Elderly patients receiving high-risk drugs by state U.S. 2016

In Tennessee, some 13.4 percent of elderly patients received high-risk drugs in 2016. That percentage was one of the highest in the United States where the average stood at 9.6 percent. This statistic depicts the percentage of elderly patienst that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by state.

Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state*

Characteristic	Percentage of elderly patients
Mississippi	15.5%
Louisiana	15.4%
Oklahoma	13.7%
Kentucky	13.7%
Tennessee	13.4%
South Carolina	13.3%
Alabama	12.8%
Georgia	12.2%
Arkansas	11.8%
Texas	11.8%
West Virginia	11.6%
Idaho	11.4%
Nevada	11.3%
Utah	11.2%
North Carolina	11.2%
Colorado	10.9%
Florida	10.4%
Oregon	10.2%
New Mexico	10.2%
Wyoming	10%
Missouri	10%
Indiana	9.9%
Virginia	9.8%
Washington	9.7%
Kansas	9.6%
Arizona	9.6%
U.S. total	9.6%
Alaska	9.5%
District of Columbia	9.3%
California	9.2%
Ohio	9.1%
Maryland	8.9%
Montana	8.9%
Delaware	8.4%
New Hampshire	8.4%
Michigan	8.2%
Maine	8.2%
New Jersey	7.9%
Vermont	7.7%
Nebraska	7.7%
Connecticut	7.4%
Wisconsin	7.4%
North Dakota	7.3%
Illinois	7.2%
South Dakota	7.1%
Pennsylvania	6.7%
Iowa	6.7%
Rhode Island	6.5%
New York	6.4%
Massachusetts	6.4%
Minnesota	6.2%
Hawaii	4.6%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2016

Age group

65 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Patients aged 65 and older who received at least one drug from a list of 13 classes of high-risk prescriptions that should be avoided by the elderly.

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