South Carolina
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 38 | -1 |
| Access and Affordability | 41 | -4 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 32 | -6 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 23 | 0 |
| Healthy Lives | 42 | 0 |
| Disparity | 35 | +13 |
| Medicaid Expansion | No |
Demographics
| South Carolina | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 4,871,072 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $50,379 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 36% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 64% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 27% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 4% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 5% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Children without both a medical and dental preventive care visit in the past year
- Nursing home residents with an antipsychotic medication
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population
- Medicare beneficiaries received a high-risk drug
- Adults who went without care because of cost
Most Improved Indicators
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Adults ages 19–64 uninsured
- Children ages 0–18 uninsured
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Employee health insurance contributions as a share of median income
- Adults with any mental illness who did not receive treatment
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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