United States

73.8%

76.4%

67.8%

63.5%

62.5%

72.8%

85.4%

New England:

Connecticut

74.1%

80.9%

83.3%

36.0%

*

71.2%

72.2%

87.6%

Maine

78.4%

80.4%

63.4%

82.8%

46.8%

*

78.0%

89.5%

Massachusetts

61.9%

68.5%

29.1%

55.3%

60.1%

58.0%

87.9%

New Hampshire

72.8%

74.8%

67.4%

67.7%

84.5%

69.7%

86.8%

Rhode Island

66.8%

65.4%

63.0%

84.1%

70.7%

64.8%

83.3%

Vermont

69.7%

69.9%

66.1%

71.8%

47.8%

69.1%

88.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

70.0%

71.0%

66.1%

70.4%

55.2%

69.1%

84.8%

New York

65.4%

67.8%

54.0%

68.2%

53.6%

63.8%

90.0%

Pennsylvania

69.9%

72.2%

62.3%

63.3%

50.0%

69.0%

87.8%

East North Central:

Illinois

72.5%

76.8%

67.3%

34.9%

*

62.6%

72.2%

78.5%

Indiana

77.6%

78.6%

74.2%

72.5%

69.4%

77.3%

79.5%

Michigan

73.7%

79.4%

67.0%

45.2%

80.3%

69.2%

95.8%

Ohio

71.5%

74.4%

65.4%

56.5%

61.5%

72.3%

70.6%

Wisconsin

74.0%

78.6%

66.2%

58.9%

69.1%

71.1%

98.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

72.8%

75.4%

62.4%

73.0%

80.6%

71.1%

79.6%

Kansas

71.8%

80.2%

51.8%

54.2%

27.4%

*

74.5%

93.7%

Minnesota

76.3%

78.7%

64.1%

73.5%

60.8%

76.0%

85.1%

Missouri

72.2%

76.5%

66.9%

46.5%

77.1%

70.5%

82.5%

Nebraska

70.0%

70.6%

74.8%

55.2%

75.2%

68.2%

76.9%

North Dakota

62.8%

63.6%

64.9%

54.6%

47.4%

*

61.8%

76.9%

South Dakota

74.2%

77.1%

68.7%

61.7%

61.2%

72.3%

93.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.2%

70.7%

77.5%

66.2%

58.9%

68.8%

83.5%

District of Columbia

66.3%

70.3%

73.9%

55.6%

48.8%

64.7%

77.7%

Florida

76.6%

78.3%

59.9%

77.2%

58.9%

76.8%

88.9%

Georgia

75.0%

77.8%

53.9%

76.7%

74.8%

73.5%

81.1%

Maryland

71.2%

70.4%

65.5%

89.8%

85.1%

67.9%

79.6%

North Carolina

74.4%

74.9%

89.0%

51.5%

83.8%

72.6%

84.4%

South Carolina

79.1%

77.7%

89.7%

70.4%

82.8%

78.3%

80.8%

Virginia

77.3%

79.0%

75.4%

58.2%

60.6%

76.5%

89.5%

West Virginia

80.2%

80.0%

89.8%

59.9%

82.3%

79.5%

83.0%

East South Central:

Alabama

69.3%

73.4%

64.9%

42.4%

22.9%

*

68.5%

92.1%

Kentucky

75.9%

79.4%

77.5%

50.3%

81.7%

75.1%

78.4%

Mississippi

77.5%

79.5%

77.1%

58.4%

87.2%

74.8%

87.1%

Tennessee

80.3%

85.0%

81.4%

49.7%

66.0%

80.9%

82.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.8%

75.6%

81.8%

78.0%

50.9%

*

80.3%

65.4%

Louisiana

80.8%

83.0%

82.1%

64.6%

91.1%

76.7%

91.5%

Oklahoma

79.7%

79.6%

88.6%

68.5%

44.7%

*

84.7%

86.0%

Texas

73.8%

74.9%

73.4%

64.6%

67.6%

71.8%

84.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

80.6%

88.8%

58.6%

77.6%

52.6%

83.7%

87.5%

Colorado

70.5%

71.9%

64.7%

71.3%

54.3%

69.8%

84.0%

Idaho

74.5%

78.8%

60.0%

66.3%

71.8%

73.2%

86.2%

Montana

78.0%

77.2%

85.3%

75.9%

90.5%

74.2%

98.9%

Nevada

86.9%

88.9%

75.1%

93.3%

96.2%

82.6%

96.5%

New Mexico

76.6%

84.2%

54.4%

64.0%

41.7%

77.4%

84.7%

Utah

77.1%

75.3%

95.3%

75.5%

46.5%

*

78.2%

82.5%

Wyoming

64.1%

64.3%

66.8%

57.6%

6.6%

*

79.3%

81.8%

Pacific:

Alaska

79.9%

84.7%

73.5%

70.4%

79.3%

77.0%

88.8%

California

77.6%

80.4%

69.7%

71.4%

64.1%

77.9%

86.6%

Hawaii

74.1%

75.4%

71.1%

69.6%

80.8%

71.3%

88.7%

Oregon

77.2%

79.5%

61.5%

83.6%

83.9%

75.6%

88.0%

Washington

82.3%

83.4%

86.6%

66.7%

70.0%

81.6%

91.5%

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

0.43%

0.39%

1.36%

1.66%

2.15%

0.47%

0.70%

New England:

Connecticut

4.03%

2.92%

4.92%

16.61%

*

17.97%

4.72%

6.17%

Maine

2.56%

3.16%

8.18%

5.33%

14.65%

*

3.06%

3.60%

Massachusetts

3.11%

3.70%

7.36%

10.33%

12.25%

3.49%

3.75%

New Hampshire

3.88%

4.07%

5.40%

8.83%

13.72%

4.37%

4.69%

Rhode Island

1.72%

2.49%

12.38%

6.66%

17.96%

2.06%

11.54%

Vermont

2.68%

3.02%

10.92%

8.45%

13.93%

2.32%

12.25%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.18%

3.08%

9.29%

8.13%

13.01%

2.98%

5.52%

New York

2.01%

2.02%

6.11%

7.07%

7.86%

2.32%

2.69%

Pennsylvania

2.93%

3.58%

7.16%

9.95%

13.03%

3.34%

6.04%

East North Central:

Illinois

3.46%

3.61%

8.28%

12.89%

*

13.52%

3.45%

9.08%

Indiana

2.03%

2.98%

10.92%

9.13%

20.15%

2.59%

7.49%

Michigan

4.18%

4.04%

11.16%

9.89%

16.57%

4.97%

2.92%

Ohio

3.01%

2.63%

10.64%

10.93%

15.19%

3.29%

6.04%

Wisconsin

2.96%

2.22%

11.00%

10.46%

15.80%

3.25%

0.89%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.28%

3.27%

11.24%

9.48%

16.08%

2.17%

10.14%

Kansas

4.62%

3.38%

12.95%

12.13%

16.59%

*

3.49%

3.26%

Minnesota

4.14%

3.08%

14.73%

10.94%

12.95%

5.39%

9.82%

Missouri

2.56%

3.04%

8.58%

9.22%

11.74%

3.39%

10.86%

Nebraska

3.12%

4.57%

5.62%

10.72%

17.10%

3.30%

7.90%

North Dakota

3.25%

5.88%

11.00%

7.15%

16.34%

*

3.79%

8.04%

South Dakota

2.40%

2.61%

9.62%

10.29%

16.44%

2.43%

3.96%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.89%

3.72%

10.46%

14.81%

15.97%

3.46%

5.44%

District of Columbia

3.18%

3.39%

10.70%

7.38%

14.25%

3.43%

7.64%

Florida

3.25%

3.24%

11.33%

7.67%

11.73%

3.96%

4.46%

Georgia

2.82%

2.75%

13.38%

13.30%

18.60%

3.62%

7.44%

Maryland

4.36%

4.05%

9.32%

5.45%

14.42%

4.85%

4.56%

North Carolina

3.40%

4.40%

4.24%

11.51%

23.56%

3.88%

9.40%

South Carolina

3.59%

3.72%

7.13%

11.03%

13.69%

4.19%

4.80%

Virginia

2.38%

2.75%

8.50%

10.36%

11.77%

3.16%

2.52%

West Virginia

2.33%

2.84%

3.16%

12.24%

21.57%

2.50%

7.89%

East South Central:

Alabama

3.39%

4.57%

10.94%

8.52%

10.48%

*

3.42%

4.20%

Kentucky

2.35%

2.60%

8.20%

10.08%

14.25%

3.30%

8.36%

Mississippi

3.34%

3.92%

8.75%

13.26%

16.32%

3.69%

6.27%

Tennessee

2.98%

3.20%

5.45%

10.98%

16.09%

4.57%

4.96%

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.08%

3.57%

10.01%

11.99%

15.95%

*

4.26%

10.14%

Louisiana

2.14%

1.69%

8.38%

9.91%

19.50%

2.07%

4.11%

Oklahoma

4.73%

5.77%

4.44%

7.48%

15.48%

*

2.59%

3.62%

Texas

2.23%

2.81%

5.60%

9.59%

15.16%

2.09%

4.12%

Mountain:

Arizona

4.57%

2.09%

11.78%

6.55%

15.08%

3.45%

10.96%

Colorado

3.82%

4.34%

7.91%

10.73%

14.02%

4.16%

10.53%

Idaho

2.96%

3.64%

10.24%

12.41%

12.68%

3.08%

7.49%

Montana

2.78%

3.14%

5.64%

7.51%

17.76%

3.13%

14.76%

Nevada

3.47%

3.44%

8.03%

10.44%

14.96%

3.81%

1.55%

New Mexico

3.27%

3.64%

9.70%

11.29%

12.09%

3.36%

4.80%

Utah

2.86%

3.52%

4.19%

9.27%

14.97%

*

3.43%

5.98%

Wyoming

6.81%

8.83%

9.34%

12.25%

10.91%

*

2.23%

9.45%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.04%

4.43%

11.68%

6.49%

20.94%

4.43%

6.31%

California

2.09%

2.37%

3.66%

6.43%

8.49%

2.03%

3.41%

Hawaii

2.45%

3.06%

5.00%

9.91%

12.94%

2.30%

4.12%

Oregon

2.33%

2.43%

6.01%

6.15%

16.44%

2.59%

2.19%

Washington

2.40%

2.53%

5.39%

10.36%

15.83%

3.27%

5.25%

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.