Alabama
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 43 | -3 |
| Access and Affordability | 38 | -7 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 34 | +1 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 42 | -3 |
| Healthy Lives | 44 | 0 |
| Disparity | 34 | +7 |
| Medicaid Expansion | No |
Demographics
| Alabama | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 4,783,491 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $50,379 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 37% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 66% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 27% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 3% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 4% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- 30-day hospital readmissions, ages 18–64, per 1,000 employer-insured enrollees
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Employer-sponsored insurance spending per enrollee
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Individuals with high out-of-pocket medical spending
- Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infection (CLABSI), SIR
- Adults ages 18–64 with low back pain who had an imaging study at diagnosis
Most Improved Indicators
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population
- Medicare beneficiaries received a high-risk drug
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Individuals with high out-of-pocket medical spending
- Adults who are obese
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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