Tennessee
Ranking Highlights
| 2018 Rank | Change from Baseline | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Ranking | 40 | +5 |
| Access and Affordability | 36 | +5 |
| Prevention and Treatment | 33 | -11 |
| Avoidable Hospital Use and Cost | 35 | +3 |
| Healthy Lives | 44 | +3 |
| Disparity | 42 | +8 |
| Medicaid Expansion | No |
Demographics
| Tennessee | Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 6,547,550 | 318,251,368 |
| Median Household Income | $50,883 | $62,470 |
| Below 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) | 36% | 32% |
| % White Race, Non-Hispanic | 74% | 61% |
| % Black Race, Non-Hispanic | 16% | 12% |
| % Other Race, Non-Hispanic | 4% | 9% |
| % Hispanic Ethnicithy | 5% | 18% |
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Highlights
Top Ranked Indicators
- Diabetic adults ages 18-64 without a hemoglobin A1C test
- 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
Bottom Ranked Indicators
- Children who are overweight or obese
- Adults who are obese
- Mortality amenable to health care, deaths per 100,000 population
Most Improved Indicators
- Home health patients who did not get better at walking or moving around
- Individuals with high out-of-pocket medical spending
- Adults who went without care because of cost
Indicators That Worsened the Most
- Adults without all age-appropriate recommended vaccines
- Hospital 30-day mortality
- Adults with any mental illness reporting unmet need
Comparison with the U.S. Average
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