On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:19:38 -0400, Gene wrote:


Also true of the outlying dozen towns or so.... a total of over 500,000
people.... one hospital.

The national average is 2 hospitals per 100,000, but you'll note the
rural states have more hospitals per capita. Presumably, the hospitals
have fewer beds.

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea...-health-total-
hospitals-per-capita