Table 2. Dental Services - Percent of persons with a dental expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2005 (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 32,320 11,729 296,185 42.3 579 49.2
 
California 4,841 1,555 36,226 39.3 653 47.6
Texas 3,790 978 23,010 31.3 528 53.6
New York 1,853 790 19,205 46.5 585 48.6
Florida 1,638 478 17,986 37.9 569 64.1
Illinois 1,325 447 12,726 39.0 592 51.4
Pennsylvania 1,003 472 12,433 47.7 485 48.2
Ohio 1,007 438 11,480 46.6 546 46.6
Michigan 999 441 10,109 47.2 514 43.5
Georgia 918 266 9,137 33.2 447 48.9
New Jersey 765 326 8,798 44.0 1,012 54.6
North Carolina 1,010 387 8,559 41.9 467 60.4
Virginia 640 300 7,397 51.6 593 56.4
Massachusetts 353 165 6,347 50.3 585 52.6
Washington 778 380 6,248 51.1 721 36.0
Indiana 324 119 6,188 40.5 570 41.9
Arizona 940 285 6,074 38.4 697 53.7
Tennessee 569 203 5,898 39.7 493 44.0
Missouri 564 207 5,757 41.7 476 46.5
Maryland 660 282 5,590 46.2 451 47.1
Wisconsin 581 327 5,562 58.9 623 46.3
Minnesota 498 248 5,149 50.8 526 48.1
Colorado 380 137 4,601 42.8 654 51.0
Alabama 478 161 4,559 38.5 360 42.7
South Carolina 360 137 4,224 40.5 662 54.4
Louisiana 472 137 4,200 34.7 423 55.5
Kentucky 569 185 4,113 35.7 572 50.2
Oregon 540 255 3,744 49.5 625 39.6
Connecticut 462 200 3,567 46.5 688 42.2
Oklahoma 387 88 3,526 24.8 369 35.9




Standard errors for Dental Services - Percent of persons with a dental expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2005 (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 32,320 11,729 296,185 0.6 13 0.9
 
California 4,841 1,555 36,226 1.3 34 2.7
Texas 3,790 978 23,010 1.1 34 3.7
New York 1,853 790 19,205 1.8 25 3.3
Florida 1,638 478 17,986 2.6 65 3.0
Illinois 1,325 447 12,726 2.8 56 3.0
Pennsylvania 1,003 472 12,433 4.5 55 5.6
Ohio 1,007 438 11,480 2.4 39 8.2
Michigan 999 441 10,109 3.7 31 4.2
Georgia 918 266 9,137 1.6 36 6.7
New Jersey 765 326 8,798 3.4 198 6.0
North Carolina 1,010 387 8,559 2.1 55 3.2
Virginia 640 300 7,397 2.8 82 3.1
Massachusetts 353 165 6,347 3.9 41 6.5
Washington 778 380 6,248 1.9 32 1.2
Indiana 324 119 6,188 3.6 90 4.2
Arizona 940 285 6,074 1.4 49 1.5
Tennessee 569 203 5,898 5.1 57 5.3
Missouri 564 207 5,757 4.5 45 5.0
Maryland 660 282 5,590 2.0 70 4.7
Wisconsin 581 327 5,562 1.6 142 5.7
Minnesota 498 248 5,149 2.9 78 2.9
Colorado 380 137 4,601 2.0 112 5.5
Alabama 478 161 4,559 3.2 36 1.8
South Carolina 360 137 4,224 3.2 121 2.1
Louisiana 472 137 4,200 3.6 100 3.9
Kentucky 569 185 4,113 3.6 84 8.6
Oregon 540 255 3,744 1.0 63 5.3
Connecticut 462 200 3,567 2.3 103 8.0
Oklahoma 387 88 3,526 1.0 35 5.3

aEstimates are provided for 29 states and are listed in order of 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, 2005