FACTS & FIGURES
Golden State / Granite State
Some random statistics about hospitals and health
472
Number of hospitals in California (#1 out of the 50 states)
34
Number of hospitals in New Hampshire (#44 out of the 50 states)
32,667 / 1,185
Populations of, respectively, California and New Hampshire (x 1,000)
90.2 / 3.7
Number of hospital beds (x 1,000)
3,329 / 117
Number of inpatient admissions (x 1,000)
1,384 / 63
Number of outpatient visits (x 1,000)
35,165 / 1,390
Number of emergency room visits (x 1,000)
#1
Rank of New Hampshire in the 2000 "Healthiest State" listing
#19
Rank of California in the 2000 "Healthiest State" listing
Sometimes bigger is . . . well, just bigger
Sources: American Hospital Association; Health Care State Rankings, published by Morgan Quitno Press
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