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% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies 18.3% [24th of 51]
% of Nursing Homes with No Deficiencies 10.1 % [21st of 51]
% of PDPs with a $0 Deductible 61 % [10th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $250 Deductible 32 % [37th of 51]
% Point Change in ESI -12.9 % [49th of 51]
% Point Change in Individual Insurance -0.7 [37th of 51]
% Point Change in Uninsured 5 [2nd of 51]
Abortion Rate 6 [41st of 47]
Abortions by Out-of-State Residents 4.3% [32nd of 44]
ADAP Financial Eligibility Criteria 400 [6th of 52]
ADAP Total Drug Expenditures $711,348.00 [22nd of 51]
Admissions 144 [8th of 51]
Adult physical disabilities 8.6% [1st of 54]
Aged SSI 17,536 [16th of 51]
Aged SSI as % of Population Ages 65+ 5 % [6th of 51]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages 16.5 [11th of 51]
Alcohol Abuse or Dependence 6.41% [46th of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers 10.4% [47th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers 37.6% [47th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers 3.5% [46th of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities 341 [19th of 51]
    Alcohol related traffic fatalities (per capita) 1.167 per 10,000 people [1st of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage 38% [31st of 51]
Alcohol Use in the Past Month 36.75% [49th of 51]
Alligator Attacks 0 [10th of 10]
    Alligator Attacks (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [10th of 10]
Annual Reported HIV Cases All Ages 340 [21st of 39]
Asthma > Adult cases 11.8% [44th of 52]
Attempts to Quit Smoking 55.4 % [22nd of 50]
Autism > Cumulative Growth in Autism Cases 3,788% [7th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism 680 [38th of 56]
    Autism > Number of Children with Autism (per capita) 2.328 per 10,000 people [51st of 56]
Avg # of Nursing Home Deficiencies 5.9 [35th of 51]
Avg. Annual % Growth, FY1980-2000 9.1 % [21st of 51]
Baseline Dual Eligible Enrollment 133,899 [14th of 51]
Baseline FFS Drug Payments for Duals $321,215,854.00 [17th of 51]
Beds 4.52 [5th of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000 14.7 [12th of 51]
Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births 11.4 % [1st of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI 108,746 [18th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI as % of Population 3.8 % [3rd of 51]
C-Section births 31.1% [1st of 51]
Cancer Death Rate per 100,000 217.8 [4th of 51]
CARE Act Total Funding $13,491,072.00 [25th of 51]
Change in % of Preterm Births, '90-'03 19 % [31st of 51]
Change in Medicaid Enrollment, 2003-04 -1 % [46th of 51]
Change in Number of Children with Individual Insurance -6,482 [43rd of 51]
Change in Number Uninsured 107,263 [20th of 51]
Change in Number with ESI -112,284 [40th of 51]
Change in SCHIP Enrollment, 2003-04 9.6 % [17th of 49]
Change in Teen Birth Rate, '91-'03 -27 % [17th of 51]
Child Death Rate 35 [1st of 50]
Chlamydia Cases 12,193 [24th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate 424.6 [4th of 50]
Cholesterol Screening Rate 28.1 % [8th of 51]
Cigarette Use in the Past Month 28.03% [9th of 51]
Cocaine Use 2.01% [44th of 51]
Colonoscopy testing 46.8% [45th of 52]
Colorectal Cancer Screening 20% [48th of 52]
Cum. Rptd. HIV Cases Adult/Adolescent 4,249 [17th of 36]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent 5,976 [26th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages 6,032 [26th of 51]
    Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages (per capita) 2.065 per 1,000 people [20th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Pediatric 56 [21st of 51]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases All Ages 4,304 [17th of 40]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases Pediatric 55 [16th of 39]
Current Annual Appropriation $236,000,000.00 [10th of 49]
Current Monthly Enrollment, June 2004 579,242 [24th of 51]
Current Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, Dec 2004 67,015 [16th of 49]
Death Rate per 100,000 1,037.3 [1st of 51]
Deaths Among Persons with AIDS 3,033 [27th of 51]
Deaths due to HIV 185 [21st of 51]
Diabetes 9.5% [3rd of 52]
Diabetes Death Rate per 100,000 24.2 [33rd of 51]
Diabetes per 100 Adults 8.9 [2nd of 51]
Disability prevalence 23.7% [4th of 54]
Duals Spending as a % of Medicaid 44 % [17th of 51]
Emergency Room Visits 554 [4th of 51]
Expenses per Inpatient Day $882.00 [48th of 51]
Fire death rate 41.2 [1st of 51]
Flu shot 66.8% [33rd of 52]
Fruits and vegetables consumption 17.9% [49th of 54]
Gonorrhea Cases 6,328 [20th of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate 220.4 [2nd of 50]
Growth in Medicaid Spending, FY1991-01 13 % [12th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries 0 [32nd of 51]
    Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [40th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number 135 [33rd of 51]
    Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number (per capita) 0.462 per 10,000 people [22nd of 51]
HCBS Aged & Aged/Disabled 9,357 [22nd of 50]
Health Care as a % of Total Employment 8.7 % [10th of 51]
Health Index -18.43 [49th of 50]
Health Spending as % Gross State Product 5.9 % [1st of 50]
Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000 326.9 [1st of 51]
High blood pressure 33.4% [2nd of 54]
High cholesterol 33.1% [27th of 54]
HIV Death Rate 6.8 [11th of 42]
HIV Testing Rate > Ever Tested 47.9 % [18th of 51]
HIV Testing Rate > Past 12 Months 33.5 % [7th of 51]
HMO Enrollment Growth -94.4 % [49th of 49]
HMO Penetration Rate 0.1 [49th of 49]
Home Health Services 85 [8th of 51]
HOPWA Funding $1,480,000.00 [32nd of 51]
Hospice Services 101 [1st of 51]
Hospital Outpatient Services 687 [27th of 51]
HPV vaccine > Opt Out Policy No
HPV vaccine > Proposal
Bill would have required girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated.
HPV vaccine > Status
Died. Sponsor planning to re-introduce it with an opt-out clause.
Illicit Drug Use 6.6% [47th of 51]
Illicit Drug Use other than Marijuana 3.14% [46th of 51]
Income Eligibility --Separate SCHIP Program 200 % [20th of 30]
Infant Death Rate 10.2 [3rd of 51]
Influenza Vaccines 63 % [44th of 51]
Inpatient Census 809 [23rd of 50]
Inpatient Days 935 [7th of 51]
Limited Activity Days per Month 2.3 [10th of 50]
Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Medicare PDPs 32 [11th of 51]
MA Total Enrollment 0 [48th of 51]
Mammogram Rate for Women 50-69 years 70 % [51st of 51]
Mammogram testing 66.4% [50th of 52]
Marijuana Use in the Past Month 4.23% [50th of 51]
Marijuana Use in the Past Year 7.83% [51st of 51]
MC Enrollment as a % of Medicaid Enrollment 14.5 % [46th of 51]
Medicaid Payments per Enrollee, FY2002 $3,505.00 [33rd of 49]
Medicare as % of Health Care Spending 25.1 % [3rd of 51]
Medicare Beneficiaries Below 150% FPL 41 % [1st of 48]
Medicare Enrollment as a % of Total Pop 15 % [22nd of 51]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita $87.00 [21st of 51]
Motor Vehicle Death Rate 2.4 [2nd of 50]
Needing Treatment for Alcohol Use 6.08% [46th of 51]
Needing Treatment for Drug Use 2.49% [43rd of 51]
New AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent 479 [21st of 51]
New AIDS Cases All Ages 479 [21st of 51]
New AIDS Cases Pediatric 0 [29th of 51]
No. of MA Contract Withdrawals 0 [22nd of 49]
Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers 3.88% [45th of 51]
Nonfederal Physicians per 100,000 Population 182 [50th of 51]
Nonfederal Primary Care Physicians 42 % [22nd of 51]
Number of Abortions 3,566 [35th of 43]
Number of Births 42,380 [31st of 51]
Number of Births of Low Birthweight 4,846 [23rd of 51]
Number of HMOs 1 [48th of 50]
Number of Infant Deaths 423 [23rd of 51]
Number of Inpatient Beds 2,635 [5th of 50]
Number of MA Contracts 0 [48th of 51]
Number of Medicare PDPs 38 [48th of 51]
Number of Nursing Home Residents 13,219 [31st of 51]
Number of Nursing Homes 169 [31st of 51]
Number of Special Care Beds 44 [49th of 51]
Nursing Home Occupancy Rates 88.2 % [24th of 51]
Nursing Home Residents as % of 65+ Pop 3.8 % [26th of 51]
Obesity > Obese adults > % 30.6% [1st of 51]
Obesity > Overweight adults > % 66.5% [1st of 51]
Obesity > Overweight children > % 17.8% [8th of 51]
Obesity Rate 26 % [1st of 51]
Occupational Fatality Rate 8.6 [7th of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth 29.5% [7th of 52]
Oral health > Visits to the dentist 59.4% [52nd of 52]
Organizations Offering Medicare PDPs 15 [49th of 51]
Outpatient Visits 1,387 [46th of 51]
Overall Child Health Status 80.7% [48th of 51]
Overweight and Obesity Rate 60.8 % [3rd of 51]
Pap Smear Rate 85 % [33rd of 50]
Percent of Firms Offering Coverage 45.9 % [45th of 51]
Percent of Women who had Dental Visit 60.1 % [51st of 51]
Percent of Women with Arthritis 40.1 % [11th of 51]
Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure 33.6 % [1st of 51]
Percent Who Are Immunized 84 % [15th of 51]
Percent with some health care coverage 79.8% [46th of 52]
Perception of Alcohol Consumption Risk 49.16% [1st of 51]
Perception of Cigarette Smoking Risk 71.14% [34th of 51]
Perception of Marijuana Smoking Risk 51.33% [1st of 51]
Persons Living with AIDS All Ages 3,078 [26th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Adult/Adolescent 3,061 [26th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Pediatric 17 [20th of 51]
Physical exercise 68.6% [51st of 52]
Physician and Supplier Services 978 [27th of 51]
Physician Assistants per 10,000 Population 0 [51st of 51]
Pneumococcal Vaccines 58.9 % [40th of 51]
Prenatal Care 84.9 % [22nd of 49]
Preterm Births as a % of Births 17.9 % [1st of 51]
Prevalence of Asthma 9.1 % [12th of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health 33.9 % [25th of 50]
Prostate cancer testing 53% [21st of 52]
Ratio of Abortions to Live Births 84 [38th of 42]
Registered Nurses per 10,000 Population 81 [26th of 51]
Resident population with serious mental illness 113,996 [32nd of 52]
    Resident population with serious mental illness (per capita) 0.39 per 10 people [39th of 52]
Retail Rx Drugs Per Capita 13.6 [8th of 51]
Rx Spending as a % of Duals Spending 25 % [1st of 51]
Serious Psychological Distress 9.56% [29th of 51]
Short-Stay Hospitals 450 [3rd of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions 55 [38th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Days of Care 1,408 [33rd of 51]
Smokeless tobacco users 30.5% [2nd of 18]
SSDI Beneficiaries as % of Population 6.3 % [3rd of 51]
SSI Beneficiaries as % of Population 4.4 % [1st of 51]
Stroke Death Rate per 100,000 69.6 [5th of 51]
Suicides 336 [35th of 51]
    Suicides (per capita) 0.115 per 1,000 people [27th of 51]
Syphilis Cases 435 [20th of 50]
Syphilis Rate 15.1 [8th of 50]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 62.5 [3rd of 51]
Teen Death Rate 69 [8th of 50]
Tobacco use > Everyday smokers 18% [11th of 52]
Tobacco use > Former smokers 19.2% [48th of 52]
Tobacco use > Occasional smokers 6.4% [8th of 52]
Tobacco use > Total current smokers 24.5% [10th of 52]
Total ADAP Budget $8,777,477.00 [26th of 51]
Total ADAP Clients 769 [23rd of 51]
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled 2,512 [23rd of 50]
Total Dentists 1,159 [33rd of 51]
    Total Dentists (per capita) 0.397 per 1,000 people [51st of 51]
Total Dual Eligible Medicaid Spending $1,331.00 [25th of 51]
Total FQHC Encounters or Visits 996,564 [15th of 51]
Total FQHCs 22 [12th of 51]
Total FQHCs Service Delivery Sites 144 [9th of 51]
Total HCBS Waivers 5 [17th of 50]
Total Health Care Employment 95,110 [32nd of 51]
    Total Health Care Employment (per capita) 0.326 per 10 people [34th of 51]
Total Health Clinics 137 [8th of 51]
    Total Health Clinics (per capita) 46.9 per 1 million people [5th of 51]
Total HMO Enrollment 1,578 [52nd of 53]
    Total HMO Enrollment (per capita) 0.054 per 100 people [52nd of 53]
Total Hospitals 92 [22nd of 51]
    Total Hospitals (per capita) 0.315 per 10,000 people [9th of 51]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 708,000 [25th of 49]
    Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 (per capita) 0.242 per capita [5th of 49]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 $3,426,495,002.00 [27th of 51]
    Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per $ GDP) $0.45 per $10 of GDP [3rd of 51]
    Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per capita) $1,173.02 per capita [9th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries 445,704 [32nd of 51]
    Total Medicare Beneficiaries (per capita) 0.153 per capita [14th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments $2,140.00 [32nd of 51]
    Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per $ GDP) $2.81 per $100 million of GDP [7th of 51]
    Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per capita) $0.73 per 1,000 people [25th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians 5,289 [33rd of 51]
    Total Nonfederal Physicians (per capita) 0.181 per 100 people [50th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs 310,807 [11th of 51]
    Total Patients Served by FQHCs (per capita) 1.064 per 10 people [4th of 51]
Total Personal Health Spending, FY2000 $9,975.00 [32nd of 51]
Total Physician Assistants 65 [51st of 51]
Total Registered Nurses 23,180 [31st of 51]
Total Retail Rx Drugs 39,382,878 [27th of 51]
Total Sales for Retail Rx Drugs $2,032,533,755.00 [27th of 51]
Total SSDI Beneficiaries 112,262 [24th of 51]
Total SSI Beneficiaries 126,282 [18th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health $246,792,149.00 [27th of 51]
    Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per $ GDP) $0.32 per $100 of GDP [6th of 51]
    Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per capita) $84.49 per capita [19th of 51]
Total State Health Care Spending $4,257.00 [27th of 50]
    Total State Health Care Spending (per $ GDP) $0.56 per $10 million of GDP [1st of 50]
    Total State Health Care Spending (per capita) $0.15 per 100 people [10th of 50]
Total Tobacco Funds $800,671,000.00 [20th of 50]
Twin Births Ratio 31.2 [24th of 51]

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