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, 2008 (25 statesa are shown separately)
State Unweighted sample
size		 Population
(1,000s)b		 Percent with
an expenseb		 Mean per
person with an
expenseb		 Percent of
total paid out
of pocketb
All
persons		 Persons
with an
expense
United States 31,262      11,332      304,376      41.2      670.5       49.7     
 
California 5,071      1,737      30,435      39.4      711.1       42.1     
Texas 3,260      862      20,617      30.4      670.9       47.4     
New York 1,806      638      16,021      40.0      678.7       47.1     
Florida 1,825      550      14,708      34.2      761.6       59.8     
Illinois 1,131      435      10,704      42.0      688.3       47.2     
Pennsylvania 956      365      10,194      43.6      519.8       51.7     
Ohio 968      361      9,517      37.1      508.7       43.9     
Michigan 969      470      8,297      48.2      636.2       47.5     
Georgia 979      275      8,036      30.2      749.7       58.5     
North Carolina 952      372      7,598      43.7      508.4       50.1     
New Jersey 934      315      7,180      39.6      585.4       56.2     
Virginia 837      354      6,458      48.1      838.2       56.1     
Arizona 628      211      5,524      36.1      913.5       43.3     
Indiana 597      227      5,355      40.6      685.1       53.6     
Washington 814      348      5,183      48.4      838.4       34.9     
Massachusetts 463      255      5,173      62.2      565.6       48.9     
Tennessee 505      173      5,091      38.2      560.6       33.7     
Maryland 516      220      4,926      44.2      631.6       55.5     
Missouri 494      186      4,911      38.3      365.5       53.3     
Wisconsin 610      288      4,506      48.9      493.3       41.2     
Minnesota 498      256      4,239      54.2      594.4       54.2     
Alabama 500      179      4,008      40.2      548.9       49.9     
Colorado 402      177      3,966      51.1      698.9       50.7     
South Carolina 317      104      3,843      38.8      488.5 *     53.6     
Louisiana 269      90      3,651      42.7      398.3       52.5     




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, 2008 (25 statesa are shown separately)
State Standard error for Degrees of freedom associated with estimating standard errorsc
Percent with an
expenseb		 Mean per person
with an expenseb		 Percent of total
paid out of pocketb
United States 0.5         17.3           1.1         205        
 
California 1.2         50.5           2.8         32        
Texas 1.8         87.0           5.0         16        
New York 1.4         76.4           3.7         11        
Florida 3.0         82.9           4.8         10        
Illinois 2.2         121.8           3.1         8        
Pennsylvania 2.2         65.2           6.3         6        
Ohio 3.0         59.0           4.2         6        
Michigan 2.9         72.9           5.2         5        
Georgia 2.4         119.3           4.0         7        
North Carolina 3.4         44.7           10.0         3        
New Jersey 2.7         124.7           7.2         6        
Virginia 3.5         73.1           6.1         5        
Arizona 2.9         139.2           7.2         4        
Indiana 3.0         187.2           6.9         3        
Washington 3.6         92.4           7.0         5        
Massachusetts 7.0         19.6           5.7         2        
Tennessee 6.5         118.3           6.1         2        
Maryland 1.5         63.8           4.0         3        
Missouri 5.5         69.2           9.3         3        
Wisconsin 4.8         41.6           3.9         4        
Minnesota 6.0         100.0           9.2         4        
Alabama 1.0         57.8           3.5         2        
Colorado 9.6         66.5           3.6         3        
South Carolina 2.4         184.7 *         6.8         2        
Louisiana 6.1         105.6           6.3         2        

* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%.

a Estimates are provided for 25 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 distribution of total expenses by source payments" columns are based on "Persons with an expense".

c The precision of an estimated standard error depends on the degrees of freedom available for estimating the standard error. In constructing a confidence interval for a state-level estimate, the corresponding degrees of freedom should be used in obtaining the critical value from the Student’s t-distribution.

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2008.