perception of Alcohol Consumption Risk	39.35%	[28th of 51]
Perception of Cigarette Smoking Risk	74.52%	[8th of 51]
Perception of Marijuana Smoking Risk	40%	[23rd of 51]
Persons Living with AIDS All Ages	1,639	[34th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Adult/Adolescent	1,628	[34th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Pediatric	11	[23rd of 51]
Physical exercise	78.1%	[22nd of 52]
Physician and Supplier Services	969	[37th of 51]
Physician Assistants per 10,000 Population	2	[30th of 51]
Pneumococcal Vaccines	64.3 %	[19th of 51]
Prenatal Care	84.4 %	[24th of 49]
Preterm Births as a % of Births	13.7 %	[9th of 51]
Prevalence of Asthma	9.9 %	[3rd of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health	36.4 %	[8th of 50]
Prostate cancer testing	54.4%	[9th of 52]
Registered Nurses per 10,000 Population	80	[30th of 51]
Resident population with serious mental illness	33,355	[46th of 52]
Resident population with serious mental illness (per capita)	0.395 per 10 people	[32nd of 52]
Retail Rx Drugs Per Capita	11.6	[16th of 51]
Rx Spending as a % of Duals Spending	10 %	[46th of 51]
Serious Psychological Distress	9.75%	[27th of 51]
Short-Stay Hospitals	332	[30th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions	53	[40th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Days of Care	1,355	[38th of 51]
SSDI Beneficiaries as % of Population	3.9 %	[17th of 51]
SSI Beneficiaries as % of Population	1.6 %	[35th of 51]
Stroke Death Rate per 100,000	50.5	[41st of 51]
Suicides	94	[47th of 51]
Suicides (per capita)	0.111 per 1,000 people	[30th of 51]
Syphilis Cases	47	[38th of 50]
Syphilis Rate	5.8	[26th of 50]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000	44.9	[16th of 51]
Teen Death Rate	53	[25th of 50]
Tobacco use > Everyday smokers	18.7%	[8th of 52]
Tobacco use > Former smokers	25.1%	[11th of 52]
Tobacco use > Occasional smokers	5.6%	[19th of 52]
Tobacco use > Total current smokers	24.3%	[11th of 52]
Total ADAP Budget	$3,262,722.00	[35th of 51]
Total ADAP Clients	226	[36th of 51]
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled	1,011	[34th of 50]
Total Dentists	377	[47th of 51]
Total Dentists (per capita)	0.447 per 1,000 people	[45th of 51]
Total Dual Eligible Medicaid Spending	$287.00	[43rd of 51]
Total FQHC Encounters or Visits	67,832	[51st of 51]
Total FQHCs	3	[48th of 51]
Total FQHCs Service Delivery Sites	7	[51st of 51]
Total HCBS Waivers	4	[32nd of 50]
Total Health Care Employment	29,640	[47th of 51]
Total Health Care Employment (per capita)	0.351 per 10 people	[22nd of 51]
Total Health Clinics	0	[48th of 51]
Total Health Clinics (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[50th of 51]
Total HMO Enrollment	115,707	[42nd of 53]
Total HMO Enrollment (per capita)	13.717 per 100 people	[28th of 53]
Total Hospitals	6	[51st of 51]
Total Hospitals (per capita)	0.071 per 10,000 people	[51st of 51]
Total Medicaid Births	4,563	[42nd of 49]
Total Medicaid Births (per capita)	0.541 per 100 people	[18th of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002	147,300	[43rd of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 (per capita)	0.175 per capita	[21st of 49]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004	$793,642,105.00	[47th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per $ GDP)	$0.15 per $10 of GDP	[48th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per capita)	$940.87 per capita	[22nd of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries	122,792	[46th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries (per capita)	0.146 per capita	[24th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments	$500.00	[48th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per $ GDP)	$0.92 per $100 million of GDP	[50th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per capita)	$0.59 per 1,000 people	[36th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians	2,255	[46th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians (per capita)	0.267 per 100 people	[16th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs	19,302	[51st of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs (per capita)	0.229 per 10 people	[46th of 51]
Total Personal Health Spending, FY2000	$3,472.00	[45th of 51]
Total Physician Assistants	147	[47th of 51]
Total Registered Nurses	6,470	[47th of 51]
Total Retail Rx Drugs	9,656,512	[43rd of 51]
Total Sales for Retail Rx Drugs	$562,453,914.00	[43rd of 51]
Total SSDI Beneficiaries	19,897	[44th of 51]
Total SSI Beneficiaries	12,968	[45th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health	$73,505,846.00	[44th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per $ GDP)	$0.14 per $100 of GDP	[39th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per capita)	$87.14 per capita	[16th of 51]
Total State Health Care Spending	$1,342.00	[43rd of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per $ GDP)	$0.25 per $10 million of GDP	[43rd of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per capita)	$0.16 per 100 people	[6th of 50]
Total Tobacco Funds	$145,072,000.00	[45th of 50]
Twin Births Ratio	35	[7th of 51]

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