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, 2004 (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 32,737 19,381 293,527 62.7 1,037 42.2
 
California 4,823 2,348 36,080 53.8 906 42.3
Texas 3,988 2,163 22,423 58.2 857 49.6
New York 1,878 1,110 19,327 60.3 1,333 36.4
Florida 1,666 975 17,486 64.8 1,103 43.9
Illinois 1,350 748 12,700 58.4 1,103 45.1
Pennsylvania 1,038 648 12,363 65.3 1,089 42.8
Ohio 1,015 703 11,342 67.5 1,182 41.7
Michigan 1,052 678 10,068 65.9 987 38.8
New Jersey 814 510 8,921 64.7 933 33.2
Georgia 1,041 617 8,705 63.5 1,124 45.1
North Carolina 1,037 649 8,401 62.4 1,063 42.7
Virginia 645 409 7,393 66.5 849 38.3
Massachusetts 368 252 6,399 66.0 773 33.2
Indiana 353 217 6,176 61.8 873 42.1
Washington 673 447 6,171 66.9 911 40.3
Tennessee 582 376 5,936 66.5 999 43.1
Arizona 913 487 5,884 57.6 930 40.7
Missouri 555 360 5,711 66.4 1,029 41.5
Maryland 660 397 5,597 63.6 1,186 38.6
Wisconsin 586 378 5,465 67.7 971 41.4
Minnesota 514 304 5,116 58.4 775 33.9
Colorado 357 190 4,532 55.4 976 38.3
Alabama 485 310 4,507 64.1 1,260 44.4
Louisiana 461 300 4,454 68.8 1,090 55.1
South Carolina 391 262 4,159 64.6 1,569 29.0
Kentucky 591 420 4,132 70.0 1,393 45.4
Oregon 500 296 3,625 61.5 1,010 38.8
Connecticut 472 313 3,581 69.5 1,277 37.4
Oklahoma 335 238 3,436 67.8 1,220 50.7




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, 2004 (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 32,737 19,381 293,527 0.5 19 0.7
 
California 4,823 2,348 36,080 1.1 67 3.2
Texas 3,988 2,163 22,423 1.5 55 3.0
New York 1,878 1,110 19,327 1.4 117 2.9
Florida 1,666 975 17,486 1.4 77 2.2
Illinois 1,350 748 12,700 1.3 78 2.8
Pennsylvania 1,038 648 12,363 1.7 69 3.2
Ohio 1,015 703 11,342 4.1 127 4.3
Michigan 1,052 678 10,068 1.1 74 3.0
New Jersey 814 510 8,921 2.1 114 2.9
Georgia 1,041 617 8,705 1.1 37 1.8
North Carolina 1,037 649 8,401 3.5 72 1.8
Virginia 645 409 7,393 2.4 82 1.9
Massachusetts 368 252 6,399 2.4 100 2.3
Indiana 353 217 6,176 1.8 37 4.2
Washington 673 447 6,171 3.1 81 2.2
Tennessee 582 376 5,936 3.0 49 4.3
Arizona 913 487 5,884 1.0 88 1.4
Missouri 555 360 5,711 1.5 22 4.7
Maryland 660 397 5,597 1.9 103 3.3
Wisconsin 586 378 5,465 1.8 45 3.2
Minnesota 514 304 5,116 2.8 56 2.0
Colorado 357 190 4,532 2.8 93 4.0
Alabama 485 310 4,507 3.2 117 1.8
Louisiana 461 300 4,454 2.8 88 4.5
South Carolina 391 262 4,159 3.5 353 8.5
Kentucky 591 420 4,132 0.8 112 2.2
Oregon 500 296 3,625 1.9 55 3.0
Connecticut 472 313 3,581 3.1 209 2.2
Oklahoma 335 238 3,436 4.8 213 10.4

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, 2004