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Certified Nursing Facility Occupancy Rate, 2007

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 Nursing Home Occupancy Rates
United States84.8%
Alabama87.5%
Alaska85.4%
Arizona77.5%
Arkansas72.9%
California84.7%
Colorado83.6%
Connecticut92.0%
Delaware84.9%
District of Columbia94.9%
Florida88.2%
Georgia88.6%
Hawaii95.1%
Idaho75.8%
Illinois79.3%
Indiana81.3%
Iowa81.0%
Kansas84.5%
Kentucky90.6%
Louisiana74.0%
Maine91.4%
Maryland86.7%
Massachusetts90.1%
Michigan86.6%
Minnesota92.4%
Mississippi89.5%
Missouri74.1%
Montana71.7%
Nebraska81.9%
Nevada83.9%
New Hampshire89.8%
New Jersey89.5%
New Mexico88.3%
New York92.2%
North Carolina87.7%
North Dakota92.1%
Ohio87.7%
Oklahoma65.8%
Oregon65.3%
Pennsylvania91.0%
Rhode Island92.2%
South Carolina93.0%
South Dakota99.5%
Tennessee87.5%
Texas73.5%
Utah70.4%
Vermont92.5%
Virginia90.6%
Washington86.6%
West Virginia90.1%
Wisconsin87.6%
Wyoming79.3%
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Notes: 

Data are for calendar year 2007.
For full details about the data and data collection, please refer to the report, "Nursing, Facilities, Staffing, Residents, and Facility Deficiencies, 2001 Through 2007," cited below.

Sources: 

C. Harrington, H. Carrillo, C. Crawford and B. Blank. Table 4, "Nursing, Facilities, Staffing, Residents, and Facility Deficiencies, 2001 Through 2007," Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, accessed September 2008. Available at http://www.pascenter.org. Based on the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting system (OSCAR), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Definitions: 

Occupancy Rate: is calculated by dividing the number of nursing residents in a certified facility by the total number of certified beds (excluding all uncertified residents and beds).



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