Table 11

Correlation between risk ranking and socioeconomic indicators

Indicator (in each state)Pearson correlationSource (year of data)
Number of employees per hospital−0.80U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019) 
Population in each state−0.74U.S. Census Bureau (2021) 
Gross State Product (GSP)−0.70Kaiser Family Foundation (2022) 
Number of hospitals−0.68U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019) 
Number of people per hospital−0.34U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019) 

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