Numbers of the Day

Oklahoma’s 2009 ranking for age-adjusted rate of death by diseases of the heart, after Mississippi and Alabama.

Source: CDC 2011 National Vital Statistics Reports

2012 unemployment rate in North Tulsa, nearly twice the unemployment rate for the Tulsa Metro as a whole (6.9 percent).

Source: Tulsa Regional Chamber

Oklahoma’s tribal gaming revenue in 2012, the second highest in the US.

Source: Oklahoma Watch

How much Oklahoma could increase revenues by eliminating the “double deduction” for state income taxes, a fluke of the law with no rational purpose.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute

Percentage of office-based physicians in Oklahoma with a basic electronic health record system, significantly lower than the national average of 48.1 percent.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Percentage of black male students in Oklahoma who received an out-of-school suspension in 2011-2012, compared with 7 percent of white male students.

Source: US Department of Education

Percentage of children under 15 months covered by SoonerCare who had at least one well-child visit

Source:  Oklahoma Health Care Authority 2013 Annual Report 

Percentage of registered Oklahoma voters polled who support income tax cuts, down from 52 percent in 2013. Support plummets to under 30 percent when voters are informed details about the plan.

Source: Global Strategy Group

Oklahoma’s estimated corporate income tax revenue losses due to offshore tax havens in 2011.

Source: U.S. PIRG Education Fund

How much the state of Oklahoma spent per resident in 2013, less than every year going back to 2008.

Source: Oklahoma Policy Institute