This data set examines states' performance on 20 key indicators of children's health care access, affordability of care, prevention and treatment, the potential to lead healthy lives, and health system equity.
Local Area Ranking
This data set assesses the performance of the health systems in U.S. communities.
Percent of adults reported no cost-related problem seeing a doctor when they needed to within the past year
2009 - 2010
86.8%
85.3%
90.7%
93.9%
82.9%
2
Percent of at-risk adults visited a doctor for routine checkup in the past two years
2009 - 2010
86.1%
85.2%
90.4%
92.9%
84.1%
2
Percent of adults visited a dentist, dental hygienist, or dental clinic within the past year
2010
78.1%
69.7%
77.9%
82.7%
69.7%
1
Prevention and Treatment
2012 Scorecard
Percent of adults with a usual source of care
2009 - 2010
79.5%
82.4%
88.8%
92.0%
73.0%
3
Percent of adults age 50 and older received recommended screening and preventive care
2008 & 2010
46.0%
44.2%
50.8%
54.5%
41.4%
2
Percent of adult diabetics received recommended preventive care
2008 - 2010
N/A
45.5%
55.7%
63.1%
N/A
N/A
Percent of Medicare beneficiaries received at least one drug that should be avoided in the elderly
2007
17.7%
25.0%
17.9%
12.9%
N/A
1
Percent of Medicare beneficiaries with dementia, hip/pelvic fracture, or chronic renal failure received prescription in an ambulatory care setting that is contraindicated for that condition
2007
17.6%
19.7%
15.3%
12.5%
N/A
1
Percent of patients hospitalized for heart failure who received recommended care
2010
97.1%
94.7%
97.5%
98.9%
95.5%
1
Percent of patients hospitalized for pneumonia who received recommended care
2010
96.6%
95.1%
96.9%
98.3%
94.6%
1
Percent of surgical patients received appropriate care to prevent complications
2010
97.6%
96.2%
97.4%
98.6%
95.2%
1
Percent of hospitalized patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home
2010
82.2%
82.6%
86.2%
87.9%
79.8%
3
Percent of patients reported hospital staff always managed pain well, responded when needed help to get to bathroom or pressed call button, and explained medicines and side effects
2010
61.9%
63.2%
67.1%
70.3%
59.6%
3
Risk-adjusted 30-day mortality among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart attack
7 / 2007 - 6 / 2010
14.9
15.6
14.4
13.1
15.5
3
Risk-adjusted 30-day mortality among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure
7 / 2007 - 6 / 2010
12.3
11.4
9.9
9.1
10.8
3
Risk-adjusted 30-day mortality among Medicare patients hospitalized for pneumonia
7 / 2007 - 6 / 2010
12.0
11.8
10.6
9.5
11.8
3
Percent of home health care patients whose ability to walk or move around improved
4 / 2010 - 3 / 2011
51.6%
53.4%
56.7%
58.6%
53.6%
2
Percent of home health care patients whose wounds improved or healed after an operation
4 / 2010 - 3 / 2011
92.4%
88.0%
90.3%
92.0%
90.5%
2
Percent of high-risk nursing home residents with pressure sores
2008 - 2009
7.0%
10.9%
7.9%
6.1%
N/A
2
Percent of long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained
2008 - 2009
5.9%
3.3%
1.5%
0.6%
N/A
2
Percent of long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain
2008 - 2009
3.4%
3.6%
2.2%
1.4%
N/A
2
Percent of Medicare decedents with a diagnosis of cancer without any hospice or who enrolled in hospice during the last three days of life
2007
51.9%
55.6%
46.6%
38.6%
62.4%
2
Potentially Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost
2012 Scorecard
Hospital admissions among Medicare beneficiaries for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, per 100,000 beneficiaries
2009
2,934
6,184
4,045
2,691
4,913
1
Readmissions within 30 days of discharge as percent of all admissions among Medicare beneficiaries
2008
14.4%
17.7%
15.1%
13.1%
18.2%
1
Potentially avoidable emergency department visits among Medicare beneficiaries, per 1,000 beneficiaries
2009
166
197
162
139
176
1
Percent of long-stay nursing home residents hospitalized within six-month period
2008
9.6%
20.0%
11.9%
8.3%
20.4%
1
Percent of first-time nursing home residents readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge to the nursing home
2008
13.5%
20.6%
15.8%
12.7%
20.4%
1
Percent of home health care patients with a hospital admission
4 / 2010 - 3 / 2011
21.6%
26.6%
22.4%
19.9%
24.7%
1
Medicare imaging costs per enrollee
2008
$302
$288
$189
$143
$356
3
Total Medicare (Parts A & B) reimbursements per enrollee
2008
$6,811
$7,952
$6,432
$5,699
$7,772
1
Total reimbursements per commercially insured enrollee ages 18-64
2009
$2,650
$3,314
$2,801
$2,524
$2,841
1
Healthy Lives
2012 Scorecard
Potentially preventable mortality, deaths per 100,000 population
2005 - 2007
71.3
91.3
71.6
59.1
81.9
1
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population
1996 - 2005
19.6
28.9
22.6
19.4
23.4
1
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population
1996 - 2005
21.0
22.8
16.9
12.8
16.5
2
Infant mortality, deaths per 1,000 live births
1996 - 2005
3.9
6.8
4.9
4.0
5.2
1
Percent of live births with low birth weight
1996 - 2005
5.7%
7.5%
6.0%
5.4%
6.7%
1
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population
1996 - 2005
11.6
15.4
8.2
4.7
9.4
2
Percent of adults who smoke
2009 - 2010
14.9%
19.0%
12.6%
8.4%
11.9%
1
Percent of adults ages 18-64 who are obese (BMI >= 30)
2009 - 2010
23.8%
29.5%
23.8%
17.9%
25.7%
1
Percent of adults ages 18-64 who have lost six or more teeth because of tooth decay, infection, or gum disease
2009 - 2010
6.0%
10.1%
5.9%
3.6%
6.7%
1
Percent of adults ages 18-64 report fair/poor health, 14 or more bad mental health days, or activity limitations
The quartile values reported in the online tables and maps for certain indicators reflect the combined score for two or more similar indicators. Refer to the downloadable PDFs of the HRR profiles for additional information about individual indicators.
