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% of Nursing Homes w/ Serious Deficiencies
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18.8% |
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[22nd of 51]
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Abortion Rate
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16 |
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[17th of 47]
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DEFINITION: Rate of Legal Abortions per 1,000 Women of Reproductive Age by State of Occurrence, 2001. Data not available for California, New Hampshire, Alaska and Wyoming. |
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org |
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AIDS Case Rate All Ages
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10.8
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[20th of 51]
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DEFINITION: AIDS Case Rate per 100,000 Population, Reported in 2004
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org |
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Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage
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46% |
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[4th of 51]
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DEFINITION: Percent of traffic fatalities where alcohol is a contributing factor. |
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Beds
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2.5
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[34th of 51]
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DEFINITION: Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population, 2003
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SOURCE: MADD Official Website statistics, 2004 |
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Birth Rate per 1,000
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14.4
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[16th of 51]
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DEFINITION: Number of Births per 1,000 Population, 2003
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Child Death Rate
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16
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[45th of 50]
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DEFINITION: Child Death Rate per 100,000 Population, 2001
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Chlamydia Cases
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5,480
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[36th of 50]
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DEFINITION: Number of Reported Chlamydia Cases, 2003
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Chlamydia Rate
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440.2
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[3rd of 50]
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DEFINITION: Number of Reported Chlamydia Cases per 100,000 Population, 2003
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Gonorrhea Cases
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1,263
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[35th of 50]
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DEFINITION: Number of Reported Gonorrhea Cases, 2003
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Gonorrhea Rate
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101.5
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[23rd of 50]
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DEFINITION: Number of Reported Gonorrhea Cases per 100,000 Population, 2003
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Health Index
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13.71 |
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[8th of 50]
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DEFINITION: Health Index by state. "The Healthiest State designation is awarded based on 21 factors chosen from the year 2005 edition of our annual reference book, Health Care State Rankings. These factors reflect access to health care providers, affordability of health care and a generally healthy population. All 21 factors are the same as last year. The 21 factors were divided into two groups: those that are “negative� for which a high ranking would be considered bad for a state, and those that are “positive� for which a high ranking would be considered good for a state. Rates for each of the 21 factors were processed through a formula that measures how a state compares to the national average for a given category. The positive and negative nature of each factor was taken into account as part of the formula. Once these computations were made, the factors then were weighted (factors were weighted equally.) These weighted scores were then added together to get a state’s final score (“SUM� on the table above.) This way, states are assessed based on how they stack up against the national average. The end result is that the farther below the national average a state’s health ranking is, the lower (and less healthy) it ranks. The farther above the national average, the higher (and healthier) a state ranks." - Morgan Quitno Press |
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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HIV Death Rate
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2.1 |
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[32nd of 42]
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DEFINITION: Age-Adjusted Death Rate for HIV Disease, 2002. Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Populations used for computing death rates are postcensal estimates based on the 2000 census estimated as of July 1, 2002. Since death rates are affected by the population composition of a given area, age-adjusted death rates should be used for comparisons between areas because they control for differences in population composition. U.S., state and territory data are deaths for 2002. |
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SOURCE: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005 |
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Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita
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$175.00 |
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[3rd of 51]
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DEFINITION: State Mental Health Agency, Mental Health Per Capita Expenditures, 2001 |
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org |
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Obesity Rate
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18 %
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[42nd of 51]
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DEFINITION: Obesity Prevalence Among U.S. Adults, 2001
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org |
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Overweight and Obesity Rate
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51.6 %
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[47th of 51]
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DEFINITION: Overweight and Obesity Rate, 2002
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Suicides
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131 |
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[43rd of 51]
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DEFINITION: Total number of suicides. |
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Syphilis Rate
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4.7
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[28th of 50]
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DEFINITION: Number of Reported Syphilis Cases per 100,000 Population, 2003
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SOURCE: American Association of Suicidology, 2003 |
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Teen Birth Rate per 1,000
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37.3
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[29th of 51]
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DEFINITION: Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 Population, 2003
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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Total Spending on Medicaid
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$52,712.00 |
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[28th of 36]
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DEFINITION: Medicaid Medically Needy Program Spending (in thousands), 2000. Data not available for those states not listed. |
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SOURCE: statehealthfacts.org
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