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Access-Related Outcome Measures—Preventable/Avoidable Hospitalizations (Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions) (continued)
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| ST |
Area |
Preventable/Avoidable Discharges |
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| Ages 0-17 |
Ages 18-39 |
Ages 40-64 |
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| Rate |
Adj. Ratio to Mean |
Observed/
Expected |
Rate |
Adj. Ratio to Mean |
Observed/
Expected |
Rate |
Adj. Ratio to Mean |
Observed/
Expected |
|---|
| PA |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA |
10.95 |
1.080 |
1.367 |
8.18 |
1.036 |
1.188 |
18.86 |
0.901 |
1.040 |
| PA | Carbon County | 17.17 | 1.905 | 2.223 | 9.69 | 1.211 | 1.262 | 28.18 | 1.383 | 1.339 |
| PA | Lehigh County | 10.96 | 1.028 | 1.171 | 8.41 | 1.068 | 1.245 | 16.68 | 0.833 | 0.948 |
| PA | Allentown | 17.66 | 1.597 | 1.557 | 12.53 | 1.525 | 1.522 | 25.15 | 1.246 | 1.092 |
| PA | Residual - Lehigh County | 7.41 | 0.725 | 0.967 | 6.32 | 0.836 | 1.105 | 12.98 | 0.652 | 0.886 |
| PA | Northampton County | 9.60 | 0.962 | 1.179 | 7.59 | 0.960 | 1.118 | 19.53 | 0.946 | 1.017 |
| PA | Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA | 8.48 | 0.874 | 1.110 | 5.76 | 0.923 | 1.111 | 16.64 | 0.867 | 1.061 |
| PA | Cumberland County | 7.07 | 0.717 | 0.982 | 4.61 | 0.792 | 1.278 | 14.36 | 0.749 | 1.142 |
| PA | Dauphin County | 10.06 | 1.047 | 1.055 | 6.98 | 1.025 | 0.984 | 19.86 | 1.032 | 1.033 |
| PA | Harrisburg | 15.46 | 1.611 | 0.923 | 17.10 | 2.187 | 1.186 | 43.28 | 2.195 | 1.041 |
| PA | Residual - Dauphin County | 8.71 | 0.905 | 1.088 | 4.83 | 0.779 | 0.941 | 15.89 | 0.834 | 1.032 |
| PA | Lebanon County | 7.74 | 0.846 | 1.107 | 5.68 | 0.889 | 1.159 | 13.70 | 0.744 | 1.057 |
| PA | Perry County | 8.05 | 0.767 | 0.961 | 5.48 | 0.771 | 1.008 | 19.25 | 0.957 | 1.201 |
| PA | Lancaster, PA MSA | 11.19 | 1.077 | 1.391 | 5.48 | 0.726 | 0.888 | 12.81 | 0.660 | 0.901 |
| PA | Lancaster County | 11.19 | 1.071 | 1.351 | 5.48 | 0.723 | 0.909 | 12.81 | 0.666 | 0.918 |
| PA | Lancaster | 12.87 | 1.185 | 1.170 | 7.97 | 0.971 | 0.964 | 19.80 | 1.024 | 0.980 |
| PA | Residual - Lancaster County | 10.75 | 1.041 | 1.398 | 4.76 | 0.652 | 0.893 | 10.96 | 0.572 | 0.902 |
| PA | Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA | 11.50 | 1.146 | 1.008 | 8.76 | 1.115 | 0.967 | 24.31 | 1.190 | 1.059 |
| PA | Bucks County | 7.65 | 0.742 | 1.015 | 6.43 | 0.728 | 0.894 | 17.13 | 0.845 | 1.154 |
| PA | Chester County | 5.24 | 0.540 | 0.774 | 4.32 | 0.618 | 0.862 | 13.84 | 0.695 | 0.976 |
| PA | Delaware County | 11.44 | 1.123 | 1.207 | 8.12 | 1.033 | 1.042 | 22.01 | 1.094 | 1.095 |
| PA | Montgomery County | 8.18 | 0.816 | 1.063 | 5.41 | 0.689 | 0.839 | 14.61 | 0.741 | 0.987 |
| PA | Philadelphia City and County | 17.16 | 1.722 | 1.107 | 13.36 | 1.786 | 1.066 | 39.35 | 2.001 | 1.082 |
| NJ | Burlington County | 9.56 | 0.949 | 1.097 | 6.13 | 0.831 | 0.911 | 18.15 | 0.906 | 0.992 |
| NJ | Camden County | 11.34 | 1.117 | 1.094 | 9.31 | 1.126 | 1.041 | 25.04 | 1.251 | 1.101 |
| NJ | Gloucester County | 10.04 | 0.989 | 1.142 | 6.91 | 0.810 | 0.856 | 19.61 | 0.951 | 0.986 |
| NJ | Salem County | 8.53 | 0.915 | 0.898 | 10.01 | 1.373 | 1.243 | 24.66 | 1.232 | 1.048 |
| PA | Pittsburgh, PA MSA | 10.84 | 1.094 | 1.071 | 7.93 | 1.146 | 1.127 | 21.57 | 1.061 | 1.052 |
| PA | Allegheny County | 10.98 | 1.114 | 1.095 | 8.66 | 1.302 | 1.206 | 22.11 | 1.123 | 0.997 |
| PA | Pittsburgh | 14.57 | 1.439 | 1.084 | 10.85 | 1.621 | 1.139 | 32.78 | 1.658 | 1.079 |
| PA | Residual - Allegheny County | 9.66 | 0.994 | 1.099 | 7.59 | 1.145 | 1.239 | 18.24 | 0.929 | 0.967 |
| PA | Beaver County | 10.05 | 1.020 | 1.027 | 7.95 | 1.136 | 1.109 | 23.93 | 1.190 | 1.064 |
| PA | Butler County | 6.83 | 0.703 | 0.849 | 5.04 | 0.763 | 0.935 | 14.87 | 0.765 | 0.911 |
| PA | Fayette County | 11.70 | 1.123 | 0.979 | 7.72 | 0.915 | 0.776 | 26.65 | 1.310 | 0.986 |
| PA | Washington County | 10.60 | 0.998 | 1.037 | 7.02 | 1.027 | 1.100 | 21.50 | 1.004 | 0.883 |
| PA | Westmoreland County | 12.73 | 1.312 | 1.430 | 7.44 | 1.018 | 1.067 | 19.95 | 1.017 | 1.034 |
| PA | Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA MSA | 10.58 | 1.040 | 1.026 | 7.39 | 0.955 | 0.959 | 20.34 | 0.995 | 1.028 |
| PA | Columbia County | 8.14 | 0.775 | 0.832 | 5.28 | 0.716 | 0.776 | 18.79 | 0.944 | 0.970 |
| PA | Lackawanna County | 11.64 | 1.081 | 1.067 | 7.86 | 1.050 | 1.031 | 19.84 | 0.963 | 0.841 |
| PA | Scranton | 13.00 | 1.173 | 1.030 | 8.06 | 1.157 | 1.037 | 26.15 | 1.253 | 0.944 |
| PA | Residual - Lackawanna County | 10.77 | 1.024 | 1.090 | 7.73 | 0.978 | 1.027 | 16.34 | 0.803 | 0.785 |
| PA | Luzerne County | 10.07 | 1.052 | 1.074 | 7.62 | 0.983 | 0.947 | 20.85 | 1.070 | 0.993 |
| PA | Wilkes-Barre | 9.13 | 1.041 | 0.985 | 8.76 | 1.155 | 1.017 | 24.58 | 1.301 | 1.112 |
| PA | Residual - Luzerne County | 10.33 | 1.056 | 1.099 | 7.28 | 0.931 | 0.925 | 19.86 | 1.008 | 0.961 |
| PA | Wyoming County | 13.20 | 1.138 | 1.158 | 8.16 | 0.988 | 1.028 | 22.46 | 1.106 | 1.093 |
| RI | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA | 9.03 | 0.892 | 0.969 | 6.00 | 0.890 | 1.002 | 17.93 | 0.929 | 1.056 |
| RI | Bristol County | 5.55 | 0.510 | 0.624 | 3.09 | 0.473 | 0.668 | 8.88 | 0.492 | 0.890 |
| RI | Kent County | 8.50 | 0.875 | 1.111 | 4.75 | 0.722 | 0.943 | 15.35 | 0.792 | 1.014 |
| RI | Providence County | 11.33 | 1.089 | 1.080 | 6.10 | 0.920 | 0.928 | 18.42 | 0.975 | 0.938 |
| RI | Providence | 14.61 | 1.282 | 1.017 | 7.57 | 1.144 | 0.940 | 25.91 | 1.408 | 1.029 |
| RI | Residual - Providence County | 9.97 | 1.009 | 1.107 | 5.46 | 0.823 | 0.923 | 16.19 | 0.846 | 0.911 |
| RI | Washington County | 6.70 | 0.651 | 0.861 | 4.59 | 0.708 | 1.045 | 14.56 | 0.736 | 1.022 |
| MA | Bristol County | 7.42 | 0.744 | 0.804 | 6.88 | 0.982 | 1.062 | 19.93 | 1.039 | 1.106 |
| SC | Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA | 8.69 | 0.909 | 0.661 | 7.78 | 1.141 | 0.830 | 23.39 | 1.183 | 0.896 |
| SC | Berkeley County | 9.05 | 0.915 | 0.744 | 7.93 | 1.127 | 0.844 | 24.77 | 1.268 | 0.918 |
| SC | Charleston County | 8.43 | 0.913 | 0.735 | 7.69 | 1.112 | 0.785 | 23.42 | 1.204 | 0.846 |
| SC | Charleston | 9.67 | 1.001 | 0.677 | 9.66 | 1.530 | 0.913 | 25.80 | 1.349 | 0.794 |
| SC | Residual - Charleston County | 8.15 | 0.893 | 0.748 | 7.14 | 0.994 | 0.749 | 22.79 | 1.166 | 0.859 |
| SC | Dorchester County | 8.99 | 0.901 | 0.772 | 7.97 | 1.336 | 1.068 | 21.98 | 1.130 | 0.881 |
| SC | Columbia, SC MSA | 11.15 | 1.072 | 0.762 | 5.64 | 0.834 | 0.621 | 17.34 | 0.871 | 0.677 |
| SC | Lexington County | 11.24 | 1.017 | 1.016 | 4.99 | 0.613 | 0.594 | 16.04 | 0.801 | 0.770 |
| SC | Richland County | 11.11 | 1.109 | 0.809 | 6.04 | 1.009 | 0.642 | 18.32 | 0.955 | 0.621 |
| SC | Columbia | 10.13 | 1.054 | 0.776 | 5.99 | 1.037 | 0.676 | 21.98 | 1.167 | 0.770 |
| SC | Residual - Richland County | 11.40 | 1.125 | 0.818 | 6.07 | 0.996 | 0.626 | 17.15 | 0.888 | 0.573 |
| SC | Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA | 11.04 | 1.158 | 1.022 | 7.15 | 1.055 | 0.909 | 20.76 | 1.043 | 0.920 |
| SC | Anderson County | 17.50 | 1.667 | 1.420 | 8.84 | 1.079 | 0.873 | 25.45 | 1.260 | 0.944 |
| SC | Cherokee County | 19.58 | 2.061 | 1.606 | 15.49 | 1.841 | 1.351 | 37.21 | 1.841 | 1.211 |
| SC | Greenville County | 7.58 | 0.808 | 0.787 | 6.49 | 0.976 | 0.865 | 18.29 | 0.925 | 0.792 |
| SC | Greenville | 9.17 | 0.955 | 0.683 | 9.81 | 1.733 | 1.083 | 27.15 | 1.376 | 0.846 |
| SC | Residual - Greenville County | 7.42 | 0.793 | 0.797 | 6.16 | 0.901 | 0.843 | 17.41 | 0.880 | 0.787 |
| SC | Pickens County | 6.56 | 0.697 | 0.700 | 5.14 | 0.866 | 0.857 | 18.57 | 0.951 | 0.864 |
| SC | Spartanburg County | 13.29 | 1.467 | 1.353 | 6.88 | 1.096 | 0.936 | 19.74 | 1.053 | 0.898 |
| SC | Spartanburg | 10.47 | 1.193 | 0.750 | 8.21 | 1.156 | 0.666 | 23.01 | 1.236 | 0.683 |
| SC | Residual - Spartanburg County | 13.96 | 1.532 | 1.496 | 6.59 | 1.083 | 0.994 | 19.09 | 1.017 | 0.941 |
| TN | Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA | 5.80 | 0.687 | 0.718 | 7.08 | 1.082 | 0.952 | 18.88 | 1.010 | 0.945 |
| TN | Hamilton County | 6.56 | 0.761 | 0.728 | 8.01 | 1.164 | 0.954 | 20.63 | 1.049 | 0.844 |
| TN | Chattanooga | 6.93 | 0.796 | 0.618 | 9.03 | 1.323 | 0.931 | 23.34 | 1.184 | 0.788 |
| TN | Residual - Hamilton County | 5.81 | 0.691 | 0.948 | 6.00 | 0.850 | 1.000 | 15.73 | 0.805 | 0.946 |
| TN | Marion County | 5.84 | 0.762 | 0.810 | 9.85 | 1.290 | 1.174 | 29.69 | 1.437 | 1.147 |
| GA | Catoosa County | 2.80 | 0.375 | 0.556 | 3.34 | 0.674 | 0.953 | 9.27 | 0.607 | 1.741 |
| GA | Dade County | 1.46 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 3.40 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 8.15 | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| GA | Walker County | 5.25 | 0.669 | 0.724 | 4.60 | 0.795 | 0.788 | 14.47 | 0.890 | 1.137 |
| TN | Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA MSA | 8.59 | 0.982 | 1.129 | 5.82 | 0.974 | 1.015 | 17.92 | 1.014 | 1.140 |
| TN | Carter County | 7.89 | 0.924 | 0.857 | 6.20 | 0.854 | 0.741 | 20.99 | 1.105 | 0.903 |
| TN | Hawkins County | 12.59 | 1.420 | 1.404 | 5.83 | 0.907 | 0.859 | 18.44 | 1.032 | 1.026 |
| TN | Sullivan County | 8.75 | 0.961 | 1.030 | 5.97 | 0.989 | 1.047 | 16.34 | 0.897 | 0.981 |
| TN | Unicoi County | 10.91 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 9.37 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 30.14 | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| TN | Washington County | 9.80 | 1.096 | 1.152 | 6.71 | 1.012 | 1.006 | 22.97 | 1.225 | 1.285 |
| TN | Johnson City | 10.27 | 1.164 | 1.099 | 7.44 | 1.088 | 0.965 | 25.76 | 1.323 | 1.086 |
| TN | Residual - Washington County | 9.25 | 1.017 | 1.212 | 5.71 | 0.907 | 1.062 | 19.81 | 1.113 | 1.512 |
| VA | Scott County | 5.03 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 1.70 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 3.03 | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| VA | Washington County | 4.76 | 0.639 | 0.805 | 5.12 | 1.197 | 1.539 | 16.08 | 0.954 | 1.308 |
| VA | Bristol (independent city) | 1.65 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 0.79 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 2.15 | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| TN | Knoxville, TN MSA | 11.63 | 1.248 | 1.369 | 6.58 | 0.941 | 0.944 | 19.64 | 0.973 | 0.987 |
| TN | Anderson County | 12.22 | 1.247 | 1.267 | 8.64 | 1.163 | 1.139 | 21.12 | 1.012 | 0.862 |
| TN | Blount County | 11.60 | 1.322 | 1.509 | 6.90 | 1.142 | 1.259 | 22.10 | 1.136 | 1.149 |
| TN | Knox County | 11.82 | 1.301 | 1.340 | 6.03 | 0.908 | 0.824 | 18.67 | 0.949 | 0.858 |
| TN | Knoxville | 14.18 | 1.609 | 1.340 | 7.49 | 1.191 | 0.921 | 25.00 | 1.277 | 0.914 |
| TN | Residual - Knox County | 9.93 | 1.053 | 1.340 | 4.51 | 0.613 | 0.723 | 13.72 | 0.692 | 0.814 |
| TN | Loudon County | 10.89 | 1.125 | 1.198 | 8.51 | 0.939 | 0.912 | 25.91 | 1.287 | 1.205 |
| TN | Sevier County | 10.16 | 1.052 | 1.200 | 6.49 | 0.861 | 0.934 | 16.15 | 0.833 | 0.911 |
| TN | Union County | 12.73 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 6.90 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 20.32 | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| TN | Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA | 12.28 | 1.315 | 0.761 | 8.38 | 1.440 | 0.824 | 24.25 | 1.343 | 0.846 |
| TN | Fayette County | 9.33 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 11.64 | Low Pop | Low Pop | 22.72 | Low Pop | Low Pop |
| TN | Shelby County | 12.35 | 1.322 | 0.926 | 8.32 | 1.434 | 0.820 | 24.25 | 1.327 | 0.842 |
| TN | Memphis | 13.71 | 1.473 | 0.826 | 9.96 | 1.739 | 0.804 | 31.82 | 1.733 | 0.842 |
| TN | Residual - Shelby County | 9.52 | 1.008 | 1.135 | 4.93 | 0.802 | 0.855 | 11.47 | 0.641 | 0.842 |
| TN | Tipton County | 17.31 | 1.960 | 1.608 | 10.20 | 1.373 | 1.030 | 30.04 | 1.538 | 1.094 |
| AR | Crittenden County | 7.75 | 0.892 | 0.547 | 6.20 | 1.410 | 0.669 | 18.97 | 1.061 | 0.586 |
| TN | Nashville, TN MSA | 8.82 | 0.932 | 0.965 | 7.91 | 1.074 | 1.004 | 23.44 | 1.179 | 1.155 |
| TN | Cheatham County | 7.24 | 0.745 | 0.911 | 7.09 | 0.684 | 0.700 | 30.86 | 1.455 | 1.461 |
| TN | Davidson County | 9.40 | 1.047 | 0.965 | 8.86 | 1.320 | 1.105 | 26.48 | 1.369 | 1.123 |
| TN | Nashville | 9.58 | 1.065 | 0.963 | 9.01 | 1.334 | 1.091 | 26.91 | 1.392 | 1.123 |
| TN | Residual - Davidson County | 5.67 | 0.680 | 1.022 | 5.51 | 0.991 | 1.437 | 18.71 | 0.935 | 1.133 |
| TN | Dickson County | 7.14 | 0.732 | 0.748 | 9.18 | 1.023 | 0.960 | 25.37 | 1.257 | 1.128 |
| TN | Robertson County | 9.92 | 0.938 | 0.923 | 9.75 | 1.345 | 1.303 | 37.72 | 1.778 | 1.486 |
| TN | Rutherford County | 8.01 | 0.805 | 0.878 | 6.39 | 0.761 | 0.765 | 19.32 | 1.018 | 1.133 |
| TN | Sumner County | 8.95 | 0.935 | 1.108 | 7.14 | 0.987 | 1.103 | 20.34 | 1.029 | 1.134 |
| TN | Williamson County | 4.65 | 0.497 | 0.720 | 4.77 | 0.720 | 1.015 | 12.05 | 0.631 | 0.973 |
| TN | Wilson County | 14.19 | 1.388 | 1.567 | 8.84 | 1.010 | 1.045 | 23.77 | 1.159 | 1.185 |
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