Table 3. Prescription Medicines - Percent of persons with a Rx expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2003 (29 statesa are shown separately)


  Unweighted sample size
State All persons Persons with an expense Population (1,000s)b Percent with an expenseb   Mean per person with an expenseb   Percent of total paid out of pocketb  

 
United States 32,681 19,847 290,604 64.4 950 44.9
 
California 5,190 2,545 35,614 56.0 794 38.6
Texas 3,763 2,096 21,981 61.2 771 50.9
New York 1,846 1,077 19,102 61.5 1,090 36.8
Florida 1,670 975 16,963 62.2 1,228 48.1
Illinois 1,240 716 12,787 60.2 982 54.6
Pennsylvania 938 612 12,283 67.4 942 43.7
Ohio 1,035 739 11,396 69.2 1,107 34.9
Michigan 1,122 758 10,014 69.2 974 35.8
New Jersey 815 488 8,686 62.7 893 41.1
Georgia 931 595 8,592 65.6 1,021 44.3
North Carolina 1,075 724 8,346 67.1 932 47.6
Virginia 569 383 7,341 69.1 875 39.5
Massachusetts 389 268 6,432 66.8 879 37.0
Washington 723 458 6,221 64.7 657 43.5
Indiana 375 260 6,180 69.9 1,206 42.2
Tennessee 585 385 5,938 68.7 922 49.7
Arizona 908 499 5,726 56.6 829 42.6
Missouri 657 438 5,696 67.5 965 54.9
Maryland 622 391 5,627 66.0 951 45.3
Wisconsin 634 409 5,543 64.5 914 46.8
Minnesota 525 321 5,131 61.2 772 33.8
Alabama 462 312 4,511 68.5 1,116 47.0
Louisiana 473 303 4,501 68.2 1,144 53.1
Colorado 340 192 4,472 56.9 803 41.6
Kentucky 614 448 4,157 73.3 1,323 50.0
South Carolina 485 332 4,092 71.2 1,038 50.0
Oregon 478 309 3,590 64.7 737 43.3
Connecticut 515 342 3,466 70.7 1,047 41.6
Oklahoma 380 264 3,454 67.7 1,214 54.9




Standard errors for Prescription Medicines - Percent of persons with a Rx expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2003 (29 statesa are shown separately)


  Unweighted sample size
State All persons Persons with an expense Population (1,000s)b Percent with an expenseb   Mean per person with an expenseb   Percent of total paid out of pocketb  

 
United States 32,681 19,847 290,604 0.4 19 0.7
 
California 5,190 2,545 35,614 1.1 47 2.9
Texas 3,763 2,096 21,981 1.8 43 2.0
New York 1,846 1,077 19,102 1.3 86 3.2
Florida 1,670 975 16,963 1.4 51 2.9
Illinois 1,240 716 12,787 1.6 71 3.6
Pennsylvania 938 612 12,283 1.7 64 3.1
Ohio 1,035 739 11,396 1.7 80 2.3
Michigan 1,122 758 10,014 1.2 58 2.6
New Jersey 815 488 8,686 1.8 70 2.6
Georgia 931 595 8,592 2.3 121 4.4
North Carolina 1,075 724 8,346 2.0 39 1.4
Virginia 569 383 7,341 2.1 90 3.6
Massachusetts 389 268 6,432 2.1 60 4.0
Washington 723 458 6,221 2.0 26 3.7
Indiana 375 260 6,180 2.3 189 5.0
Tennessee 585 385 5,938 3.2 76 3.0
Arizona 908 499 5,726 1.9 33 3.6
Missouri 657 438 5,696 2.5 55 4.2
Maryland 622 391 5,627 2.2 70 2.9
Wisconsin 634 409 5,543 1.8 69 3.3
Minnesota 525 321 5,131 2.7 92 4.8
Alabama 462 312 4,511 2.1 171 4.1
Louisiana 473 303 4,501 3.1 99 5.0
Colorado 340 192 4,472 2.3 69 2.9
Kentucky 614 448 4,157 1.5 89 2.1
South Carolina 485 332 4,092 2.7 112 5.1
Oregon 478 309 3,590 1.8 25 3.5
Connecticut 515 342 3,466 3.0 64 1.9
Oklahoma 380 264 3,454 3.9 126 3.6

aEstimates are provided for 29 states and are listed in orderof state population size. Reliable estimates can not be produced for the other states due to insufficient sample in those states.

b"Population" and "Percent with an expense" columns are based on "All persons". "Mean per person with an expense" and "Percent of total paid out of pocket" columns are based on "Persons with an expense".

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2003