United States

77.5%

81.9%

76.3%

73.8%

77.2%

78.2%

77.7%

77.5%

New England:

Connecticut

79.7%

73.9%

72.1%

79.9%

83.9%

80.1%

75.5%

80.9%

Maine

84.3%

78.5%

72.3%

79.3%

84.7%

89.9%

73.2%

88.2%

Massachusetts

75.7%

78.6%

66.2%

82.2%

78.0%

74.1%

75.9%

75.7%

New Hampshire

73.1%

82.3%

55.0%

72.2%

72.8%

77.3%

68.6%

74.7%

Rhode Island

74.5%

74.7%

71.4%

72.6%

69.1%

78.6%

72.4%

75.4%

Vermont

70.8%

77.4%

79.8%

74.0%

73.3%

62.8%

75.2%

68.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.4%

83.7%

67.7%

66.1%

90.2%

80.1%

72.5%

81.5%

New York

78.9%

81.7%

74.3%

81.9%

78.6%

78.8%

79.9%

78.6%

Pennsylvania

81.8%

79.1%

73.2%

72.4%

84.3%

85.0%

74.7%

83.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

79.4%

79.0%

84.4%

77.0%

80.4%

79.1%

77.5%

79.8%

Indiana

78.2%

85.0%

69.4%

69.4%

70.5%

82.9%

75.0%

78.7%

Michigan

75.3%

82.6%

73.2%

60.5%

78.7%

76.8%

75.8%

75.1%

Ohio

80.3%

79.4%

78.3%

79.0%

80.6%

80.9%

76.9%

81.1%

Wisconsin

76.3%

77.5%

71.3%

65.2%

84.4%

78.7%

73.2%

77.0%

West North Central:

Iowa

77.8%

84.2%

85.7%

70.2%

77.0%

78.2%

81.9%

76.7%

Kansas

71.3%

83.0%

68.4%

63.2%

72.8%

72.4%

70.3%

71.6%

Minnesota

77.6%

81.1%

67.5%

64.7%

79.6%

81.6%

75.2%

78.2%

Missouri

78.0%

80.6%

72.1%

78.3%

82.6%

76.7%

77.7%

78.1%

Nebraska

79.2%

76.6%

75.6%

73.3%

76.8%

82.2%

73.1%

80.4%

North Dakota

78.6%

83.2%

79.7%

62.1%

79.5%

83.4%

74.0%

80.1%

South Dakota

72.6%

77.9%

76.5%

74.7%

67.2%

73.3%

77.2%

71.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

77.8%

73.7%

67.7%

82.5%

76.7%

78.5%

72.3%

79.1%

District of Columbia

82.8%

81.5%

91.0%

82.9%

77.7%

84.5%

88.0%

81.8%

Florida

74.8%

89.2%

85.0%

78.6%

75.8%

71.6%

82.9%

73.1%

Georgia

77.7%

90.7%

76.6%

73.4%

76.6%

78.1%

78.8%

77.5%

Maryland

75.3%

78.7%

82.8%

76.9%

71.8%

74.7%

80.7%

73.5%

North Carolina

79.0%

83.6%

77.5%

84.4%

71.9%

79.3%

81.5%

78.4%

South Carolina

80.8%

80.8%

78.2%

67.5%

79.1%

84.8%

77.0%

81.6%

Virginia

74.5%

83.1%

78.1%

69.0%

79.2%

73.1%

78.2%

73.7%

West Virginia

78.8%

81.4%

74.8%

74.8%

83.4%

78.3%

77.9%

79.0%

East South Central:

Alabama

79.8%

87.2%

90.3%

72.1%

69.7%

82.7%

80.7%

79.6%

Kentucky

77.4%

84.0%

75.4%

64.8%

69.3%

82.6%

75.1%

77.9%

Mississippi

79.1%

83.6%

84.4%

82.0%

78.5%

78.0%

81.4%

78.8%

Tennessee

79.5%

77.6%

80.6%

75.4%

83.9%

78.7%

75.1%

80.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

77.1%

76.5%

80.2%

80.1%

78.6%

75.9%

76.0%

77.3%

Louisiana

75.1%

85.7%

82.1%

71.8%

79.1%

73.1%

82.7%

73.2%

Oklahoma

79.9%

80.2%

90.0%

72.5%

77.9%

82.2%

78.9%

80.1%

Texas

79.9%

85.5%

85.3%

73.1%

75.0%

81.8%

83.0%

79.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

75.3%

81.7%

80.7%

63.5%

81.2%

73.5%

75.1%

75.3%

Colorado

72.1%

77.5%

72.4%

68.3%

85.4%

67.7%

73.6%

71.7%

Idaho

76.6%

84.3%

70.4%

73.8%

73.6%

77.9%

75.2%

76.9%

Montana

69.2%

81.8%

74.8%

56.9%

69.9%

72.2%

74.4%

67.1%

Nevada

75.6%

75.9%

91.1%

80.8%

75.4%

73.3%

84.7%

74.1%

New Mexico

73.3%

82.1%

75.9%

70.7%

70.1%

74.2%

71.8%

73.7%

Utah

73.9%

82.5%

58.9%

77.7%

73.5%

74.0%

72.3%

74.2%

Wyoming

75.5%

77.5%

72.6%

66.6%

77.8%

79.2%

76.6%

75.0%

Pacific:

Alaska

71.9%

78.7%

78.7%

82.2%

59.7%

72.6%

77.5%

70.4%

California

76.2%

82.7%

77.0%

73.0%

72.8%

77.8%

78.7%

75.6%

Hawaii

76.6%

77.2%

66.8%

70.3%

76.7%

81.3%

71.7%

78.7%

Oregon

76.2%

77.8%

80.7%

69.7%

71.7%

80.2%

74.1%

76.9%

Washington

74.9%

83.7%

66.8%

84.3%

59.2%

78.3%

79.2%

73.7%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

United States

0.45%

0.53%

1.20%

0.90%

1.05%

0.74%

0.60%

0.54%

New England:

Connecticut

2.27%

6.09%

6.81%

4.02%

2.67%

2.93%

4.21%

2.28%

Maine

1.72%

3.76%

5.72%

4.66%

2.96%

3.35%

2.92%

2.49%

Massachusetts

2.82%

2.34%

3.53%

4.71%

4.08%

4.33%

1.72%

3.65%

New Hampshire

2.31%

2.81%

6.71%

6.48%

3.70%

2.85%

4.84%

2.17%

Rhode Island

3.19%

5.73%

4.76%

8.82%

6.27%

5.14%

4.19%

3.82%

Vermont

3.06%

3.05%

4.93%

7.72%

3.77%

5.23%

2.74%

3.71%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.08%

2.02%

8.68%

6.64%

3.11%

3.28%

2.65%

2.62%

New York

1.66%

2.63%

4.01%

3.99%

3.57%

2.44%

2.13%

1.99%

Pennsylvania

1.81%

2.94%

3.95%

3.38%

2.11%

2.67%

1.58%

2.11%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.23%

3.82%

3.68%

5.34%

3.58%

3.15%

2.77%

2.31%

Indiana

1.56%

4.38%

10.03%

7.36%

6.28%

2.74%

5.13%

1.82%

Michigan

1.93%

4.12%

7.06%

8.18%

5.58%

1.81%

6.25%

2.04%

Ohio

2.17%

3.73%

3.20%

3.28%

3.54%

3.05%

2.74%

2.59%

Wisconsin

3.16%

4.88%

10.42%

7.47%

4.50%

3.43%

4.01%

3.68%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.34%

1.93%

7.99%

5.05%

5.02%

3.61%

3.43%

2.58%

Kansas

2.58%

2.86%

7.14%

5.60%

3.77%

4.31%

3.88%

2.92%

Minnesota

1.26%

2.66%

6.15%

8.04%

3.49%

2.75%

3.02%

1.40%

Missouri

1.54%

3.01%

7.29%

5.03%

1.75%

2.30%

3.84%

1.78%

Nebraska

2.15%

3.09%

8.12%

9.23%

2.90%

3.81%

3.11%

2.25%

North Dakota

2.30%

3.16%

5.46%

6.97%

5.58%

2.57%

2.85%

2.81%

South Dakota

4.05%

4.56%

4.36%

12.82%

6.22%

5.75%

3.37%

4.47%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.30%

5.17%

9.02%

4.31%

8.76%

3.10%

3.55%

1.50%

District of Columbia

1.97%

3.84%

3.57%

6.04%

4.89%

2.98%

2.00%

2.46%

Florida

2.49%

2.54%

3.57%

3.78%

5.20%

3.65%

2.29%

2.98%

Georgia

3.33%

2.54%

10.45%

6.59%

6.43%

4.28%

3.21%

3.82%

Maryland

3.66%

4.46%

9.96%

9.17%

6.65%

3.54%

2.16%

4.46%

North Carolina

2.23%

2.94%

5.15%

4.75%

7.34%

3.03%

3.36%

3.02%

South Carolina

2.14%

3.71%

5.26%

5.92%

9.62%

1.31%

2.78%

2.61%

Virginia

2.37%

3.16%

5.22%

4.15%

5.79%

3.97%

3.16%

3.06%

West Virginia

1.81%

4.42%

6.43%

6.84%

3.64%

3.01%

4.23%

2.46%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.96%

2.90%

2.78%

4.28%

6.01%

2.01%

3.70%

1.74%

Kentucky

2.41%

2.82%

3.61%

7.58%

6.76%

3.07%

3.50%

2.85%

Mississippi

1.72%

3.29%

11.59%

4.41%

4.03%

2.57%

3.50%

2.06%

Tennessee

1.37%

6.08%

3.27%

5.80%

4.34%

2.34%

3.65%

1.85%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.32%

5.25%

9.81%

5.23%

5.13%

4.78%

2.52%

2.85%

Louisiana

3.61%

2.99%

9.75%

7.61%

4.89%

4.86%

3.09%

4.00%

Oklahoma

2.08%

4.72%

3.17%

8.89%

4.54%

2.79%

4.22%

2.72%

Texas

1.59%

2.88%

3.79%

3.53%

4.71%

1.69%

1.60%

1.65%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.92%

3.90%

10.03%

7.82%

4.92%

5.25%

3.59%

2.30%

Colorado

1.95%

4.46%

6.31%

8.58%

3.28%

3.43%

4.51%

2.65%

Idaho

2.12%

3.41%

9.21%

4.97%

5.95%

5.42%

2.69%

3.07%

Montana

3.20%

3.03%

4.38%

7.81%

7.78%

11.93%

2.83%

4.89%

Nevada

1.99%

3.43%

10.15%

4.78%

3.92%

2.86%

2.33%

2.18%

New Mexico

2.63%

2.08%

5.72%

5.93%

7.44%

2.89%

3.09%

3.31%

Utah

2.61%

4.25%

7.96%

5.14%

3.25%

4.05%

3.45%

2.85%

Wyoming

2.82%

4.17%

4.33%

5.81%

6.68%

3.92%

2.88%

4.27%

Pacific:

Alaska

4.41%

4.01%

6.45%

4.31%

8.24%

6.62%

4.23%

5.58%

California

1.49%

1.39%

1.54%

3.17%

5.26%

1.55%

1.22%

1.94%

Hawaii

2.11%

4.33%

6.87%

6.51%

4.83%

2.22%

4.52%

1.94%

Oregon

2.14%

3.48%

4.08%

7.85%

4.03%

2.57%

2.14%

2.77%

Washington

3.43%

3.06%

5.23%

3.74%

9.23%

3.50%

2.85%

3.87%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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