Data are for community hospitals, which represent 85% of all hospitals. Federal hospitals, long term care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, institutions for the mentally retarded, and alcoholism and other chemical dependency hospitals are not included.

2007 AHA Annual Survey Copyright 2009 by Health Forum LLC, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, special data request, March 2009. Available at http://www.ahaonlinestore.com
2007 population data from Annual Population Estimates by State, July 1, 2007 Population, U.S. Census Bureau; available at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2007-01.xls.

Community Hospitals: All nonfederal, short-term general, and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public.