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STATE RANKINGS


NURSING HOME RANKINGS
How does each state rank with respect to the proportion of people who died in a nursing home?

(States are ranked from highest proportion to lowest proportion)


  

1989

1997

2001

Alabama

42

48

48

Alaska

27

34

43

Arizona

20

11

4

Arkansas

37

38

42

California

24

28

32

Colorado

10

19

8

Connecticut

12

14

20

DC

50

47

39

Delaware

28

26

33

Florida

33

37

40

Georgia

49

44

46

Hawaii

43

50

51

Idaho

6

13

12

Illinois

30

31

27

Indiana

15

17

15

Iowa

11

12

14

Kansas

17

25

22

Kentucky

39

36

31

Louisiana

44

49

50

Maine

19

7

7

Maryland

32

29

28

Massachusetts

36

18

17

Michigan

22

27

23

Minnesota

2

1

1

Mississippi

47

51

49

Missouri

23

20

21

Montana

3

16

9

N. Carolina

40

30

29

N. Dakota

13

5

6

Nebraska

48

45

38

Nevada

9

2

3

New Hampshire

34

43

44

New Jersey

14

23

24

New Mexico

29

33

35

New York

46

42

37

Ohio

21

21

18

Oklahoma

51

32

30

Oregon

1

9

26

Pennsylvania

25

22

19

Rhode Island

26

8

2

S. Carolina

38

41

47

S. Dakota

8

3

5

Tennessee

41

40

41

Texas

35

39

34

Utah

7

24

25

Vermont

18

10

13

Virginia

31

35

36

W. Vermont

5

6

11

Washington

45

46

45

Wisconsin

4

4

10

Wyoming

16

15

16



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