2017 Best Cities for Successful Aging

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Medicare enrollment	66	88.89	62.02
Primary-care physicians	67	53.28	57.60
Nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants	47	46.66	45.49
Number of nurses	65	33.21	38.33
Number of hospital beds	9	49.43	37.22
Long-term hospitals	19	38.56	22.49
Hospitals with geriatric services	23	49.78	37.70
Hospitals with rehabilitation services	5	87.05	43.27
Hospitals with Alzheimer's units	29	15.60	11.62
Hospitals with hospice services	13	62.84	31.78
Orthopedic surgeons	23	37.41	31.70
Dialysis centers	55	36.16	40.28
Medical and diagnostic centers	4	79.77	48.95
Physical therapists	45	56.08	56.09
Expenses per inpatient day	10	79.13	62.02
Joint Commission accreditation	87	71.05	83.71
Medical school affiliation	81	23.44	45.76
Magnet hospitals	75	3.16	14.40
ER wait times	44	37.61	40.01

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Obesity rate	79	62.11	70.79
Smoking rate	66	23.71	30.34
Diabetes rate	65	44.32	48.54
Alzheimer's cases	89	65.96	81.26
Caregivers	7	54.95	39.21
Life expectancy at 65	94	78.63	84.59
Depression	86	36.15	43.31
Physical activity	91	51.54	65.43
Fitness and recreational sports centers	74	39.02	46.08
Fast-food outlets	90	53.03	61.73
Falls with injury	14	45.76	38.43
Binge drinking	52	39.24	40.64
Air quality	58	64.78	67.44

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Banks and financial institutions	8	58.68	47.44
Total bank deposits	55	5.12	7.24
Tax burden	26	78.02	68.14
Dependency ratio	50	84.53	84.57
Growth of small businesses	14	90.49	86.25
Older adults below poverty line	7	79.91	58.57
Capital gains	51	40.08	49.15
Income growth	4	93.25	84.11
Reverse mortgages	43	14.80	15.80

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Median house price	40	47.43	44.17
Median rental price	23	80.05	69.47
Households with older adults	76	49.78	55.52
Nursing beds	32	71.40	60.28
Cost of semi-private nursing room	7	95.89	64.62
Home health-care service providers	39	14.47	15.21
Continuing-care facilities	49	19.54	23.14
Cost of assisted living	36	86.10	80.63
Nursing-home rating	67	26.96	36.99
Older adults in family homes	57	83.29	84.60
Cost of adult day services	27	58.33	55.79

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Percent of 65+ employed			72.79
65+ unemployment rate			30.13
Employment growth in health,education,leisure and hospitality			85.90
Output of service sector/manufacturing			22.62

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Walk score	82	36.28	50.90
Commute times	20	86.16	78.27
Commuters who walk to work	69	25.36	38.41
Number of passenger trips	93	1.21	9.79
Public transport fare	95	7.35	16.65
Investment in public/senior transportation	63	65.22	67.65
Grocery stores	25	39.16	33.58
Special needs transportation	25	37.74	29.60

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Percent of population 65+	70	42.36	47.47
Arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities	46	30.55	30.60
Senior volunteer rates	45	53.12	53.28
Number of public libraries	61	37.67	44.65
Number of civic and religious organizations	22	79.28	60.15
Funding for older adults	35	77.34	75.84

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Educational attainment	22	93.55	38.00
College enrollment	36	60.97	58.16
Number of community colleges	44	20.21	20.92
Number of universities	72	29.82	38.93

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average AvgScore	Percent +/-% +/-
General Livability	52	87.74	87.83	-.10 %
Health Care	21	68.92	62.09	11.00 %
Wellness	93	64.75	72.07	-10.16 %
Financial Security	7	94.09	88.25	6.62 %
Education	48	61.41	61.67	-.42 %
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation	70	40.25	46.42	-13.29 %
Employment	19	70.45	63.96	10.15 %
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments	11	77.88	69.42	12.19 %
Community EngagementEngage- ment	60	72.12	73.23	-1.52 %
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red)

Oklahoma City, OK