Suppose the American Medical Association Center for Health Policy Research included data, by state, on the number of community hospitals and the average patient stay (in days) in its publication. The data (by state) are shown in the table. Which two states have an unusually high number of hospitals?
\(\begin{array}{llllll}
\text { State } & \text { Hospitals } & \text { State } & \text { Hospitals } & \text { State } & \text { Hospitals } \
\text { Alabama } & 330 & \text { Colorado } & 79 & \text { Georgia } & 162 \
\text { Alaska } & 16 & \text { Connecticut } & 35 & \text { Hawaii } & 19 \
\text { Arizona } & 61 & \text { Delaware } & 8 & \text { Idaho } & 41 \
\text { Arkansas } & 88 & \text { Dist of Columbia } & 11 & \text { Illinois } & 279 \
\text { California } & 236 & \text { Florida } & 289 & \text { Indiana } & 113 \
\text { Iowa } & 123 & \text { Nebraska } & 90 & \text { Rhode } & 12\\
\text { Kansas } & 133 & \text { Nebraska } & 21 & \text { S.Carolina } & 68 \
\text { Kentucky } & 101 & \text { New Hampshire } & 28 & \text { S.Dakota } & 52 \
\text { Louisiana } & 459 & \text { New Jersey } & 96 & \text { Tennessee } & 122 \
\text { Maine } & 38 & \text { New Mexico } & 37 & \text { Texas } & 235 \
\text { Maryland } & 51 & \text { New York } & 333 & \text { Utah } & 42 \
\text { Mass. } & 101 & \text { N.Caroline } & 117 & \text { Vermont } & 15 \
\text { Michigan } & 175 & \text { N.Dakota } & 47 & \text { Virginia } & 98 \
\text { Minnesota } & 276 & \text { Ohio } & 193 & \text { Washington } & 92 \
\text { Mississippi } & 102 & \text { Oklahoma } & 399 & \text { W.Virginia } & 59 \
\text { Missouri } & 133 & \text { Oregon } & 66 & \text { Wisconsin } & 478 \
\text { Montana } & 53 & \text { Pennsylvania } & 231 & \text { Wyoming } & 27\
\end{array}\)

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The Answer is C