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Preventable hospital stays

Hospital stays per 100,000 people on Medicare for illnesses that good care from a regular doctor should have prevented. It measures access to care, as seen through hospital stays.

Reported for3,061areas, in 50 states — none in CT, PR
Link to density0.12not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike0.44Moran’s I: strongly, neighbouring places tend to be similar
Typerateper 100,000 Medicare enrollees

How it has moved

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Every state, every year

One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.

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Where it comes from

County Health Rankings · County Health Rankings v005
University of Wisconsin · 13 releases, 2013–2025; each value filed under the last year its data covers, 2010–2023 · 95% likely ranges, converted to 90%; figures based on small counts are withheld

From Medicare claims, so it is per 100,000 people enrolled in Medicare, not per resident. Source: County Health Rankings, which compiles each measure from its own source and filed here under the last year of the period it covers.

Combining areas: an average weighted by population.

Population makeup

How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of counties. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across counties: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. Counties with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.

Share of residentsUnadjustedAdjusted
Preventable hospital stays and Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share White, not Hispanic by US county-0.10-0.05
Preventable hospital stays and Share Black, not HispanicWhere Preventable hospital stays is higher, Share Black, not Hispanic tends to be higher: a weak link that holds when only places with similar density, income and education are compared, and inside states as well. Share Black, not Hispanic by US county+0.26+0.13
Preventable hospital stays and Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Hispanic or Latino, any race by US county-0.05-0.03
Preventable hospital stays and Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share Asian, not Hispanic by US county-0.13-0.02
Preventable hospital stays and Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic by US county+0.05+0.08

Highest and lowest

Of 3,061 counties reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.

Highest

  1. Mingo County, WV — 10,322
  2. Logan County, WV — 9,813
  3. Claiborne County, MS — 9,006
  4. Monroe County, KY — 8,902
  5. Conecuh County, AL — 8,851

Lowest

  1. Beaverhead County, MT — 133
  2. San Miguel County, CO — 221
  3. Bristol Bay Borough, AK — 334
  4. Grant County, OR — 341
  5. Pitkin County, CO — 375

The middle area reports 2,744. The middle half of counties falls between 2,110 and 3,389 (the 25th to 75th percentile).

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