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. 2017 Jul 24;75:32. doi: 10.1186/s13690-017-0200-1

Table 1.

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

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