States with the most, fewest trauma centers per capita

Arizona has the most level 1 trauma centers per capita and Washington has the fewest centers per capita, a study found.

The study, published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, used American Trauma Society Trauma Information Exchange Program data to calculate the number of state-certified level 1 trauma centers in each state in 2020. They then used census information to calculate the number of centers per capita in every state. Researchers identified 216 level 1 trauma centers across 45 states, and five states — Alaska, Idaho, Monana, South Dakota and Wyoming — were excluded for not having a level 1 trauma center. 

In 2020, Arizona, Missouri, Vermont, Illinois and North Dakota have the highest number of level 1 trauma centers per capita and Washington, Oregon, Oklahoma, Utah and Nevada had the lowest number of level 1 trauma centers per capita.

Here are 45 states with the percent difference in median trauma centers per capita:

Alabama: 0% (median)

Arizona: 180.3%

Arkansas: -44.36%

California: -40.56%

Colorado: 15.97%

Connecticut: -6.76%

Delaware: 69.05%

Florida: -22.32%

Georgia: -37.48%

Hawaii: 15.58%

Illinois: 122.98%

Indiana: -25.89%

Iowa: 5.13%

Kansas: -42.91%

Kentucky: -25.58%

Louisiana: -27.89%

Maine: 23%

Maryland: -45.66%

Massachusetts: 67.81%

Michigan: 83.21%

Minnesota: 17.49%

Mississippi: -43.3%

Missouri: 172.53%

Nebraska: -14.55%

Nevada: -46.17%

New Hampshire: 21.66%

New Jersey: -27.65%

New Mexico: 58.34%

New York: 66.81%

North Carolina: -3.7%

North Dakota: 115.15%

Ohio: 70.59%

Oklahoma: -57.7%

Oregon: -60.49%

Pennsylvania: 67.78%

Rhode Island: 52.97%

South Carolina: 63.4%

Tennessee: 21.08%

Texas: -19.68%

Utah: -48.93%

Vermont: 160.87%

Virginia: -2.9%

Washington: -78.29%

West Virginia: 87.24%

Wisconsin: -14.67%

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