Table II.A.2.f(2000) 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, 2000 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Division and State

Total

Less than 10
employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

 

United States

73.6%

55.2%

81.3%

88.3%

90.0%

84.3%

65.3%

86.3%

New England:

Massachusetts

54.8%

35.5%

47.5%

75.8%

85.7%

79.3%

41.9%

79.4%

New Hampshire

75.6%

64.4%

74.5%

86.0%

90.0%

87.9%

68.9%

88.8%

Connecticut

76.5%

64.8%

86.1%

93.8%

79.9%

89.3%

71.8%

87.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

69.7%

53.7%

81.6%

86.8%

89.1%

84.0%

63.2%

84.0%

New Jersey

69.7%

59.1%

79.2%

90.9%

99.8%

66.0%

66.1%

77.4%

Pennsylvania

67.0%

43.3%

73.8%

83.1%

84.1%

87.1%

55.1%

86.6%

East North Central:

Ohio

76.2%

57.0%

81.3%

88.9%

95.8%

85.5%

66.6%

88.1%

Indiana

78.7%

52.3%

92.4%

93.6%

87.7%

91.4%

68.7%

91.6%

Illinois

69.4%

48.4%

75.8%

85.3%

86.8%

81.3%

60.5%

84.2%

Michigan

71.9%

56.8%

76.0%

89.7%

81.8%

82.7%

65.3%

83.9%

Wisconsin

73.2%

51.4%

79.6%

90.5%

93.9%

86.6%

63.4%

90.4%

West North Central:

Minnesota

76.9%

62.2%

80.2%

86.4%

95.2%

84.4%

69.1%

89.1%

Iowa

72.2%

49.2%

82.2%

80.4%

93.3%

82.1%

61.8%

86.9%

Missouri

76.3%

57.6%

81.9%

94.1%

94.3%

87.3%

67.0%

90.1%

Nebraska

70.4%

48.8%

74.5%

83.4%

92.2%

88.2%

59.0%

88.9%

Kansas

69.9%

57.9%

73.6%

76.7%

84.4%

80.7%

65.0%

78.7%

North Dakota

53.0%

32.6%

*

58.7%

76.8%

79.6%

69.4%

43.3%

74.8%

South Dakota

66.5%

40.2%

82.2%

93.9%

80.4%

84.0%

56.4%

83.9%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

72.0%

49.3%

82.9%

80.9%

90.1%

86.2%

62.6%

85.1%

Virginia

74.5%

50.2%

84.3%

88.0%

92.2%

89.3%

64.7%

88.9%

West Virginia

72.3%

54.2%

75.5%

95.0%

79.5%

77.7%

66.0%

81.2%

North Carolina

78.2%

54.6%

91.8%

95.2%

91.7%

86.5%

69.6%

88.9%

South Carolina

73.5%

52.5%

87.9%

89.1%

81.0%

76.9%

67.2%

79.7%

Georgia

76.9%

56.6%

82.5%

84.4%

77.0%

92.6%

67.4%

86.3%

Florida

74.7%

56.3%

87.3%

95.0%

87.9%

86.4%

66.1%

88.1%

East South Central:

Kentucky

73.3%

56.7%

70.2%

84.5%

90.9%

88.4%

63.7%

88.5%

Tennessee

80.1%

66.2%

85.5%

92.5%

98.2%

76.9%

75.5%

84.4%

Alabama

69.8%

56.1%

77.5%

82.8%

95.7%

69.9%

64.3%

77.9%

Mississippi

66.4%

45.8%

81.2%

82.5%

80.8%

71.0%

60.1%

73.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.1%

47.8%

82.8%

86.5%

92.7%

89.8%

63.5%

90.6%

Louisiana

71.5%

44.8%

77.2%

87.2%

89.1%

80.9%

59.4%

83.1%

Oklahoma

76.4%

51.1%

74.6%

95.2%

97.1%

90.0%

62.4%

92.1%

Texas

80.0%

65.4%

80.8%

90.6%

93.9%

84.1%

72.7%

87.6%

Mountain:

Colorado

73.4%

57.3%

85.1%

86.4%

85.8%

83.0%

65.9%

85.2%

New Mexico

80.9%

69.4%

87.5%

88.9%

91.0%

84.1%

76.2%

86.5%

Arizona

79.0%

60.7%

85.8%

84.5%

92.9%

94.0%

69.3%

91.9%

Utah

80.3%

65.0%

97.5%

94.8%

88.3%

74.3%

80.8%

79.7%

Pacific:

Washington

75.2%

58.7%

79.4%

98.1%

94.1%

80.5%

68.2%

87.6%

Oregon

79.9%

66.8%

91.5%

83.4%

92.5%

88.0%

75.2%

88.6%

California

77.4%

62.4%

86.3%

89.7%

92.0%

84.7%

71.6%

86.9%

States not shown separately

73.0%

50.9%

86.5%

87.7%

91.5%

89.1%

62.6%

90.4%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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(2000) 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, 2000:(40 States are shown separately)

Division and State

Total

Less than 10
employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

 

United States

0.59%

1.01%

0.96%

0.86%

1.00%

0.80%

0.71%

0.74%

New England:

Massachusetts

2.63%

4.15%

7.15%

7.15%

3.71%

7.76%

3.11%

4.72%

New Hampshire

2.61%

3.24%

9.54%

4.94%

2.79%

5.54%

3.20%

2.72%

Connecticut

2.12%

3.81%

3.51%

3.04%

7.44%

4.31%

2.11%

4.22%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.70%

3.22%

3.94%

3.78%

3.97%

3.42%

2.24%

2.17%

New Jersey

3.39%

3.91%

10.38%

4.30%

0.40%

7.16%

3.60%

5.53%

Pennsylvania

2.36%

3.54%

7.42%

3.90%

4.69%

4.04%

2.41%

3.12%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.41%

4.06%

3.86%

4.08%

2.94%

5.34%

2.63%

3.92%

Indiana

2.14%

5.39%

3.04%

3.85%

5.53%

3.47%

4.48%

2.69%

Illinois

2.59%

4.73%

5.40%

4.42%

4.93%

7.29%

3.11%

4.62%

Michigan

4.12%

5.99%

5.54%

3.32%

5.54%

7.75%

4.26%

5.08%

Wisconsin

2.04%

2.71%

3.05%

3.55%

3.09%

4.40%

2.56%

2.40%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.41%

6.04%

3.80%

7.66%

2.59%

7.28%

3.02%

3.79%

Iowa

2.68%

3.75%

5.68%

5.86%

2.71%

8.49%

2.99%

3.51%

Missouri

3.26%

7.46%

3.89%

3.28%

5.42%

5.36%

4.95%

2.81%

Nebraska

4.12%

6.16%

6.49%

10.53%

5.15%

4.19%

5.88%

2.41%

Kansas

3.49%

6.49%

5.59%

3.24%

6.61%

7.33%

5.03%

3.99%

North Dakota

4.07%

9.96%

*

11.24%

4.16%

7.77%

8.72%

7.27%

6.59%

South Dakota

3.43%

7.79%

6.01%

2.83%

5.76%

6.90%

5.24%

2.47%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.81%

4.13%

6.02%

6.39%

7.08%

5.31%

2.72%

5.01%

Virginia

2.12%

6.85%

4.51%

3.55%

3.47%

5.72%

4.23%

2.75%

West Virginia

4.17%

5.52%

8.86%

3.14%

6.29%

9.38%

4.32%

6.89%

North Carolina

2.08%

5.74%

5.11%

2.62%

3.94%

3.84%

3.69%

2.65%

South Carolina

3.77%

5.87%

4.54%

4.28%

11.01%

7.95%

4.18%

6.88%

Georgia

3.62%

6.33%

10.32%

5.65%

8.26%

2.08%

5.94%

3.33%

Florida

2.36%

4.36%

5.20%

2.45%

6.31%

5.02%

2.39%

3.30%

East South Central:

Kentucky

3.74%

4.77%

8.23%

3.60%

3.91%

3.23%

5.68%

2.19%

Tennessee

2.38%

7.66%

4.65%

4.55%

1.16%

5.68%

2.05%

3.44%

Alabama

3.21%

4.95%

6.35%

6.07%

1.81%

8.02%

3.19%

5.59%

Mississippi

4.24%

7.90%

10.08%

9.35%

6.40%

8.68%

4.99%

5.75%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.56%

3.25%

4.09%

3.41%

3.11%

3.17%

1.30%

2.42%

Louisiana

2.77%

5.22%

13.25%

8.32%

4.10%

5.23%

4.87%

3.39%

Oklahoma

3.21%

5.05%

11.71%

3.15%

1.76%

6.23%

4.15%

3.14%

Texas

2.53%

3.75%

5.41%

3.65%

2.01%

3.30%

3.22%

2.21%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.03%

6.75%

4.77%

4.76%

6.17%

6.98%

4.44%

3.85%

New Mexico

2.55%

6.71%

3.83%

4.69%

3.20%

8.27%

2.85%

3.90%

Arizona

4.15%

5.75%

6.03%

6.52%

3.91%

4.17%

4.66%

3.12%

Utah

3.33%

7.01%

1.45%

3.26%

6.42%

6.06%

5.01%

3.81%

Pacific:

Washington

3.99%

7.62%

6.37%

4.12%

9.55%

7.15%

4.87%

3.77%

Oregon

3.06%

5.09%

3.65%

6.97%

5.42%

6.69%

3.51%

4.29%

California

1.49%

1.84%

3.19%

3.09%

2.57%

4.06%

1.24%

2.26%

States not shown separately

2.09%

4.13%

3.35%

2.13%

2.75%

2.86%

3.23%

1.54%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.