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, 2010 (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 31,228      11,005      308,574      40.4      666.2        47.5     
 
California 5,041      1,595      30,800      35.5      788.1        52.6     
Texas 2,918      735      21,492      29.1      603.2        39.1     
New York 1,814      553      15,687      35.8      528.4        33.1     
Florida 1,845      535      14,962      35.1      708.0        54.4     
Illinois 1,189      511      10,617      47.3      661.2        56.5     
Pennsylvania 946      355      10,275      41.7      618.4        43.3     
Ohio 1,155      402      9,400      38.1      537.3        39.7     
Michigan 984      431      8,225      45.9      827.3        49.4     
Georgia 1,071      357      8,065      38.0      463.0        45.3     
North Carolina 804      306      7,574      45.1      479.5        40.8     
New Jersey 948      297      7,273      36.1      1,059.1 *     53.0     
Virginia 925      349      6,517      41.5      600.9        53.4     
Arizona 560      184      5,459      33.9      519.1        44.6     
Massachusetts 452      219      5,428      52.9      753.3        49.3     
Washington 873      373      5,337      49.5      701.3        36.3     
Indiana 633      235      5,304      39.1      526.3        55.6     
Tennessee 484      137      5,248      26.5      534.2        52.9     
Missouri 565      189      4,846      34.5      535.0        41.3     
Maryland 509      192      4,760      44.5      623.0        36.3     
Wisconsin 579      317      4,519      55.2      636.9        47.0     
Minnesota 528      249      4,146      48.2      656.5        46.6     
Colorado 369      172      4,062      54.3      571.3        44.2     
Alabama 417      133      3,946      36.0      526.7        26.9     
South Carolina 376      110      3,847      35.0      495.6 *     22.6     
Louisiana 369      123      3,758      34.2      467.8 *     55.0     




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, 2010 (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 0.6         18.9           1.2         202        
 
California 1.7         40.8           3.1         32        
Texas 1.6         57.6           4.1         16        
New York 3.0         53.6           3.2         11        
Florida 3.0         54.9           4.0         10        
Illinois 2.3         70.1           5.2         8        
Pennsylvania 3.4         81.9           3.5         6        
Ohio 2.8         38.8           5.0         6        
Michigan 1.2         23.6           4.3         5        
Georgia 2.6         38.2           5.9         7        
North Carolina 3.5         64.9           9.6         3        
New Jersey 2.2         411.1 *         11.4         6        
Virginia 7.1         95.7           7.7         5        
Arizona 4.0         66.7           3.3         4        
Massachusetts 1.9         50.5           8.9         2        
Washington 4.3         129.6           3.3         5        
Indiana 4.2         36.3           1.9         3        
Tennessee 7.7         110.9           6.9         2        
Missouri 3.4         69.5           3.8         3        
Maryland 0.6         67.7           4.5         3        
Wisconsin 4.8         33.2           4.8         4        
Minnesota 4.2         44.0           1.8         4        
Colorado 1.8         51.2           5.6         3        
Alabama 2.4         122.9           7.9         2        
South Carolina 1.3         289.7 *         5.5         2        
Louisiana 7.2         192.2 *         11.1         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, 2010.