Table 2.

State Pandemic Preparedness Plan Categorization^a

Category	Stateb
A. Short-term survival	AL, CA, DE, IA, LA, NM, TN
B. One to 5 expected life-years	AK, IN, KS, MN, RI, UT, VT
C. Total life-years	AZ, CO, MA, MI, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OK, OR, PA, WA
D. Fair innings	KY
O. Other	CT, IL, MS, NV, OH, VA, WY
No plan meeting inclusion criteria	EOP/PIP without triage guide (GA, ID, ME, NE, ND, SD) Not state-endorsed (AR, FL, SC, TX, WV, DC) CSC drafts (HI, MD, NH, WI)

CSC = crisis standards of care; EOP = emergency operations plan; PIP = pandemic influenza plan.

^aIf a state used age/life-years as a primary consideration for triage, its two-letter abbreviation is in boldface. (For plan details and links to documents, see e-Table 1 in the online article.)

^bOfficial two-letter US state name abbreviations are used for brevity.