Prevalence of Diagnosed Heart Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries

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Prevalence of Diagnosed Heart Disease Among Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Fee-for-Service Medicare, 2015, by county. This map shows the concentrations of counties with the highest prevalence for heart disease – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, with pockets located along the eastern seaboard, Michigan, Arkansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.


Geographic Patterns: Prevalence of diagnosed heart disease for 2020 for all Medicare Beneficiaries by County. The map shows that the concentrations of counties with the highest diagnoses of heart disease – meaning the top quintile – are located primarily in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Pockets of high-rate counties also were found in Puerto Rico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Maine, Nevada, and California.

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