United States

61.4%

65.0%

58.2%

56.3%

59.1%

63.7%

59.7%

61.8%

New England:

Connecticut

65.2%

64.2%

54.3%

61.8%

63.1%

68.9%

57.2%

67.5%

Maine

59.6%

56.1%

50.9%

56.8%

60.0%

63.9%

56.1%

60.9%

Massachusetts

57.8%

57.1%

52.2%

47.7%

54.3%

62.9%

51.6%

59.4%

New Hampshire

54.4%

49.9%

42.4%

53.1%

58.9%

56.3%

43.9%

58.1%

Rhode Island

57.8%

58.1%

52.0%

58.4%

53.5%

60.8%

55.9%

58.4%

Vermont

61.9%

55.1%

50.8%

53.1%

58.6%

72.3%

52.6%

65.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

57.5%

61.5%

56.6%

55.8%

43.7%

62.9%

58.8%

57.0%

New York

61.2%

65.2%

54.9%

50.1%

58.3%

66.2%

55.8%

62.8%

Pennsylvania

62.7%

61.2%

60.3%

55.4%

57.4%

68.0%

59.2%

63.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

63.8%

69.6%

58.8%

58.0%

54.9%

69.1%

61.2%

64.3%

Indiana

59.9%

61.1%

51.3%

57.1%

59.4%

61.7%

54.9%

60.9%

Michigan

61.1%

59.0%

54.7%

59.1%

62.2%

62.5%

56.6%

62.3%

Ohio

60.8%

61.7%

59.4%

56.9%

58.1%

63.2%

56.9%

61.7%

Wisconsin

58.6%

55.7%

43.1%

50.7%

48.0%

68.6%

49.6%

60.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

63.3%

57.9%

56.9%

56.9%

62.3%

67.7%

59.3%

64.4%

Kansas

60.7%

69.1%

58.5%

63.2%

60.1%

59.1%

64.5%

59.8%

Minnesota

61.0%

66.6%

58.6%

55.3%

58.1%

63.7%

60.4%

61.1%

Missouri

61.0%

63.2%

53.8%

56.5%

60.7%

62.8%

58.1%

61.7%

Nebraska

59.7%

63.7%

40.6%

53.6%

51.8%

66.3%

48.0%

62.4%

North Dakota

59.9%

56.5%

55.1%

51.6%

59.1%

65.9%

52.5%

62.4%

South Dakota

56.5%

64.4%

46.9%

43.9%

59.7%

60.5%

47.4%

59.6%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

62.7%

62.4%

56.1%

48.8%

69.9%

65.3%

53.1%

65.0%

District of Columbia

69.0%

75.4%

74.5%

68.3%

68.3%

68.4%

74.1%

68.1%

Florida

60.6%

70.9%

63.2%

52.3%

58.8%

61.1%

64.6%

59.8%

Georgia

63.4%

67.2%

59.4%

52.8%

69.7%

63.5%

62.2%

63.7%

Maryland

60.6%

62.9%

55.7%

59.9%

52.6%

63.7%

55.9%

61.7%

North Carolina

59.3%

67.1%

62.9%

57.5%

58.5%

58.9%

60.1%

59.2%

South Carolina

59.1%

63.5%

46.0%

56.5%

57.7%

61.6%

57.6%

59.5%

Virginia

60.7%

62.2%

52.7%

46.2%

63.2%

64.5%

54.0%

62.1%

West Virginia

58.0%

56.2%

53.2%

47.9%

54.7%

62.9%

53.7%

59.0%

East South Central:

Alabama

57.2%

65.8%

48.9%

57.6%

55.5%

58.1%

56.5%

57.4%

Kentucky

63.1%

63.4%

63.8%

53.2%

72.2%

62.5%

61.2%

63.5%

Mississippi

63.3%

66.6%

52.6%

54.1%

64.8%

66.1%

55.0%

65.1%

Tennessee

58.1%

59.9%

59.2%

52.4%

64.2%

57.0%

57.3%

58.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

61.6%

62.3%

59.1%

53.0%

59.0%

64.9%

54.5%

62.8%

Louisiana

60.6%

62.4%

51.2%

52.3%

58.7%

64.8%

55.5%

61.8%

Oklahoma

56.3%

65.0%

52.1%

51.5%

59.9%

55.7%

59.4%

55.5%

Texas

60.8%

66.7%

73.4%

63.5%

59.7%

59.3%

68.8%

59.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

56.7%

68.0%

58.4%

48.8%

57.1%

57.3%

62.4%

55.8%

Colorado

60.1%

63.0%

54.5%

52.0%

55.6%

64.3%

57.4%

60.8%

Idaho

63.1%

70.0%

61.8%

60.8%

53.7%

65.9%

66.5%

61.9%

Montana

59.2%

67.4%

61.2%

63.7%

54.5%

58.2%

67.8%

56.3%

Nevada

57.7%

72.8%

51.2%

55.5%

54.8%

58.9%

63.4%

56.8%

New Mexico

52.2%

56.5%

41.2%

41.2%

55.0%

55.6%

45.4%

53.7%

Utah

57.6%

73.0%

52.5%

56.0%

50.0%

60.1%

60.4%

56.9%

Wyoming

63.9%

58.6%

70.0%

52.4%

53.7%

71.6%

61.2%

64.9%

Pacific:

Alaska

60.7%

55.3%

56.2%

52.2%

58.0%

66.2%

58.9%

61.2%

California

66.1%

71.1%

63.8%

62.4%

65.2%

67.2%

64.6%

66.5%

Hawaii

68.0%

69.3%

68.2%

67.5%

59.4%

74.3%

69.5%

67.4%

Oregon

70.0%

63.2%

74.8%

65.0%

64.2%

73.7%

66.9%

70.8%

Washington

66.8%

69.4%

69.0%

63.8%

66.8%

67.0%

67.9%

66.5%

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

0.37%

0.36%

0.75%

0.60%

0.65%

0.72%

0.19%

0.45%

New England:

Connecticut

2.25%

3.12%

3.91%

3.24%

3.02%

3.90%

2.56%

2.78%

Maine

2.05%

4.66%

6.22%

7.39%

4.78%

3.69%

4.55%

2.82%

Massachusetts

1.13%

2.50%

4.74%

4.08%

4.01%

2.02%

1.92%

1.26%

New Hampshire

2.03%

3.25%

6.23%

4.63%

4.69%

2.90%

2.32%

2.65%

Rhode Island

1.05%

3.63%

6.50%

3.79%

3.00%

3.20%

2.29%

1.78%

Vermont

2.60%

2.52%

5.56%

4.17%

2.97%

4.77%

3.06%

2.65%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.17%

3.38%

6.08%

4.27%

5.69%

3.43%

2.96%

1.92%

New York

1.33%

2.43%

4.14%

3.04%

2.70%

2.47%

2.20%

1.40%

Pennsylvania

1.88%

3.30%

2.69%

4.32%

3.42%

2.97%

3.37%

2.07%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.36%

3.02%

4.05%

4.00%

3.46%

1.73%

2.48%

1.58%

Indiana

1.87%

4.98%

8.12%

4.92%

4.27%

3.39%

3.65%

2.11%

Michigan

1.74%

3.98%

4.57%

2.61%

4.85%

3.42%

2.49%

2.44%

Ohio

1.53%

2.91%

3.27%

3.02%

2.82%

2.44%

3.48%

1.87%

Wisconsin

1.36%

3.52%

6.73%

2.75%

2.47%

2.42%

2.20%

1.45%

West North Central:

Iowa

0.79%

4.06%

4.02%

6.56%

3.49%

1.93%

3.86%

1.18%

Kansas

2.33%

2.62%

6.07%

3.31%

4.28%

3.86%

3.34%

3.00%

Minnesota

2.35%

3.73%

4.32%

2.69%

4.28%

3.93%

2.03%

2.99%

Missouri

2.19%

2.36%

5.76%

5.46%

5.29%

2.96%

3.31%

2.17%

Nebraska

1.41%

6.52%

4.78%

4.26%

4.66%

2.06%

3.62%

1.41%

North Dakota

2.31%

5.69%

5.50%

5.17%

6.03%

4.10%

3.18%

3.13%

South Dakota

2.64%

4.54%

4.64%

6.63%

4.20%

4.76%

3.08%

3.11%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.22%

4.94%

8.69%

3.51%

3.65%

3.49%

3.82%

2.45%

District of Columbia

2.13%

3.44%

4.72%

6.34%

3.84%

2.86%

2.30%

2.33%

Florida

2.45%

1.87%

2.71%

3.49%

3.08%

3.54%

2.29%

3.07%

Georgia

1.54%

4.61%

9.56%

5.69%

6.37%

2.54%

2.78%

1.54%

Maryland

1.81%

3.46%

5.39%

3.21%

5.40%

2.91%

3.90%

1.93%

North Carolina

1.68%

3.18%

3.52%

3.99%

6.25%

3.97%

2.54%

1.99%

South Carolina

1.71%

4.53%

8.29%

6.16%

4.48%

2.74%

3.05%

2.26%

Virginia

1.81%

2.57%

5.77%

4.86%

4.02%

2.85%

2.01%

2.24%

West Virginia

2.28%

4.98%

4.89%

5.35%

7.90%

2.44%

3.25%

2.48%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.11%

2.78%

3.41%

5.25%

5.15%

3.21%

2.50%

2.46%

Kentucky

1.60%

6.50%

6.38%

3.15%

5.01%

2.75%

4.23%

1.77%

Mississippi

3.23%

5.87%

6.93%

5.29%

6.56%

3.92%

3.74%

3.73%

Tennessee

2.57%

6.49%

5.34%

5.82%

2.73%

3.72%

3.79%

2.89%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.50%

4.75%

7.82%

8.03%

3.54%

4.03%

3.74%

2.51%

Louisiana

2.13%

5.92%

4.58%

4.85%

4.54%

3.17%

2.64%

2.67%

Oklahoma

1.91%

3.42%

7.91%

3.79%

4.82%

3.77%

1.83%

2.41%

Texas

1.66%

3.68%

4.36%

3.27%

4.48%

2.64%

2.03%

1.94%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.66%

3.91%

4.04%

6.39%

1.68%

3.95%

3.03%

2.97%

Colorado

1.81%

3.05%

8.04%

5.32%

4.23%

2.73%

4.08%

1.52%

Idaho

3.66%

3.19%

9.73%

5.31%

6.65%

5.65%

3.86%

4.09%

Montana

2.18%

4.21%

4.52%

4.36%

4.32%

5.74%

2.91%

2.82%

Nevada

2.34%

4.28%

8.48%

7.22%

7.48%

3.82%

3.23%

2.72%

New Mexico

2.68%

4.96%

4.40%

6.12%

5.08%

4.22%

1.77%

3.65%

Utah

2.46%

4.62%

5.04%

6.50%

6.27%

3.68%

3.67%

3.08%

Wyoming

1.97%

3.62%

8.39%

5.04%

2.66%

4.17%

4.89%

2.51%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.06%

2.26%

7.14%

4.85%

3.52%

5.38%

2.31%

2.92%

California

1.46%

2.02%

2.08%

2.46%

2.62%

2.00%

1.28%

1.81%

Hawaii

2.40%

2.39%

5.47%

4.04%

5.87%

3.16%

2.46%

3.39%

Oregon

1.85%

4.10%

4.53%

4.90%

6.51%

2.04%

3.08%

2.18%

Washington

2.85%

3.25%

4.64%

5.36%

4.26%

4.31%

1.79%

3.70%

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.