United States

78.1%

82.2%

78.3%

75.2%

75.4%

79.4%

78.5%

78.0%

New England:

Connecticut

79.6%

79.7%

70.8%

83.4%

79.6%

80.3%

75.7%

80.7%

Maine

80.3%

74.2%

73.2%

76.7%

76.2%

88.6%

76.3%

81.8%

Massachusetts

74.6%

78.5%

73.1%

69.4%

69.3%

77.9%

71.1%

75.5%

New Hampshire

76.0%

77.4%

69.1%

76.7%

80.1%

74.9%

71.0%

77.8%

Rhode Island

74.5%

76.4%

66.6%

80.4%

71.4%

75.5%

73.9%

74.7%

Vermont

79.0%

77.9%

73.5%

76.1%

77.7%

82.7%

76.8%

79.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

76.6%

81.0%

84.6%

79.5%

61.0%

79.4%

83.0%

74.4%

New York

78.5%

81.5%

74.1%

75.7%

77.8%

80.1%

77.0%

79.0%

Pennsylvania

76.5%

77.0%

75.0%

69.6%

72.0%

80.8%

73.0%

77.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

78.6%

82.5%

83.7%

74.7%

70.3%

82.3%

80.1%

78.3%

Indiana

81.1%

80.6%

80.3%

78.2%

81.2%

82.0%

76.8%

82.0%

Michigan

76.5%

72.1%

72.3%

75.8%

77.5%

77.6%

72.8%

77.5%

Ohio

78.6%

80.2%

78.6%

76.5%

75.7%

80.2%

75.6%

79.2%

Wisconsin

77.2%

76.7%

70.5%

73.2%

69.8%

82.9%

74.2%

77.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

79.4%

74.0%

84.1%

70.5%

78.5%

82.6%

78.3%

79.7%

Kansas

77.5%

80.0%

78.6%

81.4%

76.6%

76.0%

80.6%

76.8%

Minnesota

77.8%

78.9%

74.8%

70.7%

72.2%

82.4%

75.5%

78.3%

Missouri

77.0%

80.1%

71.2%

78.1%

74.3%

78.0%

74.4%

77.6%

Nebraska

79.6%

77.9%

65.4%

72.5%

77.5%

84.1%

69.3%

81.9%

North Dakota

75.9%

70.2%

71.8%

65.0%

74.7%

83.7%

68.5%

78.4%

South Dakota

73.4%

80.1%

65.4%

56.9%

75.1%

79.5%

62.7%

77.1%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

79.1%

88.4%

67.5%

70.7%

83.7%

80.7%

71.2%

80.9%

District of Columbia

82.2%

92.9%

88.4%

80.5%

80.5%

81.8%

87.8%

81.1%

Florida

78.6%

88.9%

84.1%

71.2%

78.1%

78.4%

83.5%

77.6%

Georgia

81.4%

83.8%

80.6%

77.7%

82.8%

81.5%

84.4%

80.8%

Maryland

79.7%

81.6%

86.0%

76.9%

72.9%

81.7%

77.7%

80.2%

North Carolina

79.4%

86.2%

81.6%

76.7%

77.4%

79.9%

78.7%

79.5%

South Carolina

78.0%

83.1%

73.6%

74.5%

70.6%

81.7%

79.6%

77.7%

Virginia

78.0%

84.2%

73.3%

65.3%

78.5%

81.2%

75.1%

78.7%

West Virginia

77.2%

83.8%

78.2%

71.5%

73.7%

79.2%

78.6%

76.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

78.0%

88.6%

78.8%

79.9%

71.6%

78.5%

82.8%

76.8%

Kentucky

80.4%

81.1%

85.5%

78.3%

86.9%

78.3%

82.1%

80.0%

Mississippi

80.4%

79.6%

80.8%

78.9%

80.0%

81.0%

79.9%

80.5%

Tennessee

73.8%

82.2%

83.3%

72.8%

78.6%

71.2%

79.5%

72.9%

West South Central:

Arkansas

78.6%

79.5%

80.5%

70.1%

76.7%

81.1%

72.6%

79.6%

Louisiana

75.4%

83.5%

77.7%

72.8%

70.6%

77.1%

77.9%

74.8%

Oklahoma

72.6%

82.7%

65.8%

70.9%

75.2%

71.6%

75.5%

71.9%

Texas

77.0%

87.1%

88.5%

80.0%

73.3%

75.9%

85.6%

75.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

74.5%

88.8%

84.6%

70.9%

72.9%

73.7%

84.1%

72.8%

Colorado

76.5%

84.4%

79.2%

72.0%

71.1%

78.1%

79.7%

75.7%

Idaho

79.1%

79.0%

74.4%

75.0%

70.1%

83.8%

76.8%

79.8%

Montana

75.6%

80.7%

78.6%

79.3%

69.7%

76.7%

82.1%

73.4%

Nevada

80.0%

87.3%

69.9%

72.3%

75.0%

84.3%

82.3%

79.7%

New Mexico

73.0%

80.3%

64.0%

66.6%

72.1%

75.8%

70.4%

73.6%

Utah

74.4%

83.1%

77.3%

74.7%

68.7%

75.4%

78.1%

73.5%

Wyoming

77.8%

72.6%

80.2%

75.0%

69.4%

82.6%

76.9%

78.2%

Pacific:

Alaska

75.8%

71.1%

77.0%

71.6%

77.2%

76.6%

76.0%

75.8%

California

80.5%

85.3%

80.1%

78.7%

81.0%

80.2%

80.8%

80.4%

Hawaii

77.8%

82.4%

78.1%

76.5%

68.9%

83.7%

80.5%

76.7%

Oregon

81.7%

76.8%

83.6%

80.2%

75.0%

84.9%

79.7%

82.2%

Washington

78.6%

80.8%

82.0%

74.1%

77.9%

79.5%

79.1%

78.5%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

United States

0.38%

0.47%

0.98%

0.83%

0.74%

0.55%

0.36%

0.43%

New England:

Connecticut

1.89%

2.89%

3.91%

3.88%

4.35%

3.20%

1.77%

2.32%

Maine

1.19%

4.13%

8.84%

7.16%

4.72%

2.16%

5.05%

2.10%

Massachusetts

0.94%

2.18%

5.17%

2.86%

3.55%

1.73%

3.07%

0.75%

New Hampshire

2.64%

3.33%

7.06%

4.98%

4.67%

3.99%

2.84%

3.28%

Rhode Island

1.09%

3.23%

8.76%

4.49%

2.75%

3.42%

3.15%

1.93%

Vermont

1.97%

2.35%

4.20%

3.25%

2.55%

4.85%

1.31%

2.55%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.38%

2.26%

4.60%

3.95%

8.59%

3.55%

2.38%

2.65%

New York

1.27%

2.55%

4.78%

3.06%

2.52%

2.02%

2.33%

1.31%

Pennsylvania

2.09%

2.41%

3.73%

4.47%

5.08%

2.90%

3.65%

2.26%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.60%

2.28%

3.22%

5.05%

3.59%

1.99%

1.99%

1.81%

Indiana

2.33%

4.56%

9.19%

3.95%

3.74%

3.61%

2.95%

2.84%

Michigan

2.16%

3.65%

3.77%

2.81%

5.16%

3.08%

2.51%

2.73%

Ohio

1.88%

2.68%

3.68%

2.70%

2.92%

2.65%

2.72%

2.07%

Wisconsin

1.30%

3.86%

6.57%

3.38%

2.98%

2.23%

2.60%

1.30%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.61%

4.15%

2.79%

6.48%

3.50%

1.76%

2.90%

0.95%

Kansas

2.66%

1.76%

6.55%

3.16%

3.72%

4.58%

2.41%

3.40%

Minnesota

2.04%

4.25%

2.88%

2.80%

4.70%

3.40%

1.71%

2.56%

Missouri

2.03%

3.28%

5.21%

3.66%

4.50%

2.67%

3.86%

2.09%

Nebraska

1.69%

5.62%

5.07%

4.53%

4.45%

2.94%

3.39%

1.73%

North Dakota

1.89%

4.21%

6.05%

5.27%

5.17%

3.59%

2.26%

2.66%

South Dakota

2.90%

3.16%

3.97%

8.16%

3.36%

4.46%

3.91%

3.13%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.07%

2.69%

9.50%

4.57%

2.88%

2.59%

4.24%

2.12%

District of Columbia

2.14%

1.59%

3.22%

7.06%

3.50%

2.86%

2.18%

2.46%

Florida

2.62%

3.21%

2.96%

2.86%

5.18%

3.19%

1.56%

3.18%

Georgia

1.29%

3.68%

12.45%

5.09%

5.17%

2.62%

2.57%

1.47%

Maryland

1.50%

2.99%

7.16%

3.31%

5.73%

1.84%

4.02%

1.65%

North Carolina

1.38%

2.73%

4.59%

3.91%

4.78%

2.59%

2.33%

1.48%

South Carolina

0.99%

3.27%

9.92%

3.89%

4.22%

2.34%

2.90%

1.15%

Virginia

2.07%

3.63%

4.39%

6.21%

3.57%

2.71%

2.58%

2.32%

West Virginia

2.37%

3.18%

4.74%

5.39%

9.13%

2.67%

1.46%

2.98%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.41%

3.49%

4.80%

4.85%

4.08%

3.39%

2.85%

2.87%

Kentucky

2.24%

7.39%

8.77%

3.87%

3.55%

3.73%

4.67%

2.47%

Mississippi

3.08%

5.71%

4.94%

5.90%

7.31%

3.67%

2.82%

3.52%

Tennessee

3.04%

3.27%

3.98%

6.38%

3.45%

4.79%

3.18%

3.42%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.17%

4.06%

9.03%

7.76%

4.71%

3.32%

3.37%

2.43%

Louisiana

2.34%

4.42%

5.13%

5.83%

3.98%

3.14%

3.01%

2.62%

Oklahoma

2.05%

3.08%

6.43%

4.79%

3.86%

3.86%

2.32%

2.55%

Texas

1.51%

2.26%

2.08%

3.88%

5.14%

2.82%

1.37%

1.65%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.63%

3.54%

4.46%

5.67%

3.99%

3.60%

2.91%

3.01%

Colorado

1.18%

3.60%

9.33%

4.46%

5.18%

2.94%

2.64%

1.26%

Idaho

2.44%

3.96%

11.51%

3.83%

6.38%

4.79%

4.37%

2.76%

Montana

2.24%

4.06%

3.89%

3.05%

4.13%

4.24%

2.92%

2.74%

Nevada

1.91%

3.25%

9.88%

7.29%

7.10%

2.41%

4.11%

2.18%

New Mexico

2.64%

3.94%

5.15%

6.77%

4.96%

4.39%

2.91%

3.28%

Utah

1.78%

1.73%

5.88%

6.46%

5.66%

3.09%

2.46%

2.04%

Wyoming

1.95%

4.51%

7.46%

4.81%

3.63%

3.30%

3.60%

2.29%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.73%

2.79%

3.24%

5.57%

3.02%

4.69%

1.15%

2.07%

California

1.59%

1.60%

2.14%

3.00%

2.75%

1.93%

1.63%

1.78%

Hawaii

2.78%

1.98%

5.78%

3.19%

5.92%

3.70%

2.27%

4.03%

Oregon

1.16%

4.09%

3.57%

3.21%

4.92%

1.48%

1.98%

1.31%

Washington

2.23%

3.21%

3.99%

4.60%

3.47%

3.86%

2.36%

2.97%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.