2017 Best Cities for Successful Aging

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Medicare enrollment	62	89.30	62.02
Primary-care physicians	70	52.26	57.60
Nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants	70	36.09	45.49
Number of nurses	17	46.59	38.33
Number of hospital beds	19	44.65	37.22
Long-term hospitals	12	47.34	22.49
Hospitals with geriatric services	19	56.02	37.70
Hospitals with rehabilitation services	21	57.00	43.27
Hospitals with Alzheimer's units	34	12.77	11.62
Hospitals with hospice services	27	46.29	31.78
Orthopedic surgeons	41	33.84	31.70
Dialysis centers	19	55.84	40.28
Medical and diagnostic centers	38	52.92	48.95
Physical therapists	44	56.24	56.09
Expenses per inpatient day	47	60.85	62.02
Joint Commission accreditation	62	82.35	83.71
Medical school affiliation	63	37.43	45.76
Magnet hospitals	55	9.41	14.40
ER wait times	80	27.95	40.01

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Obesity rate	71	63.48	70.79
Smoking rate	61	24.47	30.34
Diabetes rate	70	42.30	48.54
Alzheimer's cases	82	73.11	81.26
Caregivers	43	39.40	39.21
Life expectancy at 65	67	81.88	84.59
Depression	96	33.98	43.31
Physical activity	78	57.15	65.43
Fitness and recreational sports centers	34	51.35	46.08
Fast-food outlets	48	60.28	61.73
Falls with injury	32	39.29	38.43
Binge drinking	96	29.51	40.64
Air quality	88	55.16	67.44

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Banks and financial institutions	9	58.07	47.44
Total bank deposits	27	7.39	7.24
Tax burden	56	68.50	68.14
Dependency ratio	57	84.11	84.57
Growth of small businesses	3	93.72	86.25
Older adults below poverty line	25	66.35	58.57
Capital gains	48	44.17	49.15
Income growth	76	81.10	84.11
Reverse mortgages	35	19.18	15.80

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Median house price	25	55.08	44.17
Median rental price	31	76.62	69.47
Households with older adults	44	55.26	55.52
Nursing beds	7	92.77	60.28
Cost of semi-private nursing room	13	87.96	64.62
Home health-care service providers	39	14.47	15.21
Continuing-care facilities	46	20.26	23.14
Cost of assisted living	2	99.30	80.63
Nursing-home rating	60	30.00	36.99
Older adults in family homes	73	81.11	84.60
Cost of adult day services	76	45.43	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	18	66.19	50.90
Commute times	62	75.98	78.27
Commuters who walk to work	53	30.04	38.41
Number of passenger trips	34	8.03	9.79
Public transport fare	70	9.65	16.65
Investment in public/senior transportation	52	67.85	67.65
Grocery stores	54	31.48	33.58
Special needs transportation	52	25.30	29.60

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Percent of population 65+	30	49.48	47.47
Arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities	65	25.53	30.60
Senior volunteer rates	30	56.67	53.28
Number of public libraries	25	52.96	44.65
Number of civic and religious organizations	43	67.19	60.15
Funding for older adults	26	78.58	75.84

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average Score
Educational attainment	40	91.08	38.00
College enrollment	57	54.90	58.16
Number of community colleges	81	11.24	20.92
Number of universities	14	52.41	38.93

Indicator	Rank	Score	Average AvgScore	Percent +/-% +/-
General Livability	54	87.30	87.83	-.60 %
Health Care	31	66.66	62.09	7.36 %
Wellness	82	66.09	72.07	-8.30 %
Financial Security	26	91.27	88.25	3.42 %
Education	52	61.18	61.67	-.79 %
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation	38	47.52	46.42	2.37 %
Employment	56	61.35	63.96	-4.08 %
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments	7	79.18	69.42	14.06 %
Community EngagementEngage- ment	30	77.75	73.23	6.17 %
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red)

St. Louis, MO-IL