This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that received inappropriate diagnostics or lacked proper diagnostics as of 2016, including the worst performing states. According to the data, among U.S. adults with lower back pain 29 percent received inappropriate diagnostic imaging at diagnosis. Comparatively, among adults in Alabama with lower back pain 41 percent received inappropriate diagnostic imaging.
Worst performing U.S. states by select inappropriate or lacked diagnostics as of 2016
Characteristic
Percentage of adults
U.S. adults that received potentially inappropriate lower back imaging at diagnosis
29%
Alabama adults that received potentially inappropriate lower back imaging at diagnosis
41%
U.S. adults that failed to receive all recommended cancer screenings
32%
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Idaho and Wyoming adults that failed to get recommended cancer screenings
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Commonwealth Fund. (May 29, 2018). Worst performing U.S. states by select inappropriate or lacked diagnostics as of 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/877902/worst-performing-us-states-by-select-health-services/
Commonwealth Fund. "Worst performing U.S. states by select inappropriate or lacked diagnostics as of 2016." Chart. May 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/877902/worst-performing-us-states-by-select-health-services/
Commonwealth Fund. (2018). Worst performing U.S. states by select inappropriate or lacked diagnostics as of 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/877902/worst-performing-us-states-by-select-health-services/
Commonwealth Fund. "Worst Performing U.S. States by Select Inappropriate or Lacked Diagnostics as of 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877902/worst-performing-us-states-by-select-health-services/
Commonwealth Fund, Worst performing U.S. states by select inappropriate or lacked diagnostics as of 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/877902/worst-performing-us-states-by-select-health-services/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Worst performing U.S. states by select inappropriate or lacked diagnostics as of 2016 [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, May 29, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/877902/worst-performing-us-states-by-select-health-services/
