StateMaster - New Jerseyan Health statistics

% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies	12.4%	[37th of 51]
% of Nursing Homes with No Deficiencies	8.8 %	[24th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $0 Deductible	57 %	[28th of 51]
% of PDPs with a $250 Deductible	36 %	[14th of 51]
% Point Change in ESI	-3.3 %	[19th of 51]
% Point Change in Individual Insurance	0.1	[27th of 51]
% Point Change in Medicaid	1.3	[13th of 19]
% Point Change in Uninsured	2.6	[6th of 51]
Abortion Rate	19	[11th of 47]
Abortions by Out-of-State Residents	3.7%	[36th of 44]
ADAP Financial Eligibility Criteria	500	[3rd of 52]
ADAP Insurance Purchasing/Maintenance Funds	$1,700,000.00	[8th of 26]
ADAP Total Drug Expenditures	$5,964,042.00	[5th of 51]
Admissions	128	[15th of 51]
Adult physical disabilities	5.3%	[41st of 54]
Aged SSI	33,654	[6th of 51]
Aged SSI as % of Population Ages 65+	3 %	[17th of 51]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages	21.2	[6th of 51]
Alcohol Abuse or Dependence	6.49%	[44th of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers	14.4%	[30th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers	59.7%	[14th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers	4.5%	[34th of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities	270	[25th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities (per capita)	0.31 per 10,000 people	[49th of 51]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage	37%	[33rd of 51]
Alcohol Use in the Past Month	53.25%	[18th of 51]
Annual Reported HIV Cases All Ages	1,704	[6th of 39]
Asthma > Adult cases	13.5%	[21st of 52]
Attempts to Quit Smoking	57.6 %	[14th of 50]
Autism > Cumulative Growth in Autism Cases	911%	[33rd of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism	5,503	[9th of 56]
Autism > Number of Children with Autism (per capita)	6.312 per 10,000 people	[11th of 56]
Average Monthly MA Payment Rates (Weighted)	$808.00	[6th of 48]
Avg # of Nursing Home Deficiencies	5.7	[37th of 51]
Avg. Annual % Growth, FY1980-2000	9.2 %	[20th of 51]
Baseline Dual Eligible Enrollment	132,467	[15th of 51]
Baseline FFS Drug Payments for Duals	$492,161,281.00	[11th of 51]
Beds	2.64	[30th of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000	13.5	[28th of 51]
Births Financed by Medicaid As Percent of State Births	24.2%	[43rd of 48]
Births of Low Birthweight as a % of Births	8.1 %	[25th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI	115,722	[16th of 51]
Blind & Disabled SSI as % of Population	1.3 %	[40th of 51]
C-Section births	30.9%	[2nd of 51]
Cancer Death Rate per 100,000	196.9	[27th of 51]
Cancer Incidence per 100,000	521	[1st of 44]
CARE Act Total Funding	$86,935,320.00	[5th of 51]
Change in % of Preterm Births, '90-'03	13 %	[39th of 51]
Change in Medicaid Enrollment, 2003-04	0.2 %	[43rd of 51]
Change in Number of Children with Individual Insurance	6,454	[19th of 51]
Change in Number Uninsured	291,238	[6th of 51]
Change in Number with ESI	80,726	[1st of 51]
Change in Number with Medicaid	59,951	[1st of 21]
Change in SCHIP Enrollment, 2003-04	4.9 %	[33rd of 49]
Change in Teen Birth Rate, '91-'03	-38 %	[41st of 51]
Child Death Rate	14	[50th of 50]
Chlamydia Cases	16,169	[19th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate	188.2	[43rd of 50]
Cholesterol Screening Rate	19.3 %	[45th of 51]
Cigarette Use in the Past Month	22.7%	[46th of 51]
Cocaine Use	2.02%	[43rd of 51]
Colonoscopy testing	56.6%	[16th of 52]
Colorectal Cancer Screening	25.8%	[31st of 52]
Cum. Rptd. HIV Cases Adult/Adolescent	16,300	[4th of 36]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	46,459	[5th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages	47,224	[5th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases All Ages (per capita)	5.417 per 1,000 people	[4th of 51]
Cumulative AIDS Cases Pediatric	765	[3rd of 51]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases All Ages	16,731	[4th of 40]
Cumulative Reported HIV Cases Pediatric	431	[2nd of 39]
Current Annual Appropriation	$245,100,000.00	[9th of 49]
Current Monthly Enrollment, June 2004	776,588	[17th of 51]
Current Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, Dec 2004	102,765	[11th of 49]
Death Rate per 100,000	811.2	[32nd of 51]
Deaths Among Persons with AIDS	30,302	[5th of 51]
Deaths due to HIV	762	[5th of 51]
Diabetes	6.7%	[29th of 52]
Diabetes Death Rate per 100,000	27.9	[15th of 51]
Diabetes per 100 Adults	6.4	[26th of 51]
Disability prevalence	16.5%	[47th of 54]
Duals Spending as a % of Medicaid	42 %	[23rd of 51]
Emergency Room Visits	338	[37th of 51]
Expenses per Inpatient Day	$1,615.00	[9th of 51]
Fire death rate	9.8	[34th of 51]
Flu shot	67.5%	[29th of 52]
Fruits and vegetables consumption	26.6%	[13th of 54]
Gonorrhea Cases	7,944	[18th of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate	92.5	[27th of 50]
Growth in Medicaid Spending, FY1991-01	11 %	[32nd of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries	5	[11th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Deaths and Injuries (per capita)	0.574 per 1 million people	[11th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number	508	[8th of 51]
Hazardous Materials Incidents > Total number (per capita)	0.583 per 10,000 people	[11th of 51]
HCBS Aged & Aged/Disabled	7,999	[23rd of 50]
Health Care as a % of Total Employment	7.6 %	[30th of 51]
Health Index	7.71	[16th of 50]
Health Spending as % Gross State Product	3.2 %	[30th of 50]
Heart Disease Death Rate per 100,000	244.4	[21st of 51]
High blood pressure	25.6%	[22nd of 54]
High cholesterol	33.8%	[19th of 54]
HIV Death Rate	8.5	[7th of 42]
HIV Testing Rate > Ever Tested	47.7 %	[19th of 51]
HIV Testing Rate > Past 12 Months	27.2 %	[30th of 51]
HMO Enrollment Growth	-6.4 %	[27th of 49]
HMO Penetration Rate	23.4	[18th of 49]
Home Health Services	75	[15th of 51]
HOPWA Funding	$8,407,000.00	[9th of 51]
Hospice Services	46	[41st of 51]
Hospital Outpatient Services	603	[47th of 51]
HPV vaccine > Opt Out Policy	Yes
HPV vaccine > Proposal Bill would require girls in grades seven through 12 to be vaccinated. Allows parents to opt their daughters out on medical or religious grounds.
HPV vaccine > Status	Pending
Illicit Drug Use	7%	[43rd of 51]
Illicit Drug Use other than Marijuana	3.15%	[44th of 51]
Income Eligibility --Separate SCHIP Program	350 %	[1st of 30]
Infant Death Rate	5.7	[41st of 51]
Influenza Vaccines	69.1 %	[24th of 51]
Inpatient Census	3,154	[3rd of 50]
Inpatient Days	712	[21st of 51]
Limited Activity Days per Month	2.2	[15th of 50]
Low-Income Subsidy Eligible Medicare PDPs	38	[5th of 51]
MA Total Enrollment	95,877	[14th of 51]
Mammogram Rate for Women 50-69 years	80 %	[34th of 51]
Mammogram testing	74.9%	[25th of 52]
Marijuana Use in the Past Month	5.01%	[44th of 51]
Marijuana Use in the Past Year	8.73%	[47th of 51]
MC Enrollment as a % of Medicaid Enrollment	69.6 %	[20th of 51]
Medicaid Managed Care Capitation Rates	$141.00	[25th of 36]
Medicaid Payments per Enrollee, FY2002	$5,516.00	[9th of 49]
Medicare as % of Health Care Spending	21.4 %	[11th of 51]
Medicare Beneficiaries Below 150% FPL	22 %	[31st of 48]
Medicare Enrollment as a % of Total Pop	14 %	[32nd of 51]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita	$90.00	[16th of 51]
Motor Vehicle Death Rate	1	[46th of 50]
Needing Treatment for Alcohol Use	6.23%	[45th of 51]
Needing Treatment for Drug Use	2.38%	[48th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Adult/Adolescent	1,842	[5th of 51]
New AIDS Cases All Ages	1,848	[5th of 51]
New AIDS Cases Pediatric	6	[6th of 51]
No. of MA Contract Withdrawals	0	[15th of 49]
Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers	3.96%	[43rd of 51]
Nonfederal Physicians per 100,000 Population	333	[8th of 51]
Nonfederal Primary Care Physicians	40 %	[35th of 51]
Number of Births	116,983	[11th of 51]
Number of Births of Low Birthweight	9,498	[11th of 51]
Number of HMOs	12	[12th of 50]
Number of Infant Deaths	656	[15th of 51]
Number of Inpatient Beds	2,582	[7th of 50]
Number of MA Contracts	7	[13th of 51]
Number of Medicare PDPs	44	[17th of 51]
Number of Nursing Home Residents	40,920	[10th of 51]
Number of Nursing Homes	331	[19th of 51]
Number of Special Care Beds	1,618	[22nd of 51]
Nursing Home Occupancy Rates	88.2 %	[25th of 51]
Nursing Home Residents as % of 65+ Pop	3.6 %	[30th of 51]
Obesity > Obese adults > %	22.2%	[40th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight adults > %	59.6%	[37th of 51]
Obesity > Overweight children > %	13.7%	[26th of 51]
Obesity Rate	19 %	[35th of 51]
Occupational Fatality Rate	3.3	[42nd of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth	16.9%	[40th of 52]
Oral health > Visits to the dentist	75.7%	[10th of 52]
Organizations Offering Medicare PDPs	18	[11th of 51]
Outpatient Visits	1,699	[37th of 51]
Overall Child Health Status	84.4%	[37th of 51]
Overweight and Obesity Rate	52.9 %	[44th of 51]
Pap Smear Rate	84 %	[40th of 50]
Percent of Firms Offering Coverage	60.8 %	[10th of 51]
Percent of Women who had Dental Visit	75.1 %	[17th of 51]
Percent of Women with Arthritis	34.7 %	[39th of 51]
Percent of Women with High Blood Pressure	27.3 %	[17th of 51]
Percent Who Are Immunized	83 %	[18th of 51]
Percent with some health care coverage	85.5%	[25th of 52]
Perception of Alcohol Consumption Risk	44.85%	[8th of 51]
Perception of Cigarette Smoking Risk	73.91%	[16th of 51]
Perception of Marijuana Smoking Risk	41.06%	[17th of 51]
Persons Living with AIDS All Ages	17,408	[5th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Adult/Adolescent	17,310	[5th of 51]
Persons with AIDS Pediatric	99	[5th of 51]
Physical exercise	74.3%	[40th of 52]
Physician and Supplier Services	970	[35th of 51]
Physician Assistants per 10,000 Population	1	[34th of 51]
Pneumococcal Vaccines	63.1 %	[25th of 51]
Prenatal Care	80.2 %	[40th of 49]
Preterm Births as a % of Births	12.1 %	[27th of 51]
Prevalence of Asthma	9.2 %	[9th of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health	33.6 %	[28th of 50]
Prostate cancer testing	54.2%	[11th of 52]
Registered Nurses per 10,000 Population	86	[23rd of 51]
Resident population with serious mental illness	348,997	[9th of 52]
Resident population with serious mental illness (per capita)	0.4 per 10 people	[14th of 52]
Retail Rx Drugs Per Capita	10	[33rd of 51]
Rx Spending as a % of Duals Spending	14 %	[30th of 51]
Serious Psychological Distress	9.25%	[34th of 51]
Short-Stay Hospitals	378	[17th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions	81	[10th of 51]
Skilled Nursing Facility Days of Care	1,865	[8th of 51]
SSDI Beneficiaries as % of Population	3 %	[41st of 51]
SSI Beneficiaries as % of Population	1.7 %	[31st of 51]
Stroke Death Rate per 100,000	43.6	[49th of 51]
Suicides	588	[20th of 51]
Suicides (per capita)	0.067 per 1,000 people	[49th of 51]
Syphilis Cases	1,089	[9th of 50]
Syphilis Rate	12.7	[11th of 50]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000	25.5	[46th of 51]
Teen Death Rate	29	[50th of 50]
Tobacco use > Everyday smokers	13%	[47th of 52]
Tobacco use > Former smokers	24.4%	[19th of 52]
Tobacco use > Occasional smokers	5.8%	[16th of 52]
Tobacco use > Total current smokers	18.8%	[44th of 52]
Total ADAP Budget	$64,284,345.00	[5th of 51]
Total ADAP Clients	4,705	[5th of 51]
Total ADAP Prescriptions Filled	22,955	[5th of 50]
Total Dentists	7,045	[7th of 51]
Total Dentists (per capita)	0.808 per 1,000 people	[2nd of 51]
Total Dual Eligible Enrollment in MC	8,461	[22nd of 29]
Total Dual Eligible Medicaid Spending	$2,965.00	[10th of 51]
Total Enrollment in Medicaid	5,145	[32nd of 36]
Total FQHC Encounters or Visits	908,737	[19th of 51]
Total FQHCs	16	[22nd of 51]
Total FQHCs Service Delivery Sites	75	[27th of 51]
Total HCBS Waivers	9	[3rd of 50]
Total Health Care Employment	293,320	[10th of 51]
Total Health Care Employment (per capita)	0.336 per 10 people	[31st of 51]
Total Health Clinics	0	[51st of 51]
Total Health Clinics (per capita)	0 per 1 million people	[51st of 51]
Total HMO Enrollment	2,036,377	[8th of 53]
Total HMO Enrollment (per capita)	23.359 per 100 people	[19th of 53]
Total Hospitals	78	[28th of 51]
Total Hospitals (per capita)	0.089 per 10,000 people	[50th of 51]
Total Medicaid Births	33,624	[15th of 49]
Total Medicaid Births (per capita)	0.386 per 100 people	[41st of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002	982,700	[17th of 49]
Total Medicaid Enrollment, FY2002 (per capita)	0.113 per capita	[42nd of 49]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004	$7,998,386,817.00	[12th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per $ GDP)	$0.19 per $10 of GDP	[40th of 51]
Total Medicaid Spending, FY2004 (per capita)	$917.47 per capita	[24th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries	1,225,011	[10th of 51]
Total Medicare Beneficiaries (per capita)	0.141 per capita	[31st of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments	$6,886.00	[9th of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per $ GDP)	$1.66 per $100 million of GDP	[33rd of 51]
Total Medicare Benefit Payments (per capita)	$0.79 per 1,000 people	[20th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians	28,944	[10th of 51]
Total Nonfederal Physicians (per capita)	0.332 per 100 people	[8th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs	237,996	[19th of 51]
Total Patients Served by FQHCs (per capita)	0.273 per 10 people	[38th of 51]
Total Personal Health Spending, FY2000	$37,260.00	[9th of 51]
Total Physician Assistants	751	[19th of 51]
Total Registered Nurses	73,530	[9th of 51]
Total Retail Rx Drugs	87,082,306	[12th of 51]
Total Sales for Retail Rx Drugs	$5,801,286,590.00	[9th of 51]
Total Spending on Medicaid	$76,331.00	[24th of 36]
Total SSDI Beneficiaries	161,892	[16th of 51]
Total SSI Beneficiaries	149,376	[16th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health	$763,057,140.00	[7th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per $ GDP)	$0.18 per $100 of GDP	[25th of 51]
Total State Expenditures on Mental Health (per capita)	$87.53 per capita	[15th of 51]
Total State Health Care Spending	$12,742.00	[8th of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per $ GDP)	$0.31 per $10 million of GDP	[27th of 50]
Total State Health Care Spending (per capita)	$0.15 per 100 people	[9th of 50]
Total Tobacco Funds	$1,627,154,000.00	[11th of 50]
Twin Births Ratio	41.1	[3rd of 51]

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