Figure 2.

Coronary heart disease and hypertension hospitalizations per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries (65+), 2014–2016 (Source: CDC Atlas via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Provider Analysis and Review file) and percentage of 18–64 year olds with no health insurance, 2017 (Source: Area Health Resources Files via the Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates). Counties in the South have high rates of hospitalizations and moderate proportions of populations without health insurance (dark reds). Counties in the West have lower rates of hospitalizations and lower proportions of people without insurance (light blues). 40 counties, two-thirds of which are in Texas, have both high CHD and hypertension hospitalization rates among the Medicare beneficiaries, and a high proportion of the population aged 16–64 without insurance (dark purple).