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199. Hospital Discharges and Days of Care
[30,722 represents 30,722,000. Represents estimates of inpatients discharged fromnoninstitutional short-stay hospitals, exclusive of federal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants.
Based on sample data collected from the National Hospital Discharge Survey, a sample survey of hospital records of patients discharged in year shown; subject to sampling
variability.NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.MIDWEST: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.WEST: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii]
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Discharges
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Discharges
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Days
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of care
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Average
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Selected characteristic
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Number
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Per 1,000
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per 1,000
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stay
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(1,000)
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persons 1
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persons 1
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(days)
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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Total
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30,722
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30,545
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30,914
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31,827
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116
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114
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114
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117
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620
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596
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582
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589
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5.4
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5.2
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5.1
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5.1
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Age:
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Under 1 year old
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790
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736
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775
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762
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198
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188
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197
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194
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1,083
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1,111
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996
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1,068
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5.5
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5.9
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5.1
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5.5
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1 to 4 years old
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744
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649
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688
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638
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46
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40
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43
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41
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153
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135
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136
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133
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3.3
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3.3
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3.1
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3.3
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5 to 14 years old
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872
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822
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848
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899
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22
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21
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21
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22
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99
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90
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94
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109
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4.5
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4.3
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4.4
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4.9
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15 to 24 years old
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2,943
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2,849
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2,762
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2,919
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80
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77
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74
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77
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271
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250
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242
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255
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3.4
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3.2
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3.3
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3.3
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25 to 34 years old
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4,201
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4,077
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3,923
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4,004
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102
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100
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98
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102
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354
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351
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328
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348
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3.5
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3.5
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3.4
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3.4
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35 to 44 years old
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3,449
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3,399
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3,345
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3,454
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81
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78
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76
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77
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381
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368
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339
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340
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4.7
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4.7
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4.5
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4.4
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45 to 64 years old
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6,168
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6,294
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6,377
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6,696
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119
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118
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115
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117
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657
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626
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602
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604
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5.5
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5.3
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5.2
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5.1
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65 to 74 years old
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4,832
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4,804
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4,872
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4,876
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260
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260
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266
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268
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1,685
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1,619
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1,599
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1,596
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6.5
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6.2
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6.0
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6.0
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75 years old and over
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6,724
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6,914
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7,324
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7,580
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459
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459
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474
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477
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3,248
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3,100
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3,100
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3,031
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7.1
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6.8
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6.5
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6.3
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Race:
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White
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19,951
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19,738
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19,971
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20,620
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91
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89
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90
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92
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491
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473
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463
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468
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5.4
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5.3
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5.2
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5.1
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Black
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3,887
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3,779
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3,689
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3,750
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113
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109
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105
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105
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658
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605
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580
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571
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5.8
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5.6
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5.5
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5.4
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Asian/Pacific Islander
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486
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489
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388
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506
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51
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49
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38
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278
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267
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179
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281
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5.4
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5.4
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4.7
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5.9
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American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut
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107
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124
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121
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253
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46
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50
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103
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240
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310
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270
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563
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5.2
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5.9
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5.4
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5.5
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Region:
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Northeast
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7,051
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6,665
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6,679
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6,818
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136
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128
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129
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131
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858
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796
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762
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757
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6.3
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6.2
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5.9
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5.8
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Midwest
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6,994
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7,107
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7,234
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7,366
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113
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114
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115
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117
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586
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570
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554
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553
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5.2
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5.0
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4.8
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4.7
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South
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11,373
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11,085
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11,445
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12,022
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122
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118
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120
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124
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643
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609
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613
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631
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5.3
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5.2
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5.1
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5.1
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West
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5,303
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5,688
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5,556
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5,621
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91
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96
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92
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92
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410
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430
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409
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418
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4.5
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4.5
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4.4
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4.6
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Primary source of payment:
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Private insurance
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10,359
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10,721
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10,834
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(NA)
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39
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40
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(NA)
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158
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160
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159
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(NA)
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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(NA)
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Medicare
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11,607
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11,647
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12,254
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(NA)
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44
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43
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45
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(NA)
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303
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291
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291
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(NA)
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6.9
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6.7
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6.4
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(NA)
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Medicaid
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4,515
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4,410
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4,380
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(NA)
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17
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16
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16
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(NA)
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83
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81
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77
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(NA)
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4.9
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4.9
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4.7
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(NA)
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Other government payment
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535
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460
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368
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(NA)
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2
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2
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1
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(NA)
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10
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8
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7
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(NA)
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4.9
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4.9
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5.4
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(NA)
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Worker's compensation
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234
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224
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230
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(NA)
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1
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1
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1
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(NA)
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4
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3
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4
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(NA)
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4.3
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4.1
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4.2
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(NA)
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Self pay
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1,560
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1,422
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1,487
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(NA)
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6
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(NA)
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28
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23
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(NA)
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4.7
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4.4
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4.2
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(NA)
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No charge
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108
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94
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98
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(NA)
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0.4
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0.4
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0.4
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(NA)
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2
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2
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2
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(NA)
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5.1
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5.3
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4.6
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(NA)
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Other
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1,106
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1,022
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958
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(NA)
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4
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4
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4
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(NA)
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20
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17
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15
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(NA)
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4.7
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4.3
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4.2
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(NA)
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Unknown
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699
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545
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305
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(NA)
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3
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2
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1
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(NA)
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13
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10
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5
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(NA)
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4.9
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4.9
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4.6
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(NA)
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NA Not available.
1 Based on Census Bureau estimated civilian population that has beenadjusted for the net underenumeration in the 1990 Census of Population.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital andHealth Statistics, series 13; and unpublished data.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
*Terms relating to hospitalizationDischarge rate--The ratio of the number of hospitaldischarges during a year to the number of persons in thecivilian population on July 1 of that
year.
Days of care--The number of patient days accumulated atthe time of discharge by a patient. A stay of less than 1 day(patient admission and discharge on the same day) is countedas 1 day
in the summation of total days of care. For patientsadmitted and discharged on different days, the number of daysof care is computed by counting all days from (and including)the date of
admission to (but not including) the date ofdischarge.
Rate of days of care--The ratio of the number of days ofcare accumulated during a year to the number of persons in thecivilian population on July 1 of that year.
Average length of stay--The number of days of careaccumulated by patients discharged during the year divided bythe number of these discharges.
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/199_hospital_discharges_and_days_of_care.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2019 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
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