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, 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 19,363 299,267 62.6 1,191 34.9
 
California 5,051 2,422 36,379 51.5 985 32.0
Texas 3,648 1,991 23,340 60.3 1,202 30.1
New York 1,823 1,081 19,282 60.8 1,412 32.2
Florida 1,680 919 18,211 58.7 1,012 41.5
Illinois 1,255 771 12,701 64.7 1,045 35.6
Pennsylvania 956 669 12,566 67.1 1,153 34.1
Ohio 1,046 726 11,404 70.2 1,338 40.0
Michigan 1,027 668 10,004 65.0 1,211 32.8
Georgia 877 521 9,367 61.3 1,201 39.2
North Carolina 1,029 689 8,892 65.2 1,267 34.3
New Jersey 778 497 8,726 65.8 1,236 34.7
Virginia 628 401 7,501 65.4 1,141 32.8
Massachusetts 363 233 6,392 63.1 1,041 33.6
Indiana 366 220 6,360 66.4 1,153 34.7
Washington 828 518 6,336 62.2 1,085 38.6
Arizona 1,063 542 6,330 54.3 1,103 33.1
Tennessee 563 378 5,960 71.8 1,513 30.5
Missouri 562 380 5,887 67.5 1,202 34.1
Maryland 542 348 5,620 65.0 804 35.9
Wisconsin 646 405 5,487 63.0 1,184 34.5
Minnesota 564 357 5,211 64.9 1,775 22.1
Colorado 408 220 4,757 59.2 1,052 33.4
Alabama 399 282 4,595 70.5 1,259 31.1
South Carolina 449 275 4,326 64.6 1,424 38.9
Louisiana 476 313 4,244 69.1 1,379 40.8
Kentucky 613 422 4,184 70.8 1,447 32.8
Oregon 557 352 3,762 65.5 1,411 52.7
Oklahoma 427 263 3,535 63.5 1,383 39.5
Connecticut 472 310 3,498 69.4 1,288 26.2




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, 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 19,363 299,267 0.5 35 1.1
 
California 5,051 2,422 36,379 1.0 79 3.0
Texas 3,648 1,991 23,340 1.2 305 7.4
New York 1,823 1,081 19,282 1.8 173 2.4
Florida 1,680 919 18,211 2.0 64 2.4
Illinois 1,255 771 12,701 1.3 77 2.3
Pennsylvania 956 669 12,566 1.9 180 1.5
Ohio 1,046 726 11,404 3.1 140 6.3
Michigan 1,027 668 10,004 1.9 129 1.5
Georgia 877 521 9,367 1.4 48 1.8
North Carolina 1,029 689 8,892 3.8 130 1.3
New Jersey 778 497 8,726 2.8 188 3.2
Virginia 628 401 7,501 2.0 152 2.5
Massachusetts 363 233 6,392 2.5 53 1.3
Indiana 366 220 6,360 3.7 123 5.9
Washington 828 518 6,336 2.7 50 0.7
Arizona 1,063 542 6,330 3.0 54 2.0
Tennessee 563 378 5,960 2.6 44 2.4
Missouri 562 380 5,887 1.4 245 4.1
Maryland 542 348 5,620 2.2 117 2.3
Wisconsin 646 405 5,487 1.0 131 4.2
Minnesota 564 357 5,211 2.7 358 5.6
Colorado 408 220 4,757 1.9 88 8.9
Alabama 399 282 4,595 5.2 134 1.9
South Carolina 449 275 4,326 1.3 188 4.2
Louisiana 476 313 4,244 3.2 123 3.3
Kentucky 613 422 4,184 1.3 113 2.1
Oregon 557 352 3,762 1.5 333 13.6
Oklahoma 427 263 3,535 2.0 108 5.7
Connecticut 472 310 3,498 0.9 133 3.3

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, 2006