StateMaster - Georgian Health statistics

% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies	22.2%	[18th of 51]
% of Nursing Homes with No Deficiencies	4.1 %	[36th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $0 Deductible	57 %	[32nd of 51]
% of PDPs with a $250 Deductible	36 %	[13th of 51]
% Point Change in ESI	-12.2 %	[48th of 51]
% Point Change in Individual Insurance	-0.1	[29th of 51]
% Point Change in Uninsured	1.1	[14th of 51]
Abortion Rate	17	[14th of 47]
Abortions by Out-of-State Residents	10.5%	[18th of 44]
ADAP Financial Eligibility Criteria	300	[23rd of 52]
ADAP Total Drug Expenditures	$3,343,888.00	[7th of 51]
Admissions	107	[36th of 51]
Adult physical disabilities	6.5%	[18th of 54]
Aged SSI	29,708	[9th of 51]
Aged SSI as % of Population Ages 65+	3.6 %	[10th of 51]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages	18.6	[8th of 51]
Alcohol Abuse or Dependence	6.12%	[49th of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers	12.1%	[45th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers	46.8%	[41st of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers	4.9%	[23rd of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities	525	[8th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities (per capita)	0.579 per 10,000 people	[24th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage	32%	[48th of 51]
Alcohol Use in the Past Month	45.49%	[41st of 51]
Alligator Attacks	9	[3rd of 10]
Alligator Attacks (per capita)	0.992 per 1 million people	[4th of 10]
Annual Reported HIV Cases All Ages	2,154	[4th of 39]
Asthma > Adult cases	12.3%	[40th of 52]
Attempts to Quit Smoking	60.4 %	[3rd of 50]
Autism > Cumulative Growth in Autism Cases	1,278%	[21st of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism	4,383	[15th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism (per capita)	4.831 per 10,000 people	[25th of 56]
Average Monthly MA Payment Rates (Weighted)	$681.00	[13th of 48]
Avg # of Nursing Home Deficiencies	9.9	[8th of 51]
Avg. Annual % Growth, FY1980-2000	10 %	[7th of 51]
Baseline Dual Eligible Enrollment	140,839	[12th of 51]
Baseline FFS Drug Payments for Duals	$384,329,136.00	[14th of 51]
Beds	2.84	[24th of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000	15.7	[5th of 51]
Births Financed by Medicaid As Percent of State Births	46.4%	[8th of 48]
Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births	9 %	[11th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI	170,283	[9th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI as % of Population	2 %	[19th of 51]
C-Section births	25.9%	[24th of 51]
Cancer Death Rate per 100,000	200.1	[21st of 51]
Cancer Incidence per 100,000	459.1	[27th of 44]
CARE Act Total Funding	$66,540,052.00	[8th of 51]
Change in % of Preterm Births, '90-'03	2 %	[50th of 51]
Change in Medicaid Enrollment, 2003-04	5.7 %	[17th of 51]
Change in Number of Children with Individual Insurance	523	[27th of 51]
Change in Number of Uninsured Children	36,267	[4th of 34]
Change in Number Uninsured	360,563	[5th of 51]
Change in Number with ESI	-243,195	[48th of 51]
Change in SCHIP Enrollment, 2003-04	7.8 %	[22nd of 49]
Change in Teen Birth Rate, '91-'03	-30 %	[28th of 51]
Child Death Rate	27	[12th of 50]
Chlamydia Cases	35,686	[8th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate	416.9	[5th of 50]
Cholesterol Screening Rate	24.2 %	[30th of 51]
Cigarette Use in the Past Month	25.91%	[27th of 51]
Cocaine Use	2.22%	[32nd of 51]
Colonoscopy testing	53.7%	[25th of 52]
Colorectal Cancer Screening	26.2%	[28th of 52]
Cum. Rptd. HIV Cases Adult/Adolescent	2,492	[21st of 36]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	28,026	[8th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages	28,248	[8th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages (per capita)	3.114 per 1,000 people	[10th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Pediatric	222	[9th of 51]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases All Ages	2,590	[22nd of 40]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases Pediatric	98	[9th of 39]
Current Annual Appropriation	$156,370,000.00	[15th of 49]
Current Monthly Enrollment, June 2004	1,325,505	[10th of 51]
Current Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, Dec 2004	211,857	[5th of 49]
Death Rate per 100,000	953.4	[10th of 51]
Deaths Among Persons with AIDS	15,100	[9th of 51]
Deaths due to HIV	708	[6th of 51]
Diabetes	7.3%	[21st of 52]
Diabetes Death Rate per 100,000	22.9	[36th of 51]
Diabetes per 100 Adults	7.2	[12th of 51]
Disability prevalence	18.3%	[27th of 54]
Duals Spending as a % of Medicaid	31 %	[39th of 51]
Emergency Room Visits	408	[20th of 51]
Expenses per Inpatient Day	$1,044.00	[42nd of 51]
Fire death rate	16.9	[12th of 51]
Flu shot	64.4%	[44th of 52]
Fruits and vegetables consumption	23%	[24th of 54]
Gonorrhea Cases	17,686	[7th of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate	206.6	[5th of 50]
Growth in Medicaid Spending, FY1991-01	11 %	[27th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries	4	[14th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries (per capita)	0.441 per 1 million people	[17th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number	440	[9th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number (per capita)	0.485 per 10,000 people	[20th of 51]
HCBS Aged & Aged/Disabled	15,418	[11th of 50]
Health Care as a % of Total Employment	6.7 %	[43rd of 51]
Health Index	-10	[42nd of 50]
Health Spending as % Gross State Product	3.3 %	[22nd of 50]
Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000	263	[13th of 51]
High blood pressure	28%	[12th of 54]
High cholesterol	33.2%	[26th of 54]
HIV Death Rate	8.2	[9th of 42]
HIV Testing Rate > Ever Tested	54.7 %	[6th of 51]
HIV Testing Rate > Past 12 Months	32.7 %	[10th of 51]
HMO Enrollment Growth	-7.3 %	[28th of 49]
HMO Penetration Rate	12.9	[27th of 49]
Home Health Services	62	[32nd of 51]
HOPWA Funding	$7,497,696.00	[10th of 51]
Hospice Services	59	[10th of 51]
Hospital Outpatient Services	685	[28th of 51]
HPV vaccine > Opt Out Policy	Yes
HPV vaccine > Proposal Bill would require girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated unless parents can't afford the vaccine or object to it on medical or religious grounds.
HPV vaccine > Status	Died in Committee
Illicit Drug Use	7.5%	[38th of 51]
Illicit Drug Use other than Marijuana	3.91%	[12th of 51]
Income Eligibility --Separate SCHIP Program	235 %	[8th of 30]
Infant Death Rate	9	[7th of 51]
Influenza Vaccines	59.3 %	[48th of 51]
Inpatient Census	2,916	[4th of 50]
Inpatient Days	694	[24th of 51]
Limited Activity Days per Month	1.9	[37th of 50]
Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Medicare PDPs	16	[29th of 51]
MA Total Enrollment	18,789	[31st of 51]
Mammogram Rate for Women 50-69 years	81 %	[26th of 51]
Mammogram testing	74.5%	[27th of 52]
Marijuana Use in the Past Month	5.47%	[38th of 51]
Marijuana Use in the Past Year	9.76%	[37th of 51]
MC Enrollment as a % of Medicaid Enrollment	93.8 %	[4th of 51]
Medicaid Payments per Enrollee, FY2002	$3,079.00	[41st of 49]
Medicare as % of Health Care Spending	17.3 %	[36th of 51]
Medicare Beneficiaries Below 150% FPL	25 %	[18th of 48]
Medicare Enrollment as a % of Total Pop	11 %	[48th of 51]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita	$46.00	[43rd of 51]
Motor Vehicle Death Rate	1.5	[27th of 50]
Needing Treatment for Alcohol Use	5.85%	[49th of 51]
Needing Treatment for Drug Use	2.5%	[42nd of 51]
New AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	1,635	[7th of 51]
New AIDS Cases All Ages	1,640	[7th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Pediatric	5	[8th of 51]
No. of MA Contract Withdrawals	0	[46th of 49]
Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers	5.49%	[13th of 51]
Nonfederal Physicians per 100,000 Population	219	[40th of 51]
Nonfederal Primary Care Physicians	42 %	[24th of 51]
Number of Abortions	33,248	[7th of 43]
Number of Births	135,979	[8th of 51]
Number of Births of Low Birthweight	12,205	[7th of 51]
Number of HMOs	9	[17th of 50]
Number of Infant Deaths	1,195	[6th of 51]
Number of Inpatient Beds	1,255	[16th of 50]
Number of MA Contracts	4	[27th of 51]
Number of Medicare PDPs	42	[30th of 51]
Number of Nursing Home Residents	33,831	[15th of 51]
Number of Nursing Homes	343	[17th of 51]
Number of Special Care Beds	1,335	[26th of 51]
Nursing Home Occupancy Rates	90.5 %	[15th of 51]
Nursing Home Residents as % of 65+ Pop	4.1 %	[22nd of 51]
Obesity > Obese adults > %	26.1%	[14th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight adults > %	61.4%	[24th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight children > %	16.4%	[13th of 51]
Obesity Rate	22 %	[12th of 51]
Occupational Fatality Rate	5.2	[21st of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth	28.2%	[9th of 52]
Oral health > Visits to the dentist	68.1%	[40th of 52]
Organizations Offering Medicare PDPs	18	[16th of 51]
Outpatient Visits	1,481	[44th of 51]
Overall Child Health Status	85.4%	[33rd of 51]
Overweight and Obesity Rate	56.1 %	[24th of 51]
Pap Smear Rate	88 %	[11th of 50]
Percent of Firms Offering Coverage	54.6 %	[27th of 51]
Percent of Women who had Dental Visit	65.4 %	[46th of 51]
Percent of Women with Arthritis	36.4 %	[32nd of 51]
Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure	28.1 %	[12th of 51]
Percent Who Are Immunized	85 %	[12th of 51]
Percent with some health care coverage	82.9%	[35th of 52]
Perception of Alcohol Consumption Risk	45.96%	[4th of 51]
Perception of Cigarette Smoking Risk	73.77%	[17th of 51]
Perception of Marijuana Smoking Risk	44.14%	[8th of 51]
Persons Living with AIDS All Ages	14,245	[8th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Adult/Adolescent	14,190	[8th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Pediatric	56	[9th of 51]
Physical exercise	74.2%	[41st of 52]
Physician and Supplier Services	977	[29th of 51]
Physician Assistants per 10,000 Population	2	[20th of 51]
Pneumococcal Vaccines	57.3 %	[44th of 51]
Prenatal Care	84 %	[27th of 49]
Preterm Births as a % of Births	13.1 %	[16th of 51]
Prevalence of Asthma	7.4 %	[38th of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health	32.6 %	[37th of 50]
Prostate cancer testing	57.8%	[3rd of 52]
Ratio of Abortions to Live Births	249	[14th of 42]
Registered Nurses per 10,000 Population	65	[43rd of 51]
Resident population with serious mental illness	339,759	[10th of 52]
Resident population with serious mental illness (per capita)	0.374 per 10 people	[46th of 52]
Retail Rx Drugs Per Capita	11	[22nd of 51]
Rx Spending as a % of Duals Spending	17 %	[14th of 51]
Serious Psychological Distress	10.81%	[10th of 51]
Short-Stay Hospitals	369	[23rd of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions	48	[46th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Days of Care	1,226	[42nd of 51]
SSDI Beneficiaries as % of Population	3.7 %	[23rd of 51]
SSI Beneficiaries as % of Population	2.3 %	[18th of 51]
Stroke Death Rate per 100,000	65.6	[9th of 51]
Suicides	972	[9th of 51]
Suicides (per capita)	0.107 per 1,000 people	[34th of 51]
Syphilis Cases	2,152	[5th of 50]
Syphilis Rate	25.1	[2nd of 50]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000	53.5	[10th of 51]
Teen Death Rate	62	[14th of 50]
Tobacco use > Everyday smokers	15%	[30th of 52]
Tobacco use > Former smokers	20.9%	[43rd of 52]
Tobacco use > Occasional smokers	4.9%	[37th of 52]
Tobacco use > Total current smokers	19.9%	[38th of 52]
Total ADAP Budget	$39,779,664.00	[8th of 51]
Total ADAP Clients	3,820	[6th of 51]
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled	14,098	[6th of 50]
Total Dentists	4,024	[14th of 51]
Total Dentists (per capita)	0.444 per 1,000 people	[47th of 51]
Total Dual Eligible Enrollment in MC	163,564	[5th of 29]
Total Dual Eligible Medicaid Spending	$1,769.00	[18th of 51]
Total Enrollment in Medicaid	9,874	[25th of 36]
Total FQHC Encounters or Visits	803,106	[21st of 51]
Total FQHCs	21	[15th of 51]
Total FQHCs Service Delivery Sites	101	[18th of 51]
Total HCBS Waivers	5	[19th of 50]
Total Health Care Employment	254,310	[12th of 51]
Total Health Care Employment (per capita)	0.28 per 10 people	[47th of 51]
Total Health Clinics	95	[14th of 51]
Total Health Clinics (per capita)	10.471 per 1 million people	[29th of 51]
Total HMO Enrollment	1,140,492	[18th of 53]
Total HMO Enrollment (per capita)	12.571 per 100 people	[31st of 53]
Total Hospitals	146	[8th of 51]
Total Hospitals (per capita)	0.161 per 10,000 people	[31st of 51]
Total Medicaid Births	61,898	[6th of 49]
Total Medicaid Births (per capita)	0.682 per 100 people	[6th of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002	1,458,500	[10th of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 (per capita)	0.161 per capita	[22nd of 49]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004	$9,223,007,610.00	[8th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per $ GDP)	$0.27 per $10 of GDP	[17th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per capita)	$1,016.58 per capita	[19th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries	998,428	[11th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries (per capita)	0.11 per capita	[47th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments	$4,397.00	[17th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per $ GDP)	$1.29 per $100 million of GDP	[44th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per capita)	$0.49 per 1,000 people	[48th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians	19,371	[14th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians (per capita)	0.214 per 100 people	[43rd of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs	225,948	[20th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs (per capita)	0.249 per 10 people	[40th of 51]
Total Personal Health Spending, FY2000	$30,806.00	[12th of 51]
Total Physician Assistants	1,615	[8th of 51]
Total Registered Nurses	55,290	[12th of 51]
Total Retail Rx Drugs	96,968,142	[10th of 51]
Total Sales for Retail Rx Drugs	$4,927,535,131.00	[11th of 51]
Total Spending on Medicaid	$59,471.00	[26th of 36]
Total SSDI Beneficiaries	204,546	[10th of 51]
Total SSI Beneficiaries	199,991	[9th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health	$380,647,277.00	[21st of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per $ GDP)	$0.11 per $100 of GDP	[45th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per capita)	$41.96 per capita	[44th of 51]
Total State Health Care Spending	$10,735.00	[10th of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per $ GDP)	$0.32 per $10 million of GDP	[24th of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per capita)	$0.12 per 100 people	[27th of 50]
Total Tobacco Funds	$799,303,000.00	[21st of 50]
Twin Births Ratio	31.6	[21st of 51]

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