United States

78.7%

79.2%

74.3%

74.8%

78.4%

80.2%

76.0%

79.3%

New England:

Connecticut

81.9%

80.6%

76.7%

74.0%

79.2%

85.9%

75.5%

83.6%

Maine

74.2%

75.6%

69.6%

74.0%

78.7%

72.1%

73.5%

74.4%

Massachusetts

77.5%

72.7%

71.3%

68.7%

78.4%

80.8%

72.5%

78.7%

New Hampshire

71.6%

64.5%

61.4%

69.3%

73.5%

75.1%

61.8%

74.8%

Rhode Island

77.6%

76.0%

78.1%

72.6%

75.0%

80.6%

75.7%

78.2%

Vermont

78.4%

70.8%

69.0%

69.8%

75.4%

87.5%

68.5%

82.3%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

75.1%

75.9%

66.9%

70.1%

71.6%

79.3%

70.9%

76.6%

New York

78.0%

80.0%

74.1%

66.2%

74.9%

82.7%

72.4%

79.5%

Pennsylvania

82.0%

79.4%

80.4%

79.7%

79.7%

84.1%

81.1%

82.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

81.2%

84.5%

70.3%

77.6%

78.1%

84.0%

76.4%

82.1%

Indiana

73.8%

75.8%

63.9%

73.0%

73.2%

75.2%

71.5%

74.3%

Michigan

79.8%

81.9%

75.7%

77.9%

80.3%

80.5%

77.8%

80.3%

Ohio

77.4%

76.8%

75.5%

74.3%

76.7%

78.8%

75.3%

77.8%

Wisconsin

75.9%

72.6%

61.1%

69.2%

68.7%

82.8%

66.8%

77.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

79.8%

78.2%

67.7%

80.7%

79.4%

81.9%

75.8%

80.8%

Kansas

78.3%

86.4%

74.4%

77.7%

78.5%

77.8%

80.0%

77.8%

Minnesota

78.4%

84.3%

78.4%

78.1%

80.5%

77.3%

80.0%

78.0%

Missouri

79.3%

78.9%

75.7%

72.4%

81.7%

80.5%

78.1%

79.5%

Nebraska

75.0%

81.7%

62.0%

73.9%

66.8%

78.9%

69.3%

76.1%

North Dakota

78.9%

80.5%

76.8%

79.4%

79.0%

78.8%

76.6%

79.6%

South Dakota

77.0%

80.4%

71.8%

77.1%

79.4%

76.1%

75.6%

77.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

79.3%

70.6%

83.1%

69.1%

83.5%

80.9%

74.6%

80.3%

District of Columbia

84.0%

81.1%

84.3%

84.8%

84.9%

83.6%

84.4%

83.9%

Florida

77.1%

79.8%

75.1%

73.4%

75.3%

78.0%

77.4%

77.0%

Georgia

78.0%

80.2%

73.7%

68.0%

84.1%

77.9%

73.7%

78.7%

Maryland

76.0%

77.1%

64.8%

77.9%

72.1%

78.0%

72.0%

77.0%

North Carolina

74.8%

77.9%

77.0%

74.9%

75.6%

73.8%

76.3%

74.4%

South Carolina

75.8%

76.4%

62.5%

75.8%

81.8%

75.4%

72.4%

76.6%

Virginia

77.8%

73.9%

72.0%

70.8%

80.4%

79.3%

72.0%

79.0%

West Virginia

75.1%

67.0%

68.0%

67.1%

74.2%

79.4%

68.3%

76.8%

East South Central:

Alabama

73.4%

74.2%

62.1%

72.1%

77.6%

74.0%

68.3%

74.7%

Kentucky

78.5%

78.2%

74.5%

67.9%

83.1%

79.8%

74.5%

79.4%

Mississippi

78.8%

83.8%

65.2%

68.6%

81.0%

81.7%

68.8%

80.9%

Tennessee

78.6%

72.9%

71.1%

72.0%

81.7%

80.0%

72.1%

79.8%

West South Central:

Arkansas

78.4%

78.4%

73.4%

75.7%

76.8%

80.0%

75.0%

78.9%

Louisiana

80.4%

74.7%

65.9%

71.8%

83.2%

84.1%

71.2%

82.6%

Oklahoma

77.5%

78.6%

79.1%

72.6%

79.6%

77.7%

78.7%

77.2%

Texas

79.0%

76.7%

83.0%

79.3%

81.4%

78.2%

80.3%

78.7%

Mountain:

Arizona

76.2%

76.5%

69.0%

68.8%

78.3%

77.7%

74.2%

76.6%

Colorado

78.6%

74.6%

68.9%

72.2%

78.3%

82.3%

72.0%

80.4%

Idaho

79.8%

88.6%

83.1%

81.1%

76.6%

78.6%

86.6%

77.6%

Montana

78.3%

83.4%

77.8%

80.4%

78.2%

76.0%

82.6%

76.6%

Nevada

72.1%

83.4%

73.3%

76.7%

73.1%

69.8%

77.1%

71.3%

New Mexico

71.5%

70.4%

64.4%

61.9%

76.3%

73.4%

64.5%

73.0%

Utah

77.4%

87.9%

67.9%

75.0%

72.8%

79.7%

77.4%

77.4%

Wyoming

82.1%

80.7%

87.2%

69.9%

77.4%

86.6%

79.6%

83.0%

Pacific:

Alaska

80.1%

77.7%

72.9%

72.9%

75.2%

86.5%

77.6%

80.8%

California

82.2%

83.3%

79.7%

79.4%

80.5%

83.7%

79.9%

82.8%

Hawaii

87.4%

84.1%

87.3%

88.2%

86.1%

88.8%

86.4%

87.8%

Oregon

85.7%

82.3%

89.5%

81.1%

85.6%

86.8%

84.0%

86.1%

Washington

85.0%

85.9%

84.2%

86.1%

85.8%

84.3%

85.9%

84.7%

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

0.34%

0.51%

0.44%

0.37%

0.25%

0.63%

0.28%

0.40%

New England:

Connecticut

1.16%

2.29%

3.48%

3.66%

2.60%

2.05%

2.26%

1.41%

Maine

2.14%

3.21%

7.85%

6.14%

3.25%

3.18%

3.36%

2.56%

Massachusetts

1.60%

3.53%

4.04%

3.84%

3.39%

3.02%

2.09%

2.12%

New Hampshire

1.83%

3.61%

4.65%

3.33%

3.04%

2.75%

2.42%

2.00%

Rhode Island

1.31%

2.63%

4.80%

4.04%

2.04%

2.83%

2.27%

1.46%

Vermont

1.65%

2.43%

4.84%

4.68%

2.82%

2.02%

3.36%

1.48%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.65%

3.65%

5.46%

4.63%

5.90%

2.71%

2.70%

2.34%

New York

1.15%

1.67%

3.26%

3.02%

1.64%

2.15%

1.94%

1.35%

Pennsylvania

1.47%

3.46%

2.36%

2.69%

1.67%

1.91%

1.89%

1.57%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.40%

2.88%

3.80%

2.52%

2.50%

1.60%

2.79%

1.41%

Indiana

1.01%

3.39%

9.13%

4.57%

2.72%

2.23%

2.68%

0.98%

Michigan

1.22%

2.68%

3.45%

1.69%

2.38%

2.56%

1.27%

1.76%

Ohio

1.32%

3.22%

3.79%

2.19%

2.96%

1.72%

2.69%

1.54%

Wisconsin

0.76%

4.57%

6.46%

1.75%

1.88%

1.02%

2.47%

0.97%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.62%

3.53%

4.26%

3.82%

2.36%

1.72%

3.24%

0.86%

Kansas

1.09%

2.64%

2.79%

3.18%

3.87%

2.31%

2.65%

1.15%

Minnesota

2.16%

2.39%

3.99%

2.63%

4.23%

2.35%

2.48%

2.29%

Missouri

1.73%

3.37%

4.89%

4.81%

3.43%

2.67%

2.38%

2.14%

Nebraska

1.04%

3.99%

4.40%

4.20%

4.02%

1.44%

3.85%

1.16%

North Dakota

1.43%

3.49%

3.64%

4.13%

3.88%

2.20%

2.44%

1.85%

South Dakota

1.92%

4.26%

4.82%

8.39%

3.23%

5.21%

2.68%

2.80%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.78%

5.39%

9.03%

6.10%

3.43%

2.33%

2.93%

1.92%

District of Columbia

1.69%

3.45%

3.09%

2.56%

1.85%

2.08%

1.61%

1.76%

Florida

1.64%

2.88%

4.30%

5.01%

2.27%

2.33%

3.11%

1.66%

Georgia

1.15%

4.39%

11.34%

4.96%

3.53%

1.44%

1.82%

1.15%

Maryland

1.40%

2.21%

3.69%

2.67%

3.30%

2.42%

2.47%

1.77%

North Carolina

1.37%

4.10%

5.13%

3.98%

5.06%

3.21%

2.24%

1.79%

South Carolina

1.92%

4.27%

8.63%

5.04%

4.45%

2.43%

3.20%

2.47%

Virginia

0.96%

2.97%

5.56%

6.71%

3.29%

1.97%

2.71%

1.38%

West Virginia

1.60%

5.91%

6.29%

5.05%

3.98%

1.08%

3.57%

1.42%

East South Central:

Alabama

0.89%

3.94%

1.88%

4.37%

3.56%

1.79%

1.74%

1.03%

Kentucky

0.99%

2.98%

4.81%

3.62%

3.47%

1.25%

2.87%

0.98%

Mississippi

1.75%

4.00%

8.08%

5.73%

4.40%

2.35%

3.42%

2.23%

Tennessee

2.08%

5.89%

4.90%

4.55%

2.75%

3.14%

3.41%

2.17%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.87%

4.98%

9.40%

4.41%

1.85%

2.74%

3.68%

2.07%

Louisiana

1.48%

5.72%

6.85%

5.34%

2.81%

1.14%

3.75%

1.37%

Oklahoma

1.88%

2.87%

6.72%

4.16%

4.48%

3.93%

2.56%

2.59%

Texas

1.85%

4.83%

3.91%

1.45%

2.34%

2.90%

1.88%

2.31%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.37%

5.01%

3.05%

5.57%

3.43%

3.62%

2.41%

2.66%

Colorado

1.71%

3.23%

10.37%

4.44%

3.26%

2.20%

4.23%

1.81%

Idaho

2.71%

2.38%

9.16%

3.91%

4.52%

4.58%

1.37%

3.48%

Montana

2.43%

4.50%

4.07%

4.39%

4.08%

5.45%

1.96%

3.57%

Nevada

2.27%

3.59%

9.55%

4.66%

4.40%

3.65%

2.92%

2.52%

New Mexico

2.82%

3.75%

4.49%

4.89%

4.01%

3.82%

3.03%

3.41%

Utah

2.42%

4.70%

5.37%

3.90%

5.70%

4.15%

3.22%

3.02%

Wyoming

1.71%

4.36%

6.26%

3.70%

3.54%

3.25%

4.72%

1.88%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.27%

4.25%

6.78%

4.01%

3.34%

3.23%

2.24%

3.27%

California

0.61%

1.99%

2.52%

1.52%

1.41%

1.14%

1.70%

0.81%

Hawaii

0.90%

1.83%

2.35%

2.84%

2.87%

1.54%

1.59%

1.09%

Oregon

1.56%

3.25%

3.43%

3.45%

4.43%

1.99%

2.30%

1.81%

Washington

2.02%

3.35%

3.20%

3.78%

3.15%

2.96%

1.93%

2.52%

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.