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Admissions Per 1,000 Population Age Adjusted

 

Community Hospital Units by State - 2006

 

State

Rank

Admissions per 1000 pop -
age adjusted




LOUISIANA

1

146.0

ALABAMA

2

142.9

KENTUCKY

3

142.5

MISSISSIPPI

4

142.4

TENNESSEE

5

138.0

MISSOURI

6

135.9

WEST VIRGINIA

7

134.8

PENNSYLVANIA

8

132.9

NEW YORK

9

129.5

OHIO

10

128.2

ARKANSAS

11

125.0

MARYLAND

12

125.0

NEW JERSEY

13

124.7

MASSACHUSETTS

14

124.2

ILLINOIS

15

124.1

NORTH DAKOTA

16

123.6

MINNESOTA

17

123.0

OKLAHOMA

18

122.6

MICHIGAN

19

118.9

SOUTH CAROLINA

20

117.9

DELAWARE

21

117.8

KANSAS

22

117.2

NEBRASKA

23

116.1

TEXAS

24

115.0

NORTH CAROLINA

25

114.6

SOUTH DAKOTA

26

113.7

INDIANA

27

113.6

RHODE ISLAND

28

112.1

CONNECTICUT

29

111.7

GEORGIA

30

109.6

IOWA

31

109.2

FLORIDA

32

108.6

WISCONSIN

33

106.8

ARIZONA

34

106.0

VIRGINIA

35

104.3

MONTANA

36

104.2

MAINE

37

104.1

NEVADA

38

102.5

WYOMING

39

100.0

IDAHO

40

98.7

CALIFORNIA

41

98.2

COLORADO

42

94.7

UTAH

43

94.2

OREGON

44

90.6

NEW HAMPSHIRE

45

90.2

WASHINGTON

46

89.3

ALASKA

47

86.9

NEW MEXICO

48

82.3

HAWAII

49

80.6

VERMONT

50

77.8


 

UNITED STATES

 

117.2

     
 

Source: AHA 2006 Annual Survey of Hospitals. Population Data - Bureau of the Census.
Note: Age adjusted - based on percentage variance from national average for percentage of population age 65 and older.
Assumptions - (1) 65 and older population generate 3.5 times as many hospital admissions as under 65 population. (2) 65 and older population generate 4.5 times as many hospital inpatient days as under 65 population.

       

 

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