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Table 1 2015 Impacting health outcome factors compared between the United States and Alabama [4]

From: Area Health Education Center (AHEC) programs for rural and underrepresented minority students in the Alabama Black Belt

 

United States

Alabama

PCP Phys/100K Pop (%)

74.5

62.8

Gen/Fam/100K Pop (%)

29.9

27.0

Internal Medicine/100K Pop (%)

29.1

23.3

Pediatricians/100K Pop (%)

58.9

47.7

OB/GYN/100K Pop (%)

21.4

18.6

Psychiatrists/100K Pop (%)

9.4

5.6

Dentist/100K Pop (%)

59.4

42.5

65+ of Total Pop (%)

13.7

14.5

Median Household Income ($)

51.371

41.610

Uninsured (%)

17.0

15.8

Total Pop Medicare Beneficiaries (%)

16.0

18.7

Total Pop Medicaid Beneficiaries (%)

20.2

19.1

Poverty (%)

15.9

19.0

Infant Mortality (per 1000 Births)

6.5

9.1

Mortality (deaths per 100, 000 population)

 All Causes

746.8

939.5

 Heart Disease

179.1

236.0

 Cancer

172.8

191.7

 Stroke

39.1

51.6

 Diabetes Related (%)

20.8

25.0

 Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (%)

42.2

55.5