Preventable Hospitalization by County, 2020

This layer displays the total number and rate of preventable hospitalization events among Medicare beneficiaries. Preventable hospitalizations include hospital admissions for one or more of the following conditions: diabetes with short-term complications, diabetes with long-term complications, uncontrolled diabetes without complications, diabetes with lower-extremity amputation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypertension, heart failure, bacterial pneumonia, or…

New maps and data for 2018 and 2019 now available for the Adult Obesity indicator!

Data for 2018 and 2019 acquired from the NCCDPHP Diabetes Interactive Atlases (replacing data for 2017). All the data from previous years since 2004 are updated as well by CDC for methodology change. Confidence intervals also available for data through the map interface. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Adult Obesity