New Jersey
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 25 | +2 |
| Access and Affordability | 14 | +8 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 26 | +7 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 36 | -1 |
| Healthy Lives | 19 | -2 |
| Disparity | 24 | +5 |
| Medicaid Expansion | Yes |
Demographics
| New Jersey | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 8,838,884 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $85,645 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 24% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 56% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 12% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 12% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 20% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Nursing home residents with an antipsychotic medication
- Adults with any mental illness reporting unmet need
- Employee health insurance contributions as a share of median income
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Hospital patients discharged without instructions for home recovery
- Hospital patients who did not receive patient-centered care
- Total Medicare (Parts A & B) reimbursements per enrollee
Most Improved Indicators
- Adults with any mental illness who did not receive treatment
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Medicare beneficiaries received a high-risk drug
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug use per 100,000 population
- Home health patients with a hospital admission
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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