continued Who Receives Hospice Care (continued) As illustrated on this page, the proportion of Medicare decedents enrolled in hospice at the time of death varied from a low of 14.3% (other) to a high of 60.5% (UT). Vermont and Wyoming had the greatest % increase since 2014 at 22.26% and 22.13% respectively. Alaska was the lowest with -10.88%. Figure 4: % of Medicare Decedents Served by Hospice by state (Aligns with Figure 5) Source: CMS Data sourced by HCCI for NHPCO Figure 6: 5 Year Change in Medicare Decedents by State 2014 2015 2016 Source: CMS Data sourced by HCCI for NHPCO 24 Newsline / Fall 2020 2017 2018 Figure 5: Medicare Decedent Enrollment % for 2018 Rank State 1 Utah 60.5% 2 Delaware 59.4% 3 Arizona 58.8% 4 Florida 57.9% 5 Rhode Island 57.5% 6 Ohio 56.7% 7 Iowa 56.2% 8 Wisconsin 55.1% 9 Idaho 53.9% 10 Michigan 53.8% 11 Minnesota 53.5% 12 Kansas 53.3% 13 Colorado 53.2% 14 Oregon 53.2% 15 Texax 52.8% 16 Maine 51.4% 17 Indiana 51.2% 18 Georgia 51.0% 19 Nebraska 50.9% 20 Arkansas 50.9% 21 South Carolina 50.8% 22 Oklahoma 50.4% 23 Illinois 50.3% 24 Missouri 50.2% 25 Louisiana 50.0% 26 New Mexico 49.6% 27 Pennsylvania 49.3% 28 Alabama 49.2% 29 North Carolina 49.2% 30 Connecticut 48.6% 31 Nevada 48.5% 32 Massachusetts 47.8% 33 New Hampshire 47.7% 34 Maryland 47.6% 35 Virginia 46.7% 36 California 46.1% 37 Washington 46.0% 38 New Jersey 45.6% 39 Montana 45.6% 40 Hawaii 45.4% 41 Mississippi 45.2% 42 Tennessee 44.9% 43 West Virginia 43.6% 44 Kentucky 43.5% 45 South Dakota 43.2% 46 Vermont 42.9% 47 Wyoming 33.4% 48 District of Columbia 33.2% 49 North Dakota 31.0% 50 New York 30.0% 51 Alaska 22.8% 52 Other 14.3%