State Rank by Category

State Rank	Access to Emergency Care	Quality & Patient Safety Environment	Medical Liability Environment	Public Health & Injury Prevention	Disaster Preparedness	Overall
1	DC	MD	CO	MA	DC	DC
2	PA	UT	TX	HI	ND	MA
3	ME	PA	ID	OR	LA	ME
4	MA	NC	KS	UT	NY	NE
5	OH	MA	NE	WA	NV	CO
6	MO	ME	OH	MN	OK	PA
7	DE	DE	SC	ME	NE	OH
8	ND	WA	ND	CT	MO	ND
9	NE	DC	AK	MD	RI	UT
10	RI	NH	MT	CA	MD	MD
11	WV	CO	TN	NJ	TN	IA
12	KY	VA	GA	NY	NH	MN
13	IA	SC	MN	VT	NJ	NY
14	KS	AZ	UT	IA	IA	NC*
15	MN	OH	NV	RI	AL	CT
16	MS	HI	WV	NE	FL	KS
17	NY	FL	OK	CO	PA	TN
18	CT	CT	WI	KS	AK	RI
19	WI	NJ	SD	VA	MS	VA*
20	IN	MO	CA	WI	MA	DE
21	SD	OR	ME	PA	TX	WI
22	CO	IL	MS	OH	CO	MO
23	MD	NY	IN	NC	VA	CA
24	IL	NE	NC	DC	AZ	WV
25	VT	VT	VA	NM	MI	HI*
26	TN	GA	LA	AZ	KS	MS
27	NC	IA	IA	MI	NC	FL
28	UT	AL	FL	NV	MN	NH
29	VA	TN	AZ	IL	CT	GA
30	NH	WV	HI	FL	CA	NJ
31	MT	WI	AL	GA	SD	AZ
32	MI	CA	CT	NH	GA	OR
33	WY	MI	MI	ID	KY	VT
34	LA	NM	DE	KY	NM	SC*
35	OR	RI	OR	IN	WV	WA
36	NJ	ND	NM	DE	AR	NV
37	WA	OK	AR	TN	OR	OK
38	AK	MS	WY	ND	DE	TX
39	AR	IN	VT	MT	WI	SD
40	OK	MN	MA	OK	VT	IN
41	AL	AR	NH	SD	HI	ID
42	CA	TX	WA	WV	IN	LA
43	ID	KY	PA	AL	IL	AK*
44	HI	KS	NJ	AK	UT	AL
45	SC	ID	MO	LA	MT	IL
46	GA	AK	RI	MO	SC	MI
47	TX	SD	MD	WY	WY	KY
48	AZ	NV	KY	AR	ID	MT
49	FL	LA	NY	TX	ME	NM
50	NM	MT	IL	MS	WA	AR
51	NV	WY	DC	SC	OH**	WY

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** Please see the Ohio State Results page for additional information.

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	2009	2014
Overall:	C-	D+
Access to Emergency Care:	D-	D-
Quality/Patient Safety:	C+	C
Medical Liability:	C-	C-
Public Health/ Injury Prevention:	C	C
Disaster Preparedness:	C+	C-

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