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The National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps' Priorities for Reauthorization and Legislative Updates

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Appendix B

State-by-State Community Health Data

Source:  National Association of Community Health Centers, 2006 Access to Community Health Databook Summary of Findings

STATE

NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WITHOUT ACCESS TO A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN

ANNUAL WASTED EXPENDITURES ON AVOIDABLE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CLINICIANS REQUIRED TO ELMINATE NEED

(at 1 clinician for every 2000 patients)*

Alabama

1,325,428

$319,400,854

663

Alaska

20,434

$32,732,965

10

Arizona

326,101

$311,438,714

163

Arkansas

636,207

$189,500,122

318

California

2,498,753

$1,829,345,794

1,249

Colorado

272,949

$238,246,230

136

Connecticut

102,615

$207,348,610

51

Delaware

46,820

$47,497,790

23

District of Columbia

80,836

$55,797,643

40

Florida

2,195,915

$1,061,420,739

1,098

Georgia

1,907,670

$537,867,735

954

Hawaii

1,345

$55,098,405

1

Idaho

277,867

$88,713,842

139

Illinois

632,687

$853,731,297

316

Indiana

809,064

$441,019,299

405

Iowa

339,747

$183,880,125

170

Kansas

351,249

$159,038,693

176

Kentucky

821,838

$353,798,163

411

Louisiana

1,630,978

$354,757,738

815

Maine

53,142

$105,902,573

27

Maryland

165,476

$320,407,972

83

Massachusetts

230,772

$401,458,842

115

Michigan

1,124,134

$726,928,960

562

Minnesota

454,920

$256,913,897

227

Mississippi

952,877

$252,769,055

476

Missouri

1,017,673

$429,712,468

509

Montana

150,308

$54,444,985

75

Nebraska

343,218

$94,243,689

172

Nevada

443,131

$112,928,929

222

New Hampshire

31,303

$79,046,610

16

New Jersey

557,531

$438,047,852

279

New Mexico

346,724

$132,027,370

173

New York

2,044,567

$1,126,031,176

1,022

North Carolina

1,664,904

$548,645,880

832

North Dakota

92,533

$41,491,015

46

Ohio

1,110,049

$932,659,694

555

Oklahoma

625,357

$208,230,028

313

Oregon

326,025

$179,035,367

163

Pennsylvania

1,103,118

$790,754,728

552

Rhode Island

23,916

$61,807,552

12

South Carolina

754,321

$265,008,761

377

South Dakota

147,866

$36,418,180

74

Tennessee

1,251,568

$476,285,058

626

Texas

3,956,574

$1,233,549,349

1,978

Utah

458,071

$152,152,368

229

Vermont

34,734

$38,015,757

17

Virginia

963,257

$452,375,606

482

Washington

299,269

$354,817,611

150

West Virginia

239,454

$180,480,840

120

Wisconsin

683,656

$272,179,576

342

Wyoming

119,181

$36,360,931

60

       

United States

36,048,131

$18,445,991,718

18,024

*  NOTE:  The estimated number of clinicians required to eliminate need was calculated from the 2006 Access to Community Health Databook Summary of Findings but was not included in their original data.