| Dimension and Indicator |
Year |
State Rate |
All States Median |
Top 5 States Average |
Best State Rate |
Rank |
Year |
State Rate |
All States Median Rate |
Rank |
Actual Change in State Rate |
Percent Change in State Rate |
| Access |
2009 Scorecard |
47 |
Revised 2007 Scorecarda |
47 |
Change in Rated |
| Percent of Nonelderly Adults (Ages 18–64) Insured |
2007/2008 |
78.0 |
82.2 |
89.5 |
92.8 |
41 |
2004/2005 |
75.1 |
82.4 |
48 |
2.9 |
3.9% |
| Percent of Children (Ages 0–17) Insured |
2007/2008 |
90.1 |
91.4 |
95.3 |
96.8 |
32 |
2004/2005 |
86.5 |
91.5 |
44 |
3.6 |
4.2% |
| Percent of At-Risk Adults Who Have Visited a Doctor for a Routine Checkup in the Past Two Years |
2006/2007 |
75.0 |
84.1 |
91.5 |
93.0 |
51 |
1999/2000 |
87.0 |
87.0 |
26 |
-12.0 |
-13.8% |
| Percent of Adults Without a Time in the Past Year When They Needed to See a Doctor but Could Not Because of Cost |
2006/2007 |
82.6 |
87.5 |
92.5 |
93.1 |
47 |
2003/2004 |
82.7 |
87.6 |
46 |
-0.1 |
-0.1% |
| Prevention & Treatment |
2009 Scorecard |
48 |
Revised 2007 Scorecarda |
45 |
Change in Rated |
| Percent of Adults Age 50 and Older Received Recommended Screening and Preventive Care |
2006 |
35.0 |
42.4 |
50.8 |
52.5 |
51 |
2004 |
34.2 |
39.7 |
48 |
0.8 |
2.3% |
| Percent of Adult Diabetics Received Recommended Preventive Caree |
2006/2007 |
40.6 |
44.8 |
57.1 |
66.9 |
35 |
2003/2004 |
37.2 |
44.4 |
40 |
3.4 |
9.1% |
| Percent of Children Ages 19–35 Months Received All Recommended Doses of Five Key Vaccines |
2007 |
80.1 |
80.1 |
90.0 |
93.2 |
26 |
2005 |
75.7 |
81.6 |
44 |
4.4 |
5.8% |
| Percent of Children with Both a Medical and Dental Preventive Care Visit in the Past Yearf |
2007 |
67.6 |
71.0 |
82.7 |
85.3 |
37 |
2003 |
49.2 |
59.2 |
44 |
— |
— |
| Percent of Children Who Received Needed Mental Health Care in the Past Year |
2007 |
53.6 |
63.0 |
77.5 |
81.5 |
42 |
2003 |
48.2 |
61.9 |
48 |
5.4 |
11.2% |
| Percent of Hospitalized Patients Who Received Recommended Care for Heart Attack, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia |
2007 |
93.3 |
91.6 |
95.2 |
95.6 |
14 |
2004 |
85.3 |
84.4 |
17 |
8.0 |
9.4% |
| Percent of Surgical Patients Who Received Appropriate Care to Prevent Complications |
2007 |
84.4 |
85.3 |
91.3 |
92.7 |
31 |
2004 |
80.7 |
70.5 |
4 |
3.7 |
4.6% |
| Percent of Home Health Patients Who Get Better at Walking or Moving Around |
2007 |
38.2 |
40.5 |
46.1 |
48.2 |
40 |
2005 |
34.3 |
36.2 |
44 |
3.9 |
11.4% |
| Percent of Adults with a Usual Source of Care |
2006/2007 |
78.8 |
81.8 |
88.6 |
89.0 |
31 |
2003/2004 |
78.3 |
81.5 |
31 |
0.5 |
0.6% |
| Percent of Children with a Medical Homef |
2007 |
55.7 |
60.7 |
67.5 |
69.3 |
42 |
2003 |
41.5 |
47.6 |
38 |
— |
— |
| Percent of Heart Failure Patients Given Written Instructions at Discharge |
2007 |
72.9 |
75.1 |
86.8 |
91.4 |
33 |
2004 |
44.2 |
50.6 |
39 |
28.7 |
65.0% |
| Percent of Medicare Patients Whose Health Care Provider Always Listens, Explains, Shows Respect, and Spends Enough Time with Themg |
2007 |
69.9 |
74.5 |
77.7 |
78.0 |
49 |
2003 |
68.7 |
68.7 |
26 |
1.2 |
1.7% |
| Percent of Medicare Patients Giving a Best Rating for Health Care Received in the Past Yearg |
2007 |
59.6 |
61.1 |
67.6 |
69.3 |
38 |
2003 |
70.2 |
70.2 |
26 |
-10.6 |
-15.1% |
| Percent of High-Risk Nursing Home Residents with Pressure Sores |
2007 |
14.4 |
11.5 |
7.7 |
7.5 |
47 |
2004 |
16.4 |
13.2 |
48 |
2.1 |
12.8% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents Who Were Physically Restrained |
2007 |
9.1 |
4.0 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
48 |
2004 |
12.7 |
6.2 |
48 |
3.6 |
28.4% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain |
2007 |
6.2 |
4.2 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
46 |
2004 |
7.4 |
6.3 |
36 |
1.3 |
17.6% |
| Avoidable Hospital Use & Costs |
2009 Scorecard |
44 |
Revised 2007 Scorecarda |
48 |
Change in Rated |
| Hospital Admissions for Pediatric Asthma per 100,000 Childrenh |
2005 |
* |
125.5 |
63.5 |
48.6 |
* |
2003 |
* |
152.6 |
* |
* |
* |
| Percent of Adult Asthmatics with an Emergency Room or Urgent Care Visit in the Past Yeari |
2001-2004 |
18.4 |
16.3 |
11.8 |
10.8 |
24 |
2001-2004 |
18.4 |
16.3 |
24 |
— |
— |
| Medicare Hospital Admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions per 100,000 Beneficiaries |
2006/2007 |
7,256 |
6,291 |
4,136 |
3,725 |
36 |
2003/2004 |
8,880 |
6,845 |
46 |
1,624 |
18.3% |
| Medicare 30-Day Hospital Readmissions as a Percent of Admissions |
2006/2007 |
20.9 |
17.5 |
13.8 |
12.9 |
46 |
2003/2004 |
20.1 |
17.1 |
47 |
-0.7 |
-3.5% |
| Percent of Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents with a Hospital Admissionj |
2006 |
25.0 |
18.7 |
9.0 |
6.9 |
43 |
2000 |
25.8 |
16.6 |
46 |
0.7 |
2.7% |
| Percent of Nursing Home Residents with Hospital Readmission Within 30 Daysj |
2006 |
24.6 |
20.8 |
14.6 |
13.2 |
45 |
2000 |
22.8 |
18.2 |
45 |
-1.8 |
-7.9% |
| Percent of Home Health Patients with a Hospital Admission |
2007 |
39.2 |
28.7 |
22.0 |
21.2 |
48 |
2004 |
37.1 |
26.9 |
49 |
-2.1 |
-5.7% |
| Hospital Care Intensity Index, Based on Inpatient Days and Inpatient Physician Visits Among Chronically Ill Medicare Beneficiaries in the Last Two Years of Life |
2005 |
0.958 |
0.958 |
0.556 |
0.509 |
26 |
2003 |
0.969 |
0.959 |
27 |
0.011 |
1.1% |
| Total Single Premium per Enrolled Employee at Private Sector Establishments that Offer Health Insurance |
2008 |
4,072 |
4,360 |
3,904 |
3,830 |
7 |
2004 |
3,644 |
3,706 |
21 |
-428 |
-11.7% |
| Total Medicare (Part A & Part B) Reimbursements per Enrollee |
2006 |
8,642 |
7,698 |
6,027 |
5,311 |
40 |
2003 |
7,014 |
6,371 |
38 |
-1,628 |
-23.2% |
| Healthy Lives |
2009 Scorecard |
44 |
Revised 2007 Scorecarda |
44 |
Change in Rated |
| Mortality Amenable to Health Care, Deaths per 100,000 |
2004/2005 |
115.4 |
89.9 |
68.2 |
63.9 |
44 |
2001/2002 |
119.9 |
95.6 |
41 |
4.5 |
3.8% |
| Infant Mortality, Deaths per 1,000 Live Births |
2005 |
8.0 |
6.8 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
39 |
2002 |
8.2 |
7.1 |
40 |
0.2 |
2.4% |
| Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Female Population |
2005 |
25.1 |
23.7 |
19.5 |
17.7 |
37 |
2002 |
27.0 |
25.3 |
42 |
1.9 |
7.0% |
| Colorectal Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Population |
2005 |
19.5 |
17.8 |
14.3 |
13.3 |
45 |
2002 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
25 |
0.5 |
2.5% |
| Suicide Deaths per 100,000 Population |
2005 |
14.7 |
11.8 |
6.2 |
5.5 |
40 |
2003 |
13.6 |
11.7 |
39 |
-1.1 |
-8.1% |
| Percent of Nonelderly Adults (Ages 18–64) Limited in Any Activities Because of Physical, Mental, or Emotional Problems |
2006/2007 |
21.9 |
17.0 |
13.5 |
12.0 |
49 |
2003/2004 |
18.5 |
15.7 |
43 |
-3.4 |
-18.4% |
| Percent of Adults Who Smoke |
2006/2007 |
25.4 |
20.1 |
15.1 |
10.7 |
49 |
2003/2004 |
25.6 |
21.4 |
47 |
0.2 |
0.8% |
| Percent of Children Ages 10–17 Who are Overweight |
2007 |
29.5 |
30.6 |
24.7 |
23.1 |
17 |
2003 |
28.2 |
29.9 |
19 |
-1.3 |
-4.6% |
The equity profile displays gaps in performance for vulnerable populations for selected indicators. An equity gap is defined as the difference between the U.S. national average for a particular indicator and the rate for the state's most vulnerable group by income, insurance coverage, and race/ethnicity. For all equity indicators, lower rates are better; therefore, a positive or negative gap value indicates that the state's most vulnerable group is better or worse than the U.S. average for a particular indicator.
| Dimension and Indicator |
Year |
U.S. Average |
Vulnerable Group Rate |
Gap |
Rank |
Year |
U.S. Average |
Vulnerable Group Rate Rate |
Gap |
Rank |
Change in Gap |
Change in Vulnerable Group Rate |
| Equity |
2009 Scorecard |
49 |
Revised 2007 Scorecardb |
48 |
Change in Gap and Vulnerable Group Ratec |
| Income |
| Percent Uninsured, Ages 0–64 by Federal Poverty Leveld |
2006/2007 |
17.5 |
40.0 |
-22.5 |
43 |
2004/2005 |
17.1 |
40.5 |
-23.4 |
45 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
| Percent of At-Risk Adults Who Have Not Visited a Doctor for a Routine Checkup in the Past Two Years by Federal Poverty Level |
2006/2007 |
15.4 |
32.5 |
-17.1 |
51 |
1999/2000 |
13.1 |
15.7 |
-2.6 |
23 |
-14.5 |
-16.8 |
| Percent of Adults with a Time in the Past Year When They Needed to See a Doctor but Could Not Because of Cost by Federal Poverty Level |
2006/2007 |
13.4 |
32.1 |
-18.7 |
48 |
2003/2004 |
13.1 |
31.2 |
-18.1 |
46 |
-0.6 |
-0.9 |
| Percent of Adults Age 50 and Older Did Not Receive Recommended Screening and Preventive Care by Federal Poverty Level |
2006 |
57.7 |
72.4 |
-14.7 |
40 |
2004 |
60.3 |
72.8 |
-12.5 |
43 |
-2.2 |
0.4 |
| Percent of Adult Diabetics Did Not Receive Recommended Preventive Care by Federal Poverty Levele |
2006/2007 |
55.7 |
62.8 |
-7.1 |
28 |
2003/2004 |
59.0 |
68.0 |
-9.0 |
38 |
1.8 |
5.2 |
| Percent of Children Without Both a Medical and Dental Preventive Care Visit in the Past Year by Federal Poverty Levelf |
2007 |
28.4 |
33.7 |
-5.3 |
22 |
2003 |
41.2 |
59.7 |
-18.5 |
46 |
— |
— |
| Percent of Adults Without a Usual Source of Care by Federal Poverty Level |
2006/2007 |
20.3 |
31.6 |
-11.3 |
35 |
2003/2004 |
20.7 |
32.2 |
-11.4 |
39 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
| Percent of Children Without a Medical Home by Federal Poverty Levelf |
2007 |
42.5 |
60.2 |
-17.7 |
32 |
2003 |
53.9 |
70.2 |
-16.3 |
38 |
— |
— |
| Percent of Adult Asthmatics with an Emergency Room or Urgent Care Visit in the Past Year by Federal Poverty Levelg |
2001-2004 |
17.6 |
24.7 |
-7.1 |
19 |
2001-2004 |
17.6 |
24.7 |
-7.1 |
19 |
— |
— |
| Insurance Coverage |
| Percent of At-Risk Adults Who Have Not Visited a Doctor for a Routine Checkup in the Past Two Years by Whether Insured |
2006/2007 |
15.4 |
51.0 |
-35.6 |
49 |
1999/2000 |
13.1 |
26.5 |
-13.4 |
14 |
-22.3 |
-24.6 |
| Percent of Adults with a Time in the Past Year When They Needed to See a Doctor but Could Not Because of Cost by Whether Insured |
2006/2007 |
13.4 |
45.6 |
-32.2 |
42 |
2003/2004 |
13.1 |
45.6 |
-32.5 |
47 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
| Percent of Adults Age 50 and Older Did Not Receive Recommended Screening and Preventive Care by Whether Insured |
2006 |
57.7 |
80.5 |
-22.8 |
43 |
2004 |
60.3 |
86.0 |
-25.7 |
49 |
2.9 |
5.5 |
| Percent of Children Ages Without Both a Medical and Dental Preventive Care Visit in the Past Year by Health Insurance Typef |
2007 |
28.4 |
57.7 |
-29.3 |
42 |
2003 |
41.2 |
76.2 |
-35.0 |
49 |
— |
— |
| Percent of Adults without a Usual Source of Care by Whether Insured |
2006/2007 |
20.3 |
57.7 |
-37.4 |
39 |
2003/2004 |
20.7 |
55.2 |
-34.5 |
35 |
-2.9 |
-2.4 |
| Percent of Children Without a Medical Home by Health Insurance Typef |
2007 |
42.5 |
59.0 |
-16.5 |
25 |
2003 |
53.9 |
76.0 |
-22.1 |
37 |
— |
— |
| Race/Ethnicity |
| Percent Uninsured, Ages 0-64 by Race/Ethnicityd |
2006/2007 |
17.5 |
36.2 |
-18.7 |
27 |
2004/2005 |
17.1 |
44.9 |
-27.8 |
38 |
9.2 |
8.8 |
| Percent of At-Risk Adults Who Have Not Visited a Doctor for a Routine Checkup in the Past Two Years by Race/Ethnicity |
2006/2007 |
15.4 |
32.5 |
-17.1 |
49 |
1999/2000 |
13.1 |
22.5 |
-9.4 |
39 |
-7.8 |
-10.1 |
| Percent of Adults with a Time in the Past Year When They Needed to See a Doctor but Could Not Because of Cost by Race/Ethnicity |
2006/2007 |
13.4 |
30.2 |
-16.8 |
50 |
2003/2004 |
13.1 |
27.6 |
-14.5 |
47 |
-2.4 |
-2.6 |
| Percent of Adults Age 50 and Older Did Not Receive Recommended Screening and Preventive Care by Race/Ethnicityh |
2006 |
57.7 |
71.0 |
-13.3 |
33 |
2004 |
60.3 |
76.3 |
-16.0 |
42 |
2.7 |
5.3 |
| Percent of Children Without Both a Medical and Dental Preventive Care Visit in the Past Year by Race/Ethnicityf |
2007 |
28.4 |
46.3 |
-17.9 |
44 |
2003 |
41.2 |
69.2 |
-28.0 |
51 |
— |
— |
| Percent of Adults Without a Usual Source of Care by Race/Ethnicity |
2006/2007 |
20.3 |
49.2 |
-28.9 |
47 |
2003/2004 |
20.7 |
49.2 |
-28.5 |
47 |
-0.4 |
0.0 |
| Percent of Children Without a Medical Home by Race/Ethnicityf |
2007 |
42.5 |
64.1 |
-21.6 |
39 |
2003 |
53.9 |
78.8 |
-24.9 |
46 |
— |
— |
| Mortality Amenable to Health Care, Deaths per 100,000 Population by Racei |
2004/2005 |
95.6 |
195.8 |
-100.2 |
35 |
2001/2002 |
105.2 |
197.9 |
-92.7 |
28 |
-7.5 |
2.1 |
| Infant Mortality, Deaths per 1,000 Live Births by Race/Ethnicity |
2002-2004 |
6.9 |
13.8 |
-6.9 |
28 |
2000-2002 |
6.9 |
14.5 |
-7.6 |
32 |
0.7 |
0.7 |