County

Delaware, PA

FIPS: 42045 · 120,845 Medicare beneficiaries · Geographic Variation 2023

Overview

Key headline metrics for Medicare beneficiaries living in Delaware, PA. Source data from the CMS Medicare Fee-for-Service Geographic Variation Public Use File (2023) and CDC PLACES/SDOH.

Total Medicare Spending per Capita
$12,260
Actual Spending per Capita
$13,601
includes local geographic adjustments
Average HCC Risk Score
1.02
1.00 = nationally average. Higher = sicker panel.
Average Age
73.0
30-Day Readmission Rate
18.4%
MA Participation
40.8%
share enrolled in Medicare Advantage
Dual Eligible
13.5%
also enrolled in Medicaid — low-income marker

Beneficiary Profile

Who the Medicare population is in this county — counts, enrollment mix, age, and risk-adjusted complexity.

Total Medicare Beneficiaries
120,845
Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries
60,430
MA Participation Rate
40.8%
Average Age
73.0
Average HCC Risk Score
1.02
CMS Hierarchical Condition Category score. Higher means a sicker average beneficiary.
Dual Eligible (Medicare + Medicaid)
13.5%
Share of beneficiaries also enrolled in Medicaid — a marker of low income and complex need.

Demographic mix

Female
56.9%
Male
43.1%
White
83.0%
Black
9.4%
Hispanic
1.3%

Utilization

How often Medicare beneficiaries use each service. Rates are per 1,000 beneficiaries; the "users" column shows the share of beneficiaries who used the service at least once.

30-Day Readmission Rate
18.4%
Share of hospital discharges followed by an unplanned readmission within 30 days.
ER Visits per 1,000 Benes
525.5

Health Outcomes

CDC PLACES — modeled prevalence of health outcomes among county adults. Values are age-adjusted or crude prevalence estimates with 95% CIs.

All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years
16.3%
95% CI: 13.2% – 19.8%
Age-adjusted prevalence

Prevention

CDC PLACES — modeled prevalence of prevention among county adults. Values are age-adjusted or crude prevalence estimates with 95% CIs.

Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years
78.3%
95% CI: 71.2% – 84.6%
Age-adjusted prevalence
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults
69.3%
95% CI: 66.1% – 72.5%
Crude prevalence
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years
64.7%
95% CI: 59.6% – 69.5%
Crude prevalence

Health Risk Behaviors

CDC PLACES — modeled prevalence of health risk behaviors among county adults. Values are age-adjusted or crude prevalence estimates with 95% CIs.

Short sleep duration among adults
40.4%
95% CI: 34.4% – 46.9%
Crude prevalence

Health-Related Social Needs

Community-level social and economic factors that drive health outcomes. Combines CDC PLACES health-related social-need measures (modeled from BRFSS) with CDC SDOH structural measures (from the American Community Survey).

Economic Stability

Below 150% Federal Poverty Level
15.8%
· MOE ±0.7
Share of county residents living below 150% of the federal poverty threshold.
Unemployment Rate
6.6%
· MOE ±0.4

Education & Connectivity

No High School Diploma (adults 25+)
6.6%
· MOE ±0.3
No Broadband Internet
10.0%
· MOE ±0.7
Share of households without a broadband internet subscription — a telehealth access barrier.

Housing

Housing Cost Burden
27.6%
· MOE ±0.9
Share of households paying more than 30% of income on housing.
Crowded Housing Units
1.7%
· MOE ±0.2
Single-Parent Households
7.4%
· MOE ±0.5

Demographics

Racial / Ethnic Minority Population
34.9%
· MOE ±0.4

All Data

Every labeled metric surfaced from Geographic Variation, PLACES, and SDOH, alongside the national county median for context.

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Source Metric Value National Median Pctl. Raw key
CDC PLACES All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years 16.3% — TEETHLOST
CDC PLACES Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years 64.7% — COLON_SCREEN
CDC PLACES Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years 78.3% — MAMMOUSE
CDC PLACES Short sleep duration among adults 40.4% — SLEEP
CDC PLACES Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults 69.3% — DENTAL
CDC SDOH Below 150% FPL (%) 15.8% — POVERTY
CDC SDOH Crowded Housing (%) 1.7% — CROWDING
CDC SDOH Housing Cost Burden (%) 27.6% — HOUSING_BURDEN
CDC SDOH No Broadband (%) 10.0% — NO_BROADBAND
CDC SDOH No High School Diploma (%) 6.6% — NO_DIPLOMA
CDC SDOH Racial/Ethnic Minority (%) 34.9% — MINORITY
CDC SDOH Single-Parent Households (%) 7.4% — SINGLE_PARENT
CDC SDOH Unemployment (%) 6.6% — UNEMPLOYMENT
Geographic Variation Acute Hospital Readmission Rate (%) 18.4% — ACUTE_HOSP_READMSN_PCT
Geographic Variation Average Beneficiary Age 73.00 — BENE_AVG_AGE
Geographic Variation Average HCC Risk Score 1.02 — BENE_AVG_RISK_SCRE
Geographic Variation Black Beneficiaries (%) 9.4% — BENE_RACE_BLACK_PCT
Geographic Variation Dual Eligible Beneficiaries (%) 13.5% — BENE_DUAL_PCT
Geographic Variation ER Visits per 1,000 Beneficiaries 525.5 — ER_VISITS_PER_1000_BENES
Geographic Variation Female Beneficiaries (%) 56.9% — BENE_FEML_PCT
Geographic Variation FFS Beneficiary Count 60,430 — BENES_FFS_CNT
Geographic Variation Hispanic Beneficiaries (%) 1.3% — BENE_RACE_HSPNC_PCT
Geographic Variation Home Health Actual Per Capita Payment ($) $501 — HH_MDCR_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Home Health Standardized Per Capita Payment ($) $472 — HH_MDCR_STDZD_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Hospice Actual Per Capita Payment ($) $361 — HOSPC_MDCR_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Hospice Standardized Per Capita Payment ($) $345 — HOSPC_MDCR_STDZD_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Inpatient Actual Per Capita Payment ($) $3,860 — IP_MDCR_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Inpatient Standardized Per Capita Payment ($) $2,842 — IP_MDCR_STDZD_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Male Beneficiaries (%) 43.1% — BENE_MALE_PCT
Geographic Variation Medicare Advantage Participation Rate (%) 40.8% — MA_PRTCPTN_RATE
Geographic Variation Outpatient Actual Per Capita Payment ($) $2,116 — OP_MDCR_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Outpatient Standardized Per Capita Payment ($) $1,996 — OP_MDCR_STDZD_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation SNF Actual Per Capita Payment ($) $799 — SNF_MDCR_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation SNF Standardized Per Capita Payment ($) $774 — SNF_MDCR_STDZD_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Total Actual Per Capita Medicare Payment ($) $13,601 — TOT_MDCR_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation Total Beneficiary Count 120,845 — BENES_TOTAL_CNT
Geographic Variation Total Standardized Per Capita Medicare Payment ($) $12,260 — TOT_MDCR_STDZD_PYMT_PC
Geographic Variation White Beneficiaries (%) 83.0% — BENE_RACE_WHT_PCT

Methodology

Primary source: Medicare Geographic Variation by County (dataset id geo-var-county, vintage 2023, downloaded 2026-04-13, 33,639 rows in source).

Additional data sources: CDC PLACES County-Level Data (2026), CDC SDOH Measures for County (2017-2021).

Percentile badges compare this county against all US counties that appear in the relevant dataset. "Lower is better" metrics (spending, readmission rates, chronic-disease prevalence, SDOH adversity) use an inverted color ramp — low percentile = green (good), high percentile = red (bad).

Medicare Geographic Variation shows standardized per-capita spending, utilization, and demographic characteristics for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries at the county level. Standardized payments remove geographic payment adjustments so counties can be compared fairly. AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicators (PQIs) measure the rate of hospitalization for ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs).

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