CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSON, MS

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Addresss:
1850 CHADWICK DR
JACKSON, MS, 39204
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (601) 376-1000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 98.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 363.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 856.00
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 6.50
Physical Therapists : 12.00
Registered Pharmacists : 14.00
Respiratory Therapists : 12.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.50
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 5.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 473
Total Certified: 451
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 47

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
Here:

44.000%
Mississippi:

40.903%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

6.800%
State:

8.123%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.035%
Mississippi:

0.163%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.020%
Mississippi:

0.073%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

6.100%
State:

5.869%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$79,320
Mississippi:

$38,298
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,489
State:

$11,210
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.96%
State:

0.81%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,476
State:

$11,178
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,113
Mississippi:

$3,869
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

3.25%
Mississippi:

0.50%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,325
Mississippi:

$16,716
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,600
Mississippi:

$3,588
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.76%
State:

0.46%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,867
State:

$18,293
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,447
State:

$5,060
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.27%
Mississippi:

0.74%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,307
State:

$18,350
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,179
Mississippi:

$5,115
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.83%
State:

1.12%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,644
Mississippi:

$17,224
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,145
State:

$5,050
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.55%
State:

1.90%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$92,728
State:

$41,923
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,821
Mississippi:

$12,972
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.76%
State:

0.46%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,355
Mississippi:

$17,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,395
State:

$3,373
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.46%
Mississippi:

1.44%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,388
Mississippi:

$21,305
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,977
Mississippi:

$5,812
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

2.36%
State:

2.37%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,467
Mississippi:

$26,679
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,398
State:

$7,105
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

2.68%
Mississippi:

2.30%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,773
Mississippi:

$16,092
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,464
Mississippi:

$4,362
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.21%
State:

2.34%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$87,415
State:

$46,996
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,814
Mississippi:

$13,130
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.83%
Mississippi:

0.31%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,125
State:

$29,836
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,718
State:

$6,793
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.17%
Mississippi:

1.76%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,827
State:

$25,879
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,373
State:

$5,718
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.83%
State:

0.33%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,880
State:

$19,667
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,774
Mississippi:

$5,938
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.76%
State:

0.36%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,997
Mississippi:

$16,844
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,022
State:

$5,045
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.34%
Mississippi:

0.77%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,580
State:

$16,954
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,430
Mississippi:

$4,347
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

2.87%
State:

4.02%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,847
State:

$22,928
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,325
State:

$6,215
Number of discharges: 45
Here:

2.87%
State:

2.12%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$69,556
Mississippi:

$38,439
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,831
Mississippi:

$10,974
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.34%
Mississippi:

0.71%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,449
State:

$17,651
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,500
Mississippi:

$4,240
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.83%
State:

0.57%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,377
State:

$20,890
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,257
State:

$6,135
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

3.06%
Mississippi:

3.46%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$50,840
Mississippi:

$32,289
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,370
Mississippi:

$8,991
Number of discharges: 59
This Hospital:

3.76%
Mississippi:

2.92%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,646
Mississippi:

$14,583
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,231
Mississippi:

$4,098
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.89%
Mississippi:

1.73%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$193,865
Mississippi:

$119,357
Average Total Payments
Here:

$34,623
Mississippi:

$36,719
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.23%
State:

0.44%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,946
Mississippi:

$25,590
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,080
Mississippi:

$6,889
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.72%
State:

1.65%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$68,729
State:

$39,280
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,910
Mississippi:

$11,774
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.46%
State:

0.92%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,365
Mississippi:

$26,321
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,298
State:

$7,263
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

2.36%
State:

1.10%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,626
State:

$16,244
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,815
Mississippi:

$4,671
Number of discharges: 64
This Hospital:

4.08%
State:

3.46%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$101,191
State:

$48,033
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,103
Mississippi:

$12,799
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.59%
State:

4.93%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$243,744
State:

$128,872
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$43,952
State:

$35,304
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.15%
Mississippi:

0.52%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,195
Mississippi:

$24,230
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,970
State:

$7,140
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.08%
State:

0.88%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,101
State:

$14,414
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,215
Mississippi:

$4,193
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.53%
Mississippi:

2.58%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$96,818
State:

$38,822
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,460
State:

$12,298
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.83%
Mississippi:

0.69%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,910
State:

$23,497
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,137
Mississippi:

$6,064
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.96%
Mississippi:

0.41%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,731
State:

$23,260
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,855
Mississippi:

$6,316
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.70%
State:

0.24%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$101,237
State:

$69,457
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$19,687
State:

$19,831
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.53%
State:

0.51%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$110,547
State:

$83,062
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,563
State:

$21,045
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.53%
State:

0.53%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$71,283
State:

$60,713
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,159
State:

$12,853
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.15%
Mississippi:

1.52%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,727
Mississippi:

$17,238
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,954
State:

$3,954
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.70%
Mississippi:

0.30%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,844
Mississippi:

$18,676
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,497
State:

$5,657
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

1.85%
Mississippi:

1.73%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,879
State:

$30,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,909
State:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.23%
State:

1.43%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,703
Mississippi:

$17,864
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,914
State:

$4,971
Number of discharges: 56
This Hospital:

3.57%
State:

1.98%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,811
Mississippi:

$22,099
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,295
Mississippi:

$6,198
Number of discharges: 66
Here:

4.20%
State:

2.02%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$64,555
Mississippi:

$35,040
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,034
Mississippi:

$10,508
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

1.91%
State:

1.33%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,742
Mississippi:

$31,040
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,817
Mississippi:

$8,720
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

0.80%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$79,533
State:

$45,994
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,011
Mississippi:

$12,320
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.02%
State:

0.96%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$220,294
Mississippi:

$122,134
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$40,942
Mississippi:

$35,203
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.02%
State:

0.42%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$87,632
State:

$53,819
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,073
State:

$14,418
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

2.55%
State:

1.20%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,543
Mississippi:

$19,377
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,609
State:

$4,761
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.89%
Mississippi:

0.61%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$202,009
State:

$135,656
Average Total Payments
Here:

$35,641
State:

$37,907
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.83%
Mississippi:

0.23%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$81,285
State:

$44,389
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,108
State:

$11,997
Number of discharges: 77
This Hospital:

4.90%
State:

3.82%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,302
State:

$25,053
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,108
State:

$6,894
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.40%
State:

1.34%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,667
Mississippi:

$22,633
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,261
State:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

2.42%
Mississippi:

3.08%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$63,997
Mississippi:

$34,401
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,010
Mississippi:

$8,855
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

2.42%
Mississippi:

1.91%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,572
Mississippi:

$16,650
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,382
State:

$4,315
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.89%
Mississippi:

1.59%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,576
Mississippi:

$19,098
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,527
Mississippi:

$4,340
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.46%
Mississippi:

1.42%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,046
State:

$19,312
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,567
Mississippi:

$4,513
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.34%
Mississippi:

0.98%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 19%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
Mississippi:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

75%
Mississippi:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
Mississippi:

85%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
Mississippi:

11%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

60%
Mississippi:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
Mississippi:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

68%
State:

72%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

24%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
State:

62%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

15%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

21%
Mississippi:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

72%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Mississippi:

7%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
State:

69%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
This Hospital:

77%
State:

79%
No
This Hospital:

23%
Mississippi:

21%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
This Hospital:

14%
State:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

27%
State:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

59%
State:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

10%
State:

6%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

30%
Mississippi:

26%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

60%
Mississippi:

68%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.167%
State:

0.715%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.501%
Mississippi:

0.406%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.167%
Mississippi:

0.793%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
Mississippi:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

99.0%
Mississippi:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Mississippi:

98.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

94.0%
Mississippi:

96.3%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Mississippi:

96.4%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

99.0%
State:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

95.0%
Mississippi:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
Mississippi:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
Mississippi:

92.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
Mississippi:

93.8%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

95.0%
Mississippi:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
Mississippi:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

96.0%
State:

95.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

90.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

87.0%
State:

93.4%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

93.0%
State:

95.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Mississippi:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.7%
State:

15.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.2%
Mississippi:

12.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.6%
Mississippi:

13.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

22.0%
Mississippi:

20.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.7%
State:

26.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

20.1%
State:

19.6%

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