Torrance County Health Highlights: Medicaid Enrollment, Average Monthly Enrollment as a Percentage of the Population

Medicaid Enrollment

Torrance County Compared to State


*Description of Dashboard Gauge

Description of the Dashboard Gauge

This "dashboard" type graphic is based on the community data on the right. It compares the community value on this indicator to the state overall value.
  • Excellent = The community's value on this indicator is BETTER than the state value, and the difference IS statistically significant.
  • Watch = The community's value is BETTER than state value, but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.
  • Improvement Needed = The community's value on this indicator is WORSE than the state value, but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.
  • Reason for Concern = The community's value on this indicator is WORSE than the state value, and the difference IS statistically significant.

The community value is considered statistically significantly different from the state value if the state value is outside the range of the community's 95% confidence interval. If the community's data or 95% confidence interval information is not available, a blank gauge image will be displayed with the message, "missing information."
NOTE: The labels used on the gauge graphic are meant to describe the community's status in plain language. The placement of the gauge needle is based solely on the statistical difference between the community and state values. When selecting priority health issues to work on, a community should take into account additional factors such as how much improvement could be made, the U.S. value, the statistical stability of the community number, the severity of the health condition, and whether the difference is clinically significant.

Why Is This Important?

Medicaid provides health coverage for those New Mexicans living below a certain percentage of the federal poverty level, and provides coverage for almost half of New Mexico's children. People with health coverage are more likely to receive preventive medical care and are consequently less likely to suffer from preventable illnesses and complications of those illnesses.

Related Indicators

Relevant Population Characteristics:


Medicaid Enrollment, Average Monthly Enrollment as a Percentage of the Population by County, 2010

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Torrance County 35.5%
95% Confidence Interval

Description of 95% Confidence Interval

The confidence interval indicates the range of probable true values for the level of risk in the community.

A value of "DNA" (Data Not Available) will appear if the confidence interval was not published with the IBIS indicator data for this measure.

For more information on confidence intervals, visit the New Mexico IBIS confidence interval page at http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/ConfidenceInterval.html.
(34.8% - 36.2%)
Statistical Stability

Description of Statistical Stability

  • Stable = This count or rate is relatively stable and should provide a good estimate of your community risk.
  • Unstable = This count or rate is statistically unstable (RSE >0.30), and may fluctuate widely due to random variation (chance).
  • Very Unstable = This count or rate is extremely unstable (RSE >0.50). This value should not be used to represent your population risk. You should combine years or otherwise increase the population denominator in this calculation.
  • DNA = Data Not Available. The required community value and/or confidence interval was not available for this measure.

For more information on statistical stability, visit the New Mexico IBIS Reliability and Validity page at http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/ReliabilityValidity.html.
Stable
New Mexico 23.8%
U.S. 14.5%

Note

Enrollment varies from one month to the next. The average monthly enrollment was used to compute these percents.  U.S. percentage is the average of June 2008 and December 2008 monthly enrollment counts divided by the 2008 U.S. population estimate. Source: Medicaid Enrollment in 50 States (February 2010), The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.

Data Sources

Population Source: Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) Population Estimates, University of New Mexico. http://www.unm.edu/~bber/.   New Mexico Human Services Department, Income Support Division, Benefit Delivery and Data Reporting Bureau, Monthly Statistical Report, www.hsd.state.nm.us/ise/reports.html.  

Measure Description for Medicaid Enrollment

Definition: The monthly percentage of the population enrolled in Medicaid, averaged over the months in the measurement period.
Numerator: Monthly number of persons enrolled in Medicaid, averaged over the months in the measurement period.
Denominator: Total population.
Click on this link to jump to the complete indicator profile report for Medicaid Enrollment (exits this community report).
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 05/12/2011
Community Health Assessment Program, New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, 1190 St. Francis Dr., P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Contact Lois Haggard at Lois.Haggard@state.nm.us or by telephone at (505) 827-5274
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Content updated: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:25:00 MDT