Table II.A.2.f(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance at private-sector establishments by firm size and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

United States

71.8%

52.0%

80.6%

87.0%

90.8%

84.7%

62.7%

86.9%

New England:

Maine

77.2%

59.4%

84.4%

91.9%

98.5%

93.9%

68.4%

95.3%

Massachusetts

58.8%

37.7%

66.7%

76.1%

78.7%

84.7%

47.9%

81.9%

Connecticut

64.8%

47.8%

77.5%

85.3%

94.1%

73.8%

57.7%

80.1%

Rhode Island

62.7%

42.6%

78.8%

85.5%

91.1%

86.2%

53.9%

87.8%

Vermont

52.5%

25.1%

*

67.2%

81.8%

87.8%

83.9%

40.6%

86.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

60.6%

41.5%

78.4%

82.8%

83.3%

76.8%

53.0%

80.4%

New Jersey

70.1%

56.9%

82.2%

94.5%

96.8%

70.8%

65.2%

81.0%

Pennsylvania

66.0%

46.5%

70.6%

79.4%

85.0%

83.2%

56.2%

83.3%

East North Central:

Ohio

74.4%

52.8%

77.0%

86.1%

93.1%

89.4%

63.7%

89.6%

Indiana

82.6%

62.3%

87.0%

97.6%

97.3%

93.4%

72.9%

94.6%

Illinois

72.7%

52.1%

78.0%

77.8%

94.9%

92.3%

62.1%

90.1%

Michigan

74.0%

56.9%

77.3%

90.6%

95.7%

87.2%

64.6%

91.6%

Wisconsin

71.1%

57.1%

76.9%

89.7%

96.5%

67.5%

66.2%

80.1%

West North Central:

Minnesota

72.4%

52.1%

80.5%

88.5%

88.4%

85.1%

64.6%

86.2%

Iowa

67.8%

34.7%

78.8%

89.2%

86.9%

97.9%

51.9%

94.2%

Missouri

71.9%

44.8%

87.8%

87.3%

92.7%

82.5%

60.1%

87.3%

Nebraska

62.1%

31.0%

91.6%

89.4%

91.0%

81.0%

49.8%

84.7%

Kansas

61.9%

35.2%

68.6%

92.2%

86.0%

86.3%

48.2%

87.0%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

65.6%

44.9%

75.3%

77.3%

84.8%

86.9%

54.5%

85.7%

Virginia

71.7%

47.8%

78.7%

79.9%

86.0%

92.7%

58.8%

90.1%

North Carolina

75.5%

49.1%

87.7%

96.5%

95.7%

82.2%

66.7%

88.1%

South Carolina

73.5%

49.7%

93.5%

85.3%

89.2%

76.3%

67.8%

81.9%

Georgia

75.4%

58.6%

82.4%

88.2%

88.9%

80.9%

68.1%

83.5%

Florida

76.4%

57.6%

89.3%

93.5%

92.5%

91.4%

67.7%

91.5%

East South Central:

Kentucky

71.3%

43.1%

88.0%

89.4%

91.4%

80.4%

60.1%

85.5%

Tennessee

75.9%

52.6%

80.0%

84.3%

88.1%

90.5%

63.1%

89.9%

Alabama

72.6%

57.8%

73.2%

80.0%

93.9%

84.5%

63.6%

86.4%

Mississippi

76.2%

55.7%

66.6%

89.8%

96.3%

88.0%

63.4%

90.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

78.0%

50.4%

90.4%

93.4%

96.1%

88.6%

68.1%

91.0%

Louisiana

75.3%

57.7%

86.6%

82.6%

94.9%

76.4%

69.5%

82.4%

Oklahoma

74.5%

61.5%

79.8%

92.1%

93.1%

76.6%

68.6%

83.4%

Texas

74.7%

52.6%

78.9%

90.1%

91.7%

87.7%

64.4%

88.0%

Mountain:

Colorado

70.9%

56.8%

89.3%

76.7%

82.5%

82.2%

65.6%

82.2%

Arizona

74.9%

54.7%

84.2%

93.4%

91.0%

79.6%

67.6%

83.8%

Nevada

84.5%

73.5%

92.4%

90.8%

98.8%

83.8%

80.5%

89.6%

Montana

66.9%

46.6%

84.3%

83.4%

87.6%

91.3%

57.6%

88.7%

Pacific:

Washington

73.9%

51.1%

83.4%

88.9%

98.0%

92.5%

63.3%

92.4%

Oregon

78.3%

66.0%

93.0%

83.4%

96.3%

82.1%

72.9%

87.9%

California

76.5%

60.7%

83.6%

91.0%

90.0%

84.3%

69.7%

87.4%

Hawaii

67.2%

50.3%

79.4%

91.2%

90.1%

80.2%

59.8%

85.3%

States not shown separately

71.5%

54.6%

75.1%

85.4%

87.1%

83.5%

63.4%

85.4%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Table II.A.2.f(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance at private-sector establishments by firm size and State: United States, 1999:(40 States are shown separately)

United States

0.52%

0.77%

0.97%

0.80%

0.72%

0.84%

0.64%

0.57%

New England:

Maine

1.71%

3.16%

6.22%

3.63%

0.73%

1.99%

2.45%

1.17%

Massachusetts

2.50%

3.78%

4.37%

3.35%

3.77%

1.51%

3.57%

1.63%

Connecticut

3.21%

5.55%

7.93%

5.27%

3.18%

8.27%

3.94%

5.36%

Rhode Island

3.03%

4.57%

10.18%

5.46%

9.50%

8.15%

3.41%

3.25%

Vermont

5.33%

9.42%

*

7.31%

4.32%

5.46%

5.81%

5.94%

2.47%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

2.61%

3.57%

5.60%

4.45%

3.83%

4.43%

2.65%

2.96%

New Jersey

3.50%

4.83%

5.91%

2.58%

1.50%

7.41%

3.92%

4.77%

Pennsylvania

2.90%

3.90%

5.34%

3.64%

3.37%

6.10%

3.66%

3.78%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.09%

5.84%

5.72%

4.36%

3.70%

2.27%

3.29%

2.35%

Indiana

2.34%

6.49%

4.89%

1.26%

1.17%

3.05%

4.03%

1.84%

Illinois

2.49%

5.57%

3.97%

5.40%

1.82%

2.20%

3.89%

1.31%

Michigan

2.13%

3.98%

4.54%

2.67%

2.21%

3.98%

2.62%

1.93%

Wisconsin

3.28%

5.99%

6.00%

4.35%

3.29%

7.50%

4.69%

5.28%

West North Central:

Minnesota

3.33%

6.64%

10.98%

4.81%

5.23%

6.14%

5.16%

3.00%

Iowa

4.23%

6.30%

9.85%

5.78%

8.17%

1.13%

5.22%

2.07%

Missouri

3.06%

6.62%

4.46%

3.49%

3.12%

5.75%

4.45%

3.80%

Nebraska

5.09%

8.06%

10.05%

3.06%

4.56%

4.95%

7.17%

3.02%

Kansas

4.28%

6.17%

6.78%

3.58%

4.89%

5.20%

4.57%

3.75%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.38%

4.56%

6.35%

6.85%

6.64%

6.82%

3.12%

4.32%

Virginia

2.61%

4.89%

7.29%

6.61%

5.85%

3.14%

4.45%

2.30%

North Carolina

2.05%

8.31%

4.28%

2.15%

3.69%

4.19%

3.16%

3.16%

South Carolina

3.91%

7.04%

4.29%

9.82%

6.08%

4.86%

4.99%

3.99%

Georgia

2.60%

5.94%

6.75%

5.29%

4.45%

5.60%

3.19%

3.82%

Florida

1.99%

5.18%

5.02%

2.33%

3.52%

1.69%

3.42%

1.71%

East South Central:

Kentucky

3.07%

6.71%

11.08%

3.25%

5.08%

5.50%

4.65%

3.12%

Tennessee

3.13%

6.29%

7.75%

7.39%

6.53%

5.71%

4.15%

3.12%

Alabama

2.96%

5.53%

6.73%

5.33%

2.80%

3.76%

3.77%

2.20%

Mississippi

2.09%

6.17%

10.20%

7.72%

1.99%

2.86%

3.25%

2.11%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.15%

5.58%

3.53%

6.00%

1.51%

6.68%

4.00%

3.67%

Louisiana

4.06%

7.17%

6.13%

5.35%

1.32%

7.94%

4.69%

4.31%

Oklahoma

3.09%

6.48%

11.49%

4.63%

4.31%

6.04%

3.87%

4.10%

Texas

2.21%

4.63%

8.09%

2.73%

3.00%

2.60%

3.58%

1.85%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.56%

5.65%

4.69%

7.63%

6.27%

5.79%

3.97%

5.10%

Arizona

3.27%

7.82%

5.27%

4.57%

3.79%

5.70%

5.77%

3.32%

Nevada

2.93%

6.10%

3.15%

4.10%

1.22%

7.45%

3.67%

4.87%

Montana

4.27%

8.50%

7.65%

7.23%

3.87%

6.30%

7.75%

4.04%

Pacific:

Washington

3.38%

5.36%

5.87%

4.32%

2.33%

3.21%

4.37%

3.40%

Oregon

2.45%

4.70%

5.14%

5.71%

4.65%

6.43%

2.94%

3.90%

California

1.22%

2.73%

4.11%

1.97%

3.52%

3.45%

1.23%

2.24%

Hawaii

1.21%

3.33%

4.25%

4.13%

3.91%

5.89%

2.38%

3.66%

States not shown separately

1.96%

4.71%

3.76%

4.62%

3.31%

3.45%

2.53%

1.99%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.