StateMaster - North Carolina Health statistics

% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies	27.8%	[6th of 51]
% of Nursing Homes with No Deficiencies	10.4 %	[20th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $0 Deductible	58 %	[24th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $250 Deductible	34 %	[27th of 51]
% Point Change in ESI	-1.9 %	[14th of 51]
% Point Change in Individual Insurance	0.8	[18th of 51]
% Point Change in Medicaid	1.1	[15th of 19]
% Point Change in Uninsured	0.6	[16th of 51]
Abortion Rate	17	[13th of 47]
Abortions by Out-of-State Residents	13.8%	[14th of 44]
ADAP Financial Eligibility Criteria	125	[52nd of 52]
ADAP Total Drug Expenditures	$2,281,607.00	[10th of 51]
Admissions	117	[26th of 51]
Adult physical disabilities	6.7%	[15th of 54]
Aged SSI	28,241	[10th of 51]
Aged SSI as % of Population Ages 65+	2.8 %	[18th of 51]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages	13.3	[13th of 51]
Alcohol Abuse or Dependence	5.97%	[50th of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers	9.5%	[50th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers	41.9%	[44th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers	3%	[49th of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities	553	[7th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities (per capita)	0.637 per 10,000 people	[20th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage	35%	[40th of 51]
Alcohol Use in the Past Month	40.8%	[44th of 51]
Alligator Attacks	1	[7th of 10]
Alligator Attacks (per capita)	0.115 per 1 million people	[8th of 10]
Annual Reported HIV Cases All Ages	1,099	[8th of 39]
Asthma > Adult cases	13.1%	[29th of 52]
Attempts to Quit Smoking	55.7 %	[21st of 50]
Autism > Cumulative Growth in Autism Cases	418%	[49th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism	4,687	[13th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism (per capita)	5.398 per 10,000 people	[16th of 56]
Average Monthly MA Payment Rates (Weighted)	$648.00	[24th of 48]
Avg # of Nursing Home Deficiencies	7	[28th of 51]
Avg. Annual % Growth, FY1980-2000	10.6 %	[3rd of 51]
Baseline Dual Eligible Enrollment	216,707	[7th of 51]
Baseline FFS Drug Payments for Duals	$684,599,208.00	[7th of 51]
Beds	2.77	[26th of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000	14.1	[19th of 51]
Births Financed by Medicaid As Percent of State Births	43%	[15th of 48]
Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births	9 %	[9th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI	166,370	[10th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI as % of Population	2 %	[17th of 51]
C-Section births	26.4%	[21st of 51]
Cancer Death Rate per 100,000	200.5	[19th of 51]
Cancer Incidence per 100,000	438.6	[35th of 44]
CARE Act Total Funding	$32,030,361.00	[13th of 51]
Change in % of Preterm Births, '90-'03	9 %	[46th of 51]
Change in Medicaid Enrollment, 2003-04	3.5 %	[30th of 51]
Change in Number of Children with Individual Insurance	22,410	[7th of 51]
Change in Number of Uninsured Children	29,346	[5th of 34]
Change in Number Uninsured	231,465	[10th of 51]
Change in Number with ESI	38,590	[6th of 51]
Change in Number with Medicaid	57,036	[2nd of 21]
Change in SCHIP Enrollment, 2003-04	16.9 %	[10th of 49]
Change in Teen Birth Rate, '91-'03	-30 %	[29th of 51]
Child Death Rate	22	[26th of 50]
Chlamydia Cases	26,187	[10th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate	314.7	[20th of 50]
Cholesterol Screening Rate	22.5 %	[35th of 51]
Cigarette Use in the Past Month	27.12%	[17th of 51]
Cocaine Use	1.96%	[45th of 51]
Colonoscopy testing	54.5%	[21st of 52]
Colorectal Cancer Screening	40.2%	[1st of 52]
Cum. Rptd. HIV Cases Adult/Adolescent	12,236	[5th of 36]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	13,958	[14th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages	14,078	[14th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages (per capita)	1.621 per 1,000 people	[26th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Pediatric	120	[16th of 51]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases All Ages	12,368	[5th of 40]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases Pediatric	132	[7th of 39]
Current Annual Appropriation	$163,353,000.00	[14th of 49]
Current Monthly Enrollment, June 2004	1,112,264	[11th of 51]
Current Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, Dec 2004	122,613	[9th of 49]
Death Rate per 100,000	907.5	[15th of 51]
Deaths Among Persons with AIDS	7,268	[17th of 51]
Deaths due to HIV	486	[10th of 51]
Diabetes	8.4%	[5th of 52]
Diabetes Death Rate per 100,000	27.6	[17th of 51]
Diabetes per 100 Adults	6.9	[19th of 51]
Disability prevalence	17.9%	[34th of 54]
Duals Spending as a % of Medicaid	43 %	[20th of 51]
Emergency Room Visits	408	[19th of 51]
Expenses per Inpatient Day	$1,200.00	[33rd of 51]
Fire death rate	16.9	[11th of 51]
Flu shot	66.9%	[32nd of 52]
Fruits and vegetables consumption	23.1%	[22nd of 54]
Gonorrhea Cases	15,116	[8th of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate	181.7	[7th of 50]
Growth in Medicaid Spending, FY1991-01	14 %	[8th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries	0	[46th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[38th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number	439	[10th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number (per capita)	0.506 per 10,000 people	[18th of 51]
HCBS Aged & Aged/Disabled	10,018	[19th of 50]
Health Care as a % of Total Employment	8.1 %	[24th of 51]
Health Index	-1.03	[33rd of 50]
Health Spending as % Gross State Product	3.4 %	[20th of 50]
Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000	235.6	[25th of 51]
High blood pressure	28.6%	[11th of 54]
High cholesterol	34%	[16th of 54]
HIV Death Rate	5.8	[13th of 42]
HIV Testing Rate > Ever Tested	49.5 %	[12th of 51]
HIV Testing Rate > Past 12 Months	30.6 %	[16th of 51]
HMO Enrollment Growth	-14 %	[34th of 49]
HMO Penetration Rate	7.5	[39th of 49]
Home Health Services	67	[25th of 51]
HOPWA Funding	$3,005,000.00	[18th of 51]
Hospice Services	61	[8th of 51]
Hospital Outpatient Services	678	[31st of 51]
Illicit Drug Use	7.9%	[28th of 51]
Illicit Drug Use other than Marijuana	3.44%	[33rd of 51]
Income Eligibility --Separate SCHIP Program	200 %	[22nd of 30]
Infant Death Rate	8.1	[13th of 51]
Influenza Vaccines	68.1 %	[29th of 51]
Inpatient Census	1,989	[8th of 50]
Inpatient Days	719	[20th of 51]
Limited Activity Days per Month	1.5	[48th of 50]
Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Medicare PDPs	34	[9th of 51]
MA Total Enrollment	66,636	[19th of 51]
Mammogram Rate for Women 50-69 years	83 %	[18th of 51]
Mammogram testing	77.4%	[12th of 52]
Marijuana Use in the Past Month	5.62%	[33rd of 51]
Marijuana Use in the Past Year	9.45%	[41st of 51]
MC Enrollment as a % of Medicaid Enrollment	69.5 %	[21st of 51]
Medicaid Managed Care Capitation Rates	$189.00	[6th of 36]
Medicaid Payments per Enrollee, FY2002	$4,312.00	[23rd of 49]
Medicare as % of Health Care Spending	19.3 %	[26th of 51]
Medicare Beneficiaries Below 150% FPL	37 %	[2nd of 48]
Medicare Enrollment as a % of Total Pop	14 %	[33rd of 51]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita	$76.00	[24th of 51]
Motor Vehicle Death Rate	1.6	[21st of 50]
Needing Treatment for Alcohol Use	5.6%	[51st of 51]
Needing Treatment for Drug Use	2.59%	[36th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	1,136	[10th of 51]
New AIDS Cases All Ages	1,137	[10th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Pediatric	1	[20th of 51]
No. of MA Contract Withdrawals	0	[47th of 49]
Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers	4.39%	[35th of 51]
Nonfederal Physicians per 100,000 Population	252	[29th of 51]
Nonfederal Primary Care Physicians	39 %	[43rd of 51]
Number of Abortions	30,419	[8th of 43]
Number of Births	118,323	[10th of 51]
Number of Births of Low Birthweight	10,631	[10th of 51]
Number of HMOs	8	[19th of 50]
Number of Infant Deaths	955	[10th of 51]
Number of Inpatient Beds	2,409	[10th of 50]
Number of MA Contracts	5	[25th of 51]
Number of Medicare PDPs	38	[49th of 51]
Number of Nursing Home Residents	36,017	[12th of 51]
Number of Nursing Homes	396	[13th of 51]
Number of Special Care Beds	1,903	[19th of 51]
Nursing Home Occupancy Rates	89.4 %	[18th of 51]
Nursing Home Residents as % of 65+ Pop	3.5 %	[31st of 51]
Obesity > Obese adults > %	25.6%	[17th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight adults > %	62.3%	[19th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight children > %	19.3%	[5th of 51]
Obesity Rate	22 %	[16th of 51]
Occupational Fatality Rate	4.6	[26th of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth	28.3%	[8th of 52]
Oral health > Visits to the dentist	69.4%	[32nd of 52]
Organizations Offering Medicare PDPs	16	[45th of 51]
Outpatient Visits	1,727	[36th of 51]
Overall Child Health Status	85.5%	[32nd of 51]
Overweight and Obesity Rate	54.5 %	[35th of 51]
Pap Smear Rate	88 %	[13th of 50]
Percent of Firms Offering Coverage	56.5 %	[20th of 51]
Percent of Women who had Dental Visit	69.6 %	[34th of 51]
Percent of Women with Arthritis	37.7 %	[23rd of 51]
Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure	28.9 %	[10th of 51]
Percent Who Are Immunized	82 %	[22nd of 51]
Percent with some health care coverage	81.1%	[43rd of 52]
Perception of Alcohol Consumption Risk	45.18%	[7th of 51]
Perception of Cigarette Smoking Risk	68.97%	[45th of 51]
Perception of Marijuana Smoking Risk	42.07%	[13th of 51]
Persons Living with AIDS All Ages	7,245	[14th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Adult/Adolescent	7,225	[14th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Pediatric	20	[17th of 51]
Physical exercise	75.2%	[36th of 52]
Physician and Supplier Services	989	[13th of 51]
Physician Assistants per 10,000 Population	3	[3rd of 51]
Pneumococcal Vaccines	63 %	[27th of 51]
Prenatal Care	84.5 %	[23rd of 49]
Preterm Births as a % of Births	13.6 %	[11th of 51]
Prevalence of Asthma	7.7 %	[32nd of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health	25.8 %	[49th of 50]
Prostate cancer testing	55.3%	[6th of 52]
Ratio of Abortions to Live Births	257	[11th of 42]
Registered Nurses per 10,000 Population	80	[29th of 51]
Resident population with serious mental illness	337,571	[11th of 52]
Resident population with serious mental illness (per capita)	0.389 per 10 people	[41st of 52]
Retail Rx Drugs Per Capita	13.6	[7th of 51]
Rx Spending as a % of Duals Spending	19 %	[11th of 51]
Serious Psychological Distress	9.98%	[21st of 51]
Short-Stay Hospitals	370	[21st of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions	52	[41st of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Days of Care	1,567	[21st of 51]
Smokeless tobacco users	28%	[4th of 18]
SSDI Beneficiaries as % of Population	4.8 %	[9th of 51]
SSI Beneficiaries as % of Population	2.3 %	[19th of 51]
Stroke Death Rate per 100,000	67.9	[7th of 51]
Suicides	955	[10th of 51]
Suicides (per capita)	0.11 per 1,000 people	[31st of 51]
Syphilis Cases	848	[13th of 50]
Syphilis Rate	10.2	[17th of 50]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000	49	[15th of 51]
Teen Death Rate	62	[15th of 50]
Tobacco use > Everyday smokers	17.6%	[13th of 52]
Tobacco use > Former smokers	21.2%	[41st of 52]
Tobacco use > Occasional smokers	5.5%	[23rd of 52]
Tobacco use > Total current smokers	23.1%	[17th of 52]
Total ADAP Budget	$30,559,609.00	[9th of 51]
Total ADAP Clients	1,843	[11th of 51]
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled	6,610	[11th of 50]
Total Dentists	3,903	[15th of 51]
Total Dentists (per capita)	0.449 per 1,000 people	[44th of 51]
Total Dual Eligible Enrollment in MC	246,182	[4th of 29]
Total Dual Eligible Medicaid Spending	$3,283.00	[8th of 51]
Total Enrollment in Medicaid	39,679	[12th of 36]
Total FQHC Encounters or Visits	937,470	[17th of 51]
Total FQHCs	24	[10th of 51]
Total FQHCs Service Delivery Sites	106	[17th of 51]
Total HCBS Waivers	4	[37th of 50]
Total Health Care Employment	301,370	[9th of 51]
Total Health Care Employment (per capita)	0.347 per 10 people	[23rd of 51]
Total Health Clinics	109	[11th of 51]
Total Health Clinics (per capita)	12.553 per 1 million people	[24th of 51]
Total HMO Enrollment	641,574	[26th of 53]
Total HMO Enrollment (per capita)	7.389 per 100 people	[42nd of 53]
Total Hospitals	113	[17th of 51]
Total Hospitals (per capita)	0.13 per 10,000 people	[39th of 51]
Total Medicaid Births	50,828	[7th of 49]
Total Medicaid Births (per capita)	0.585 per 100 people	[11th of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002	1,389,500	[11th of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 (per capita)	0.16 per capita	[23rd of 49]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004	$8,364,468,832.00	[11th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per $ GDP)	$0.25 per $10 of GDP	[21st of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per capita)	$963.29 per capita	[20th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries	1,234,909	[9th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries (per capita)	0.142 per capita	[29th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments	$6,798.00	[10th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per $ GDP)	$2.03 per $100 million of GDP	[22nd of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per capita)	$0.78 per 1,000 people	[22nd of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians	21,522	[12th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians (per capita)	0.248 per 100 people	[29th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs	279,053	[14th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs (per capita)	0.321 per 10 people	[34th of 51]
Total Personal Health Spending, FY2000	$31,284.00	[11th of 51]
Total Physician Assistants	2,429	[6th of 51]
Total Registered Nurses	66,290	[11th of 51]
Total Retail Rx Drugs	116,554,170	[8th of 51]
Total Sales for Retail Rx Drugs	$6,247,096,567.00	[8th of 51]
Total Spending on Medicaid	$514,208.00	[6th of 36]
Total SSDI Beneficiaries	253,611	[7th of 51]
Total SSI Beneficiaries	194,611	[10th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health	$616,120,223.00	[11th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per $ GDP)	$0.18 per $100 of GDP	[24th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per capita)	$70.96 per capita	[25th of 51]
Total State Health Care Spending	$10,581.00	[11th of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per $ GDP)	$0.32 per $10 million of GDP	[23rd of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per capita)	$0.12 per 100 people	[23rd of 50]
Total Tobacco Funds	$944,814,000.00	[16th of 50]
Twin Births Ratio	31.6	[20th of 51]

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