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, 2006 (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 32,577 11,840 299,267 42.0 607 49.2
 
California 5,051 1,539 36,379 36.2 682 46.0
Texas 3,648 942 23,340 30.4 620 53.2
New York 1,823 734 19,282 43.6 731 60.3
Florida 1,680 470 18,211 34.3 571 62.5
Illinois 1,255 488 12,701 43.5 548 51.6
Pennsylvania 956 410 12,566 44.4 551 41.8
Ohio 1,046 430 11,404 44.3 474 40.2
Michigan 1,027 518 10,004 52.5 582 45.0
Georgia 877 290 9,367 34.9 466 48.2
North Carolina 1,029 417 8,892 42.2 497 49.5
New Jersey 778 321 8,726 42.8 773 48.7
Virginia 628 282 7,501 50.0 651 53.5
Massachusetts 363 185 6,392 53.8 476 56.2
Indiana 366 103 6,360 34.9 564 50.8
Washington 828 401 6,336 49.0 762 44.5
Arizona 1,063 383 6,330 41.3 598 53.1
Tennessee 563 169 5,960 36.3 592 48.1
Missouri 562 227 5,887 43.7 612 65.8
Maryland 542 211 5,620 41.9 924 55.3
Wisconsin 646 330 5,487 52.4 490 43.1
Minnesota 564 268 5,211 47.7 585 43.1
Colorado 408 160 4,757 45.3 653 40.7
Alabama 399 145 4,595 41.7 501 45.3
South Carolina 449 153 4,326 38.0 583 51.0
Louisiana 476 128 4,244 28.5 760 49.3
Kentucky 613 180 4,184 33.4 487 41.3
Oregon 557 266 3,762 50.3 747 39.0
Oklahoma 427 127 3,535 30.2 660 39.6
Connecticut 472 236 3,498 52.0 503 43.7




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, 2006 (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 32,577 11,840 299,267 0.5 14 1.0
 
California 5,051 1,539 36,379 1.8 43 2.4
Texas 3,648 942 23,340 1.4 34 2.4
New York 1,823 734 19,282 1.8 130 6.5
Florida 1,680 470 18,211 1.7 71 3.3
Illinois 1,255 488 12,701 2.2 54 2.9
Pennsylvania 956 410 12,566 3.6 71 3.7
Ohio 1,046 430 11,404 2.1 30 5.1
Michigan 1,027 518 10,004 2.3 26 2.0
Georgia 877 290 9,367 3.5 50 2.5
North Carolina 1,029 417 8,892 1.7 64 4.2
New Jersey 778 321 8,726 2.2 114 3.6
Virginia 628 282 7,501 3.5 33 3.1
Massachusetts 363 185 6,392 5.6 39 5.4
Indiana 366 103 6,360 3.9 63 5.7
Washington 828 401 6,336 2.3 71 0.6
Arizona 1,063 383 6,330 1.9 66 2.7
Tennessee 563 169 5,960 5.7 55 6.2
Missouri 562 227 5,887 4.5 84 7.5
Maryland 542 211 5,620 3.4 154 9.3
Wisconsin 646 330 5,487 0.6 42 4.1
Minnesota 564 268 5,211 1.3 36 1.1
Colorado 408 160 4,757 2.9 61 3.9
Alabama 399 145 4,595 4.6 68 3.6
South Carolina 449 153 4,326 3.6 84 7.4
Louisiana 476 128 4,244 4.6 74 9.1
Kentucky 613 180 4,184 3.9 82 2.8
Oregon 557 266 3,762 3.9 67 1.2
Oklahoma 427 127 3,535 4.4 127 3.7
Connecticut 472 236 3,498 3.1 73 5.2

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, 2006