South Carolina

Ranking Highlights

2018 RankChange from Baseline
Overall Ranking38-1
Access and Affordability41-4
Prevention and Treatment32-6
Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost230
Healthy Lives420
Disparity35+13
Medicaid ExpansionNo

Demographics

South CarolinaAverage
Total Population4,871,072318,251,368
Median Household Income$50,379$62,470
Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL)36%32%
% White Race, Non-Hispanic64%61%
% Black Race, Non-Hispanic27%12%
% Other Race, Non-Hispanic4%9%
% Hispanic Ethnicithy5%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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