United States

18.0%

15.1%

17.0%

17.9%

19.6%

New England:

Connecticut

20.1%

13.6%

20.1%

21.1%

22.6%

Maine

21.1%

19.6%

17.3%

19.0%

26.7%

Massachusetts

12.6%

8.5%

*

10.3%

11.7%

16.7%

New Hampshire

22.1%

14.8%

16.6%

28.0%

22.1%

Rhode Island

10.6%

16.4%

6.3%

8.5%

13.0%

Vermont

21.0%

16.6%

22.3%

18.3%

24.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

18.2%

13.9%

19.7%

19.9%

17.6%

New York

15.2%

11.1%

13.4%

13.3%

19.6%

Pennsylvania

18.2%

16.3%

16.9%

19.9%

18.4%

East North Central:

Illinois

18.8%

16.4%

19.1%

17.4%

20.7%

Indiana

22.8%

18.8%

21.4%

22.4%

25.0%

Michigan

21.0%

17.2%

16.3%

22.1%

24.5%

Ohio

18.6%

17.4%

19.1%

19.4%

18.0%

Wisconsin

17.4%

17.2%

16.0%

16.5%

18.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

14.9%

9.9%

12.3%

16.1%

16.3%

Kansas

17.6%

16.2%

18.0%

17.5%

17.8%

Minnesota

16.8%

14.2%

17.1%

16.2%

17.9%

Missouri

19.4%

18.5%

16.5%

23.1%

18.6%

Nebraska

20.9%

10.5%

17.3%

20.8%

24.9%

North Dakota

14.7%

5.6%

*

10.5%

14.2%

19.5%

South Dakota

15.2%

14.8%

16.1%

12.0%

18.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

16.9%

14.0%

12.3%

18.3%

19.6%

District of Columbia

18.1%

14.5%

19.6%

20.7%

15.9%

Florida

17.6%

20.0%

14.9%

15.6%

19.9%

Georgia

19.1%

14.8%

16.4%

21.1%

20.6%

Maryland

18.1%

15.0%

16.5%

19.6%

18.5%

North Carolina

19.1%

15.2%

20.3%

18.0%

20.2%

South Carolina

18.6%

15.5%

*

16.1%

17.1%

22.0%

Virginia

18.1%

17.5%

19.2%

17.4%

18.1%

West Virginia

15.2%

13.2%

20.0%

14.0%

14.4%

East South Central:

Alabama

13.5%

10.4%

*

10.7%

11.2%

17.8%

Kentucky

17.3%

15.0%

20.2%

11.6%

21.0%

Mississippi

16.7%

12.2%

15.7%

17.0%

18.9%

Tennessee

19.5%

15.1%

18.8%

18.8%

22.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

18.7%

13.6%

17.2%

20.3%

19.6%

Louisiana

17.6%

5.3%

*

21.8%

17.1%

18.3%

Oklahoma

17.4%

14.9%

11.8%

15.8%

23.3%

Texas

19.7%

17.3%

20.2%

19.0%

20.6%

Mountain:

Arizona

17.1%

19.7%

12.7%

14.8%

20.6%

Colorado

16.9%

9.9%

17.7%

17.9%

17.0%

Idaho

18.6%

15.8%

15.3%

19.2%

20.5%

Montana

17.6%

13.1%

20.7%

21.2%

14.0%

Nevada

19.1%

15.1%

17.2%

19.4%

21.5%

New Mexico

18.6%

16.0%

19.0%

18.5%

18.9%

Utah

18.3%

15.1%

18.0%

18.5%

19.0%

Wyoming

19.9%

12.4%

*

19.0%

19.6%

22.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.5%

13.9%

10.1%

16.3%

17.8%

*

California

17.2%

13.0%

17.3%

16.8%

19.3%

Hawaii

15.6%

12.7%

13.1%

16.8%

17.7%

Oregon

20.1%

17.5%

23.7%

16.5%

22.1%

Washington

17.7%

15.9%

14.8%

15.8%

21.3%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

United States

0.14%

0.64%

0.31%

0.37%

0.32%

New England:

Connecticut

1.18%

2.39%

2.88%

0.93%

2.25%

Maine

1.69%

3.61%

1.31%

1.42%

3.83%

Massachusetts

0.82%

3.03%

*

2.27%

2.18%

1.14%

New Hampshire

1.62%

2.97%

1.69%

2.33%

2.17%

Rhode Island

1.23%

3.68%

1.15%

1.97%

1.99%

Vermont

1.53%

2.76%

2.29%

1.99%

2.57%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.29%

3.58%

1.79%

1.97%

1.98%

New York

1.37%

2.55%

1.52%

0.64%

2.13%

Pennsylvania

0.93%

2.10%

0.98%

2.00%

1.06%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.67%

3.37%

1.85%

2.07%

0.96%

Indiana

1.04%

2.35%

2.33%

2.94%

1.32%

Michigan

1.12%

3.96%

2.57%

0.72%

1.95%

Ohio

1.48%

2.27%

2.49%

1.05%

2.52%

Wisconsin

0.91%

3.11%

2.84%

2.60%

1.67%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.11%

2.49%

2.20%

1.31%

2.91%

Kansas

0.94%

2.65%

3.61%

1.38%

1.98%

Minnesota

1.69%

2.30%

3.30%

2.07%

2.47%

Missouri

0.88%

2.36%

2.26%

3.06%

2.60%

Nebraska

1.47%

2.43%

2.29%

3.22%

3.29%

North Dakota

0.91%

2.08%

*

1.79%

2.06%

1.96%

South Dakota

1.62%

3.31%

3.62%

3.11%

2.94%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.62%

2.81%

2.33%

3.76%

2.59%

District of Columbia

1.47%

2.02%

1.57%

1.99%

1.69%

Florida

0.89%

4.32%

2.11%

1.38%

1.68%

Georgia

1.63%

4.06%

2.67%

2.44%

1.73%

Maryland

0.83%

3.64%

3.06%

1.67%

2.03%

North Carolina

0.86%

2.81%

2.20%

1.61%

2.19%

South Carolina

1.44%

5.78%

*

2.61%

1.57%

1.91%

Virginia

0.81%

4.07%

3.02%

1.38%

1.97%

West Virginia

1.50%

2.98%

2.25%

2.31%

2.25%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.08%

4.01%

*

1.86%

1.92%

1.56%

Kentucky

1.60%

3.47%

2.72%

2.43%

1.43%

Mississippi

0.66%

2.25%

2.90%

1.41%

2.42%

Tennessee

0.83%

3.42%

2.03%

1.77%

1.29%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.04%

2.69%

2.08%

2.80%

2.44%

Louisiana

1.56%

4.86%

*

3.21%

1.72%

2.29%

Oklahoma

1.39%

2.31%

2.26%

2.23%

2.74%

Texas

0.40%

1.98%

1.81%

1.38%

0.85%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.45%

4.24%

2.03%

1.92%

1.95%

Colorado

0.93%

1.80%

2.25%

2.20%

1.16%

Idaho

1.04%

3.26%

3.50%

2.15%

3.19%

Montana

1.65%

3.64%

6.08%

1.92%

2.73%

Nevada

1.13%

1.52%

2.30%

2.89%

2.01%

New Mexico

0.74%

3.10%

4.01%

2.70%

2.20%

Utah

0.75%

2.67%

1.98%

1.35%

1.62%

Wyoming

1.61%

6.85%

*

3.14%

1.97%

3.48%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.73%

3.02%

1.88%

2.78%

5.66%

*

California

0.52%

1.52%

1.09%

0.75%

0.76%

Hawaii

1.07%

3.14%

2.02%

2.94%

1.16%

Oregon

1.10%

2.75%

2.37%

1.38%

2.10%

Washington

1.32%

3.23%

2.75%

1.25%

1.97%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.