Question

Suppose the American Medical Association Center for Health Policy Research included data, by state, on the number of community hospitals and the average patient stay (in days) in its publication. The data (by state) are shown in the table. Which two states have an unusually high number of hospitals? State Hospitals State Hospitals State Hospitals Alabama 330 Colorado 72 Georgia 163 Alaska 16 Connecticut 35 Hawaii 19 Arizona 61 Delaware 8 Idaho 41 Arkansas 88 Dist. of Columbia 11 Illinois 279 California 236 Florida 289 Indiana 113 Iowa 123 Nebraska 90 Rhode Island 12 Kansas 133 Nebraska 21 S.Carolina 68 Kentucky 107 New Hampshire 21 S.Dakota 52 Louisiana 459 New Jersey 96 Tennessee 122 Maine 38 New Mexico 37 Texas 235 Maryland 51 New York 333 Utah 42 Mass. 101 N.Caroline 117 Vermont 15 Michigan 175 N.Dakota 47 Virginia 98 Minnesota 276 Ohio 193 Washington 92 Mississippi 102 Oklahoma 399 W.Virginia 59 Missouri 133 Oregon 66 Wisconsin 478 Montana 53 Pennsylvania 231 Wyoming 27 a. Florida and Wisconsin b. Alabama and Arkansas c. Wisconsin and Louisiana d. Maine and Iowa e. none of these choices

Answer 1

Correct option:

c.  Wisconsin and Louisiana

Arranging the given numbers in ascending order, we get:

8, 11 12, 15, 16, 19, 21, 21, 27, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 47, 51, 52, 53, 59, 61, 66, 68, 72, 88, 90, 92, 96, 98, 101, 102, 107, 113, 117,122, 123, 133 133, 163, 175, 193, 231, 235, 236, 276, 279, 289, 330, 333, 399,459, 478

From the above list, we note that the the unusually high values are: 459 and 478.The corresponding States are: Louisiana and Wisconsin.