Kentucky
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 42 | +4 |
| Access and Affordability | 30 | +4 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 30 | -4 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 47 | 0 |
| Healthy Lives | 48 | -3 |
| Disparity | 41 | +8 |
| Medicaid Expansion | Yes |
Demographics
| Kentucky | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 4,355,445 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $50,379 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 38% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 85% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 8% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 4% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 3% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Children ages 0–18 uninsured
- Diabetic adults ages 18-64 without a hemoglobin A1C test
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Admissions for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions, age 75 and older, per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries
- Adults who smoke
- Adults who have lost six or more teeth
Most Improved Indicators
- Adults ages 19–64 uninsured
- Adults who went without care because of cost
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Adults with any mental illness reporting unmet need
- Deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug use per 100,000 population
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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