10 States With the Highest Percentage of Best Nursing Homes
Half of the states with the largest percentages of homes with a 5-star rating are in New England
Posted October 5, 2009
The 10 states below have the highest percentages of nursing homes with five stars—the federal government's best rating. Alaska has so few nursing homes that three less five-stars homes would have dropped the state off the list. The average for all states is 12.4 percent.
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| State | All Nursing Homes | % With 5 Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alaska | 15 | 33.3% |
| 2. Hawaii | 47 | 23.4% |
| 3. District of Columbia | 18 | 22.2% |
| 4. Maine | 109 | 21.1% |
| 5. Nevada | 48 | 20.8% |
| 6. Alabama | 231 | 19.9% |
| 7. Massachusetts | 429 | 19.1% |
| 8. Rhode Island | 85 | 18.8% |
| 9. Delaware | 45 | 17.8% |
| 10. New Hampshire | 79 | 17.7% |
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