Table II.A.2.f(2001) 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, 2001 (42 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

73.3%

55.3%

79.8%

86.4%

91.0%

84.0%

64.5%

86.4%

 
New England:

Maine

74.7%

53.4%

91.1%

96.4%

97.2%

89.8%

64.8%

93.5%

Rhode Island

67.8%

47.4%

67.5%

86.6%

85.5%

96.6%

56.4%

92.3%

Vermont

62.6%

42.5%

67.5%

83.2%

86.2%

81.8%

53.2%

84.3%

Massachusetts

65.6%

51.6%

61.5%

79.5%

70.6%

91.2%

56.2%

83.7%

Connecticut

72.6%

53.2%

84.6%

85.2%

91.9%

86.4%

65.7%

87.7%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

61.2%

43.0%

78.0%

72.0%

92.4%

78.7%

52.1%

83.3%

New Jersey

67.9%

54.6%

80.6%

82.2%

96.6%

67.5%

62.8%

78.1%

Pennsylvania

69.5%

48.1%

66.0%

87.1%

92.1%

89.4%

56.3%

90.9%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

74.3%

59.6%

74.5%

85.1%

86.2%

85.2%

66.2%

86.0%

Indiana

75.4%

56.0%

88.1%

83.3%

98.0%

78.3%

66.9%

86.9%

Illinois

74.2%

60.6%

90.2%

83.0%

79.1%

80.2%

69.8%

81.0%

Michigan

76.4%

64.3%

74.8%

93.1%

95.7%

84.6%

70.1%

88.8%

Wisconsin

75.9%

53.7%

79.2%

89.5%

96.5%

93.6%

65.2%

94.3%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

69.7%

51.1%

71.5%

86.8%

85.3%

87.4%

59.1%

87.6%

Iowa

69.6%

50.4%

80.8%

81.5%

83.5%

82.1%

60.6%

81.5%

Missouri

74.5%

54.9%

88.6%

75.3%

97.3%

82.5%

65.4%

84.4%

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

69.7%

47.7%

74.7%

89.2%

89.3%

88.2%

57.5%

89.3%

Maryland

74.7%

54.7%

80.7%

85.8%

87.4%

85.6%

65.3%

86.5%

District of Columbia

64.6%

39.9%

70.4%

71.6%

84.4%

87.4%

50.7%

84.2%

Virginia

74.0%

57.0%

73.0%

84.8%

84.8%

85.7%

65.1%

85.0%

North Carolina

75.9%

47.2%

80.0%

95.1%

95.2%

85.9%

63.8%

89.2%

South Carolina

76.0%

57.8%

86.7%

94.1%

93.6%

75.4%

68.9%

82.6%

Georgia

77.0%

57.8%

86.1%

89.9%

96.4%

81.8%

67.3%

85.8%

Florida

73.8%

56.9%

89.9%

84.0%

94.0%

84.9%

65.5%

86.6%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

76.5%

69.8%

79.9%

82.9%

88.4%

71.3%

74.4%

79.0%

Tennessee

80.6%

60.2%

77.8%

92.2%

97.1%

87.9%

69.8%

89.9%

Alabama

73.7%

55.2%

74.6%

77.5%

85.3%

86.5%

64.5%

85.2%

Mississippi

76.3%

49.3%

78.0%

96.7%

91.5%

83.3%

64.4%

87.8%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

76.3%

60.1%

79.1%

79.8%

90.8%

84.3%

68.4%

84.5%

Louisiana

73.5%

56.5%

71.9%

83.8%

91.3%

80.4%

64.5%

83.0%

Oklahoma

73.8%

57.7%

79.4%

85.5%

84.1%

83.8%

66.4%

83.6%

Texas

84.0%

69.1%

78.9%

91.4%

95.2%

92.2%

74.2%

93.1%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

81.1%

66.3%

80.4%

98.1%

91.8%

89.0%

74.2%

91.1%

Colorado

72.9%

63.7%

74.0%

87.7%

88.0%

76.0%

68.9%

79.2%

Arizona

77.1%

59.9%

78.0%

97.5%

98.6%

80.3%

69.3%

86.6%

Utah

75.9%

63.7%

81.7%

95.7%

99.8%

67.5%

72.1%

80.1%

Nevada

85.0%

66.7%

93.5%

96.4%

97.1%

94.3%

76.8%

95.8%

 
Pacific:

Washington

73.5%

56.0%

84.0%

94.5%

94.1%

79.3%

66.0%

85.8%

Oregon

79.6%

63.9%

96.3%

89.2%

97.5%

88.5%

73.7%

90.9%

California

75.3%

57.4%

88.2%

88.3%

91.0%

84.7%

68.1%

86.4%

Alaska

80.9%

62.9%

85.7%

93.1%

97.9%

85.1%

74.2%

89.1%

Hawaii

69.4%

51.3%

71.1%

87.2%

95.0%

93.8%

59.4%

91.2%

 

States not shown separately

69.0%

46.0%

79.0%

89.1%

89.5%

83.0%

59.0%

86.4%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component

 

Table II.A.2.f(2001) 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, 2001:(42 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

0.40%

0.58%

0.88%

0.47%

0.37%

0.74%

0.44%

0.45%

 
New England:

Maine

4.30%

6.57%

10.77%

3.50%

2.08%

3.83%

5.53%

2.33%

Rhode Island

2.84%

6.45%

6.34%

4.91%

10.72%

1.85%

4.29%

3.32%

Vermont

3.50%

6.02%

10.00%

5.70%

9.94%

6.57%

4.80%

5.65%

Massachusetts

2.36%

4.69%

6.40%

5.83%

5.19%

2.59%

2.71%

2.16%

Connecticut

2.08%

5.70%

5.12%

4.52%

5.08%

2.92%

3.43%

3.10%

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

2.59%

4.69%

4.88%

5.75%

2.32%

4.55%

3.14%

2.77%

New Jersey

2.79%

6.38%

3.65%

5.94%

2.15%

7.61%

3.92%

4.60%

Pennsylvania

3.10%

4.64%

6.20%

3.52%

3.45%

3.30%

3.06%

2.38%

 
East North Central:

Ohio

2.36%

4.86%

5.99%

6.50%

5.25%

2.96%

3.63%

2.75%

Indiana

3.13%

5.52%

4.20%

4.73%

1.65%

5.85%

4.59%

3.45%

Illinois

2.76%

5.40%

4.01%

4.26%

5.85%

4.97%

3.78%

3.14%

Michigan

2.34%

5.29%

7.06%

2.32%

1.54%

6.79%

3.21%

2.57%

Wisconsin

2.47%

5.18%

4.43%

4.75%

1.80%

5.53%

3.56%

2.86%

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

1.01%

5.84%

6.66%

3.44%

6.69%

5.68%

2.99%

3.25%

Iowa

2.15%

5.52%

6.24%

7.46%

4.88%

4.96%

3.98%

3.45%

Missouri

3.66%

6.71%

4.83%

7.84%

1.72%

5.30%

4.99%

3.31%

                               
South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.13%

4.96%

6.41%

6.09%

4.56%

5.92%

3.77%

2.96%

Maryland

1.98%

4.19%

5.34%

3.61%

5.83%

5.84%

2.74%

4.26%

District of Columbia

2.43%

5.94%

8.06%

6.57%

3.87%

4.38%

4.30%

3.24%

Virginia

2.78%

5.26%

5.64%

5.52%

3.69%

4.54%

4.51%

2.93%

North Carolina

3.77%

5.30%

8.49%

3.13%

5.05%

6.13%

4.48%

3.08%

South Carolina

2.10%

5.37%

6.30%

2.35%

4.85%

5.82%

3.63%

4.49%

Georgia

3.68%

4.55%

12.23%

6.14%

2.13%

7.03%

3.63%

5.12%

Florida

1.82%

3.34%

9.92%

5.79%

2.56%

6.09%

2.50%

4.02%

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

1.86%

5.57%

7.07%

8.80%

5.37%

8.07%

3.33%

4.38%

Tennessee

2.69%

5.23%

10.29%

2.64%

1.20%

4.69%

4.33%

2.20%

Alabama

3.08%

8.10%

5.72%

7.75%

7.12%

6.13%

3.82%

5.05%

Mississippi

3.56%

8.74%

6.01%

3.85%

4.10%

5.56%

5.36%

2.78%

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

2.38%

8.88%

7.84%

5.78%

3.40%

4.08%

4.96%

3.35%

Louisiana

3.14%

5.78%

10.49%

5.72%

6.63%

4.04%

3.74%

3.10%

Oklahoma

2.25%

3.66%

7.98%

4.25%

7.27%

6.14%

2.88%

4.79%

Texas

1.67%

4.51%

5.24%

2.60%

2.23%

2.19%

3.50%

1.14%

 
Mountain:

Idaho

3.42%

9.45%

4.91%

1.36%

4.13%

6.59%

5.36%

4.06%

Colorado

4.25%

5.63%

5.85%

3.80%

4.76%

9.39%

3.09%

7.85%

Arizona

2.85%

6.52%

5.29%

4.79%

5.30%

6.21%

4.95%

4.31%

Utah

3.23%

5.97%

3.74%

2.60%

0.62%

8.97%

3.26%

6.03%

Nevada

0.82%

3.55%

2.59%

4.56%

3.83%

2.57%

2.30%

1.87%

 
Pacific:

Washington

3.39%

2.99%

4.69%

2.58%

2.53%

6.43%

3.37%

4.42%

Oregon

2.76%

4.18%

2.10%

4.12%

1.18%

7.08%

4.04%

4.42%

California

1.47%

4.46%

2.85%

2.01%

2.61%

2.93%

2.80%

1.79%

Alaska

3.44%

7.32%

6.65%

8.75%

1.25%

7.67%

5.69%

4.22%

Hawaii

2.23%

2.57%

3.86%

5.01%

3.66%

2.22%

2.56%

2.84%

 

States not shown separately

2.89%

3.51%

3.71%

3.52%

4.55%

6.19%

2.90%

4.18%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component