County name and state | Stroke hospitalisation rate per 10 000 Medicare beneficiaries | Health outcomes ranking | Health behaviours ranking | Socioeconomic ranking | Physical environment ranking |
1. Lynchburg city, Virginia | 184.33 | 81 out of 133 | 83 out of 133 | 97 out of 133 | 71 out of 133 |
2. Wicomico county, Maryland | 145.88 | 19 out of 24 | 17 out of 24 | 20 out of 24 | 12 out of 24 |
3. Allegany county, Maryland | 144.16 | 20 out of 24 | 20 out of 24 | 18 out of 24 | 2 out of 24 |
4. Potter county, Texas | 141.64 | 212 out of 244 | 240 out of 244 | 161 out of 244 | 63 out of 244 |
5. Richmond city, Virginia | 140.29 | 107 out of 133 | 125 out of 133 | 125 out of 133 | 97 out of 133 |
6. Bowie county, Texas | 129.02 | 201 out of 244 | 243 out of 244 | 143 out of 244 | 145 out of 244 |
7. Franklin county, Illinois | 124.16 | 95 out of 102 | 89 out of 102 | 95 out of 102 | 60 out of 102 |
8. Jones county, Mississippi | 120.27 | 31 out of 81 | 33 out of 81 | 22 out of 81 | 54 out of 81 |
9. Florence county, South Carolina | 120.09 | 32 out of 46 | 28 out of 46 | 20 out of 46 | 43 out of 46 |
10. Halifax county, North Carolina | 119.89 | 91 out of 100 | 98 out of 100 | 100 out of 100 | 93 out of 100 |
11. Morgan county, Alabama | 119.46 | 11 out of 67 | 11 out of 67 | 13 out of 67 | 54 out of 67 |
12. Gregg county, Texas | 119.45 | 188 out of 244 | 205 out of 244 | 146 out of 244 | 228 out of 244 |
13. Lake county, Indiana | 118.58 | 72 out of 92 | 38 out of 92 | 90 out of 92 | 92 out of 92 |
14. Robeson county, North Carolina | 118.02 | 100 out of 100 | 100 out of 100 | 97 out of 100 | 72 out of 100 |
15. Lowndes county, Mississippi | 117.68 | 18 out of 81 | 28 out of 81 | 20 out of 81 | 70 out of 81 |
16. Lenoir county, North Carolina | 117.66 | 83 out of 100 | 86 out of 100 | 81 out of 100 | 41 out of 100 |
17. Roanoke city, Virginia | 117.62 | 113 out of 133 | 119 out of 133 | 106 out of 133 | 75 out of 133 |
18. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana | 117.33 | 57 out of 64 | 41 out of 64 | 59 out of 64 | 48 out of 64 |
19. Baltimore city, Maryland | 116.44 | 24 out of 24 | 23 out of 24 | 24 out of 24 | 4 out of 24 |
20. Lee county, Mississippi | 116.28 | 17 out of 81 | 18 out of 81 | 7 out of 81 | 68 out of 81 |
21. Bell county, Texas | 116.23 | 89 out of 244 | 220 out of 244 | 121 out of 244 | 172 out of 244 |
22. Tuscaloosa county, Alabama | 115.48 | 13 out of 67 | 20 out of 67 | 10 out of 67 | 38 out of 67 |
23. Forrest county, Mississippi | 115.30 | 24 out of 81 | 15 out of 81 | 17 out of 81 | 40 out of 81 |
24. Nash county, North Carolina | 114.93 | 76 out of 100 | 68 out of 100 | 79 out of 100 | 50 out of 100 |
25. Danville city, Virginia | 114.75 | 126 out of 133 | 109 out of 133 | 131 out of 133 | 123 out of 133 |
*Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program, County Health Rankings and Roadmaps: Building a Culture of Health County by County. Available at: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ (Accessed 25 April 2019).
†The ranked counties were in the last quartile for each of the categories of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings.