Status of Hospital Discharge E

State	Year Mandated (percent E-coded, most recent year)	# of Separate E-code Fields (year of most recent change)	1998 Population Estimates**
Alabama			4,351,999
Alaska	Voluntary (>=99%)	2 ('01)	614,010
Arizona	1989	2	4,668,631
Arkansas			2,538,303
California	1990	5	32,666,550
Colorado		0	3,970,971
Connecticut	1993	0	3,274,069
Delaware	1992		743,603
District of Columbia			523,124
Florida	1997	0	14,915,980
Georgia	1997		7,642,207
Hawaii			1,193,001
Idaho			1,228,684
Illinois			12,045,326
Indiana			5,899,195
Iowa			2,862,447
Kansas			2,629,067
Kentucky	1995		3,936,499
Louisiana			4,368,967
Maine	Voluntary (>90%)	0	1,244,250
Maryland	1993	1	5,134,808
Massachusetts	1994	1	6,147,132
Michigan		0	9,817,242
Minnesota	Voluntary (>90%)		4,725,419
Mississippi			2,752,092
Missouri	1993	1	5,438,559
Montana			880,453
Nebraska	1994	1	1,662,719
Nevada			1,746,898
New Hampshire	1995	1	1,185,048
New Jersey	1994	1	8,115,011
New Mexico		1	1,736,931
New York	1990	2*	18,175,301
North Carolina	Voluntary (>80%)		7,546,493
North Dakota			638,244
Ohio			11,209,493
Oklahoma			3,346,713
Oregon			3,281,974
Pennsylvania	1993	1	12,001,451
Rhode Island	1989		988,480
South Carolina	1994	2*	3,835,962
South Dakota			738,171
Tennessee	1995		5,430,621
Texas			19,759,614
Utah	1995	1	2,099,758
Vermont	1990	1 ('98)	590,883
Virginia	1993	1	6,791,345
Washington	1989	1	5,689,263
West Virginia			1,811,156
Wisconsin	1994	1	5,223,500
Wyoming			480,907
Totalº	26 states		270,298,524
* Second field is reserved for E849 (location). **Bureau of Census data used for population estimates. ºTotal based on minimum of mandatory reporting or >=90% voluntary reporting rate. Data initially compiled and assembled by Bruce Lawrence of the National Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Lee Annest of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and Hank Weiss, Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh. Thanks also to State contacts for providing periodic updates and corrections.
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Initial posting 11/22/00 - Last updated 02/01/01 Ecode Tracking.XLS