United States

78.3%

81.3%

76.5%

75.8%

77.1%

79.3%

77.4%

78.6%

New England:

Connecticut

79.3%

76.6%

81.9%

75.1%

81.1%

79.9%

74.8%

80.5%

Maine

74.7%

77.0%

75.0%

66.9%

75.9%

76.4%

73.9%

75.0%

Massachusetts

75.8%

78.7%

65.9%

64.6%

82.5%

76.9%

70.6%

77.1%

New Hampshire

74.3%

71.6%

63.8%

77.8%

74.0%

75.6%

69.8%

75.7%

Rhode Island

80.1%

82.1%

71.1%

76.7%

81.2%

82.3%

76.8%

81.3%

Vermont

74.5%

64.5%

66.3%

73.8%

79.1%

77.1%

65.0%

79.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

79.8%

80.3%

81.1%

70.4%

71.0%

84.5%

78.9%

80.1%

New York

77.9%

80.7%

73.7%

77.4%

74.6%

80.1%

76.9%

78.2%

Pennsylvania

80.3%

82.5%

83.5%

69.5%

80.6%

82.2%

80.6%

80.2%

East North Central:

Illinois

79.7%

86.9%

83.6%

80.5%

73.7%

80.7%

82.0%

79.2%

Indiana

77.6%

78.4%

86.0%

76.0%

67.7%

80.0%

79.4%

77.3%

Michigan

81.1%

87.4%

74.5%

68.0%

79.1%

84.3%

77.7%

82.2%

Ohio

76.9%

79.7%

75.6%

73.4%

75.9%

78.3%

75.2%

77.3%

Wisconsin

74.1%

73.3%

70.0%

70.7%

67.3%

77.9%

72.1%

74.5%

West North Central:

Iowa

77.8%

79.0%

67.6%

74.3%

72.5%

82.0%

72.8%

79.0%

Kansas

77.8%

81.8%

85.8%

84.6%

69.7%

77.3%

83.2%

76.4%

Minnesota

77.2%

79.7%

76.0%

74.8%

72.1%

80.0%

75.2%

77.6%

Missouri

78.2%

83.6%

82.8%

81.8%

75.1%

77.6%

81.6%

77.5%

Nebraska

74.9%

74.9%

71.7%

70.7%

77.4%

75.0%

69.8%

75.8%

North Dakota

78.0%

77.4%

75.4%

78.4%

68.9%

83.0%

78.7%

77.9%

South Dakota

74.7%

83.1%

76.8%

72.5%

78.5%

72.1%

77.1%

73.9%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

80.1%

81.4%

65.5%

73.1%

81.1%

83.0%

77.1%

80.7%

District of Columbia

82.6%

87.9%

87.7%

82.4%

84.4%

80.9%

85.4%

82.0%

Florida

76.4%

77.7%

73.7%

75.4%

79.1%

76.1%

72.0%

77.4%

Georgia

76.0%

88.2%

68.4%

84.0%

80.1%

73.3%

77.8%

75.6%

Maryland

72.9%

76.1%

61.3%

69.1%

67.4%

77.6%

69.9%

73.9%

North Carolina

76.2%

85.2%

77.0%

75.7%

77.7%

74.9%

79.4%

75.4%

South Carolina

74.8%

80.7%

67.8%

77.6%

76.3%

74.2%

74.3%

75.0%

Virginia

74.0%

82.1%

76.4%

72.9%

78.6%

71.4%

77.2%

73.2%

West Virginia

75.7%

86.8%

77.4%

69.7%

86.0%

71.4%

80.2%

74.6%

East South Central:

Alabama

74.0%

73.4%

57.0%

66.4%

70.9%

78.6%

66.6%

75.9%

Kentucky

77.6%

80.6%

83.1%

80.8%

76.8%

76.4%

81.2%

76.9%

Mississippi

74.7%

76.4%

79.5%

66.8%

68.5%

78.3%

77.0%

74.3%

Tennessee

78.6%

81.0%

82.1%

69.5%

79.3%

79.3%

72.2%

79.7%

West South Central:

Arkansas

80.9%

84.4%

74.9%

78.1%

81.0%

81.6%

80.1%

81.0%

Louisiana

79.6%

70.0%

66.4%

70.9%

82.4%

85.3%

69.3%

82.6%

Oklahoma

78.5%

81.0%

75.6%

81.6%

81.8%

76.3%

79.3%

78.4%

Texas

79.1%

80.0%

80.6%

78.3%

72.5%

81.0%

80.4%

78.9%

Mountain:

Arizona

76.9%

81.3%

79.7%

80.7%

78.1%

74.9%

80.6%

76.4%

Colorado

79.7%

84.5%

71.8%

79.4%

84.3%

77.8%

78.8%

79.9%

Idaho

79.5%

84.1%

81.6%

71.9%

88.9%

77.7%

78.1%

79.9%

Montana

74.8%

84.4%

81.7%

71.2%

75.9%

71.3%

75.5%

74.6%

Nevada

82.7%

88.6%

75.7%

88.8%

75.3%

84.4%

81.2%

83.0%

New Mexico

68.2%

73.1%

66.8%

64.7%

56.7%

73.8%

68.1%

68.3%

Utah

75.1%

83.4%

81.6%

70.3%

68.3%

77.0%

78.1%

74.5%

Wyoming

80.2%

81.0%

73.0%

79.7%

80.1%

82.6%

78.5%

81.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

82.4%

87.1%

75.5%

81.3%

79.1%

84.9%

82.0%

82.5%

California

82.7%

82.7%

78.9%

83.2%

82.9%

82.9%

81.2%

83.0%

Hawaii

82.9%

88.2%

92.9%

88.8%

81.8%

78.0%

89.4%

80.3%

Oregon

82.8%

83.9%

78.5%

87.5%

78.9%

84.2%

84.9%

82.1%

Washington

79.8%

83.9%

88.2%

65.7%

82.6%

82.1%

73.5%

81.8%

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

0.27%

0.78%

0.71%

0.62%

1.08%

0.47%

0.69%

0.40%

New England:

Connecticut

1.74%

4.82%

2.75%

4.26%

1.33%

2.27%

3.22%

1.73%

Maine

2.23%

2.72%

3.50%

4.38%

4.33%

3.92%

2.38%

3.24%

Massachusetts

1.21%

2.98%

5.78%

4.03%

3.24%

2.38%

2.47%

1.26%

New Hampshire

2.43%

4.12%

3.95%

4.61%

5.73%

3.89%

2.29%

3.54%

Rhode Island

1.26%

1.89%

4.54%

5.12%

1.53%

3.16%

2.05%

1.98%

Vermont

1.38%

3.14%

4.35%

3.95%

2.52%

3.18%

1.48%

2.08%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.15%

2.77%

5.04%

4.77%

4.83%

1.91%

1.83%

1.54%

New York

1.84%

3.12%

2.61%

3.16%

6.64%

2.03%

2.56%

2.72%

Pennsylvania

1.74%

2.75%

3.61%

5.23%

3.23%

2.00%

1.67%

2.21%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.00%

2.76%

2.97%

4.97%

5.01%

2.23%

1.87%

2.36%

Indiana

1.50%

4.25%

2.65%

3.45%

3.78%

2.53%

1.45%

1.76%

Michigan

1.81%

4.85%

5.57%

4.41%

2.26%

1.44%

4.31%

1.29%

Ohio

1.92%

2.73%

3.53%

3.27%

3.41%

2.17%

3.37%

2.17%

Wisconsin

2.24%

3.23%

5.25%

3.32%

4.16%

2.31%

3.04%

2.49%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.18%

2.54%

5.70%

4.17%

3.17%

3.72%

2.73%

2.32%

Kansas

2.06%

3.29%

2.15%

2.71%

4.86%

2.86%

2.09%

2.66%

Minnesota

2.11%

4.19%

3.16%

5.07%

5.27%

2.67%

3.36%

2.10%

Missouri

1.52%

3.88%

4.67%

4.61%

4.40%

2.07%

2.84%

1.55%

Nebraska

2.64%

4.81%

4.58%

8.80%

3.02%

4.08%

2.37%

3.17%

North Dakota

2.59%

3.69%

5.22%

3.77%

5.99%

3.21%

3.73%

3.35%

South Dakota

3.68%

4.06%

4.09%

11.40%

2.96%

7.60%

3.18%

4.82%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.04%

3.30%

8.27%

4.54%

5.27%

3.29%

2.02%

2.45%

District of Columbia

1.53%

1.87%

4.94%

2.92%

1.96%

2.61%

2.20%

1.90%

Florida

1.23%

2.89%

4.09%

4.10%

3.92%

1.48%

3.42%

1.01%

Georgia

2.67%

2.44%

9.29%

4.79%

3.81%

3.22%

4.42%

2.95%

Maryland

2.18%

2.96%

10.15%

8.17%

6.67%

3.39%

2.89%

3.05%

North Carolina

3.01%

3.25%

5.64%

5.05%

5.17%

4.41%

2.80%

3.64%

South Carolina

3.23%

4.46%

6.69%

4.18%

8.99%

3.86%

2.37%

3.56%

Virginia

2.80%

2.86%

4.86%

3.82%

5.13%

3.77%

0.99%

3.41%

West Virginia

2.71%

2.50%

7.93%

6.26%

2.86%

4.90%

2.54%

3.10%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.73%

3.65%

6.42%

3.62%

6.33%

2.51%

2.52%

2.21%

Kentucky

1.75%

2.24%

3.02%

3.77%

4.46%

3.09%

2.58%

1.85%

Mississippi

1.58%

4.17%

10.15%

6.74%

5.87%

2.01%

2.45%

1.61%

Tennessee

2.61%

3.99%

4.62%

4.43%

2.52%

4.02%

3.28%

3.15%

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.99%

3.62%

10.34%

8.73%

2.94%

1.56%

3.11%

1.24%

Louisiana

1.89%

5.82%

10.76%

6.21%

3.95%

2.93%

4.58%

1.96%

Oklahoma

2.72%

3.32%

3.50%

9.79%

3.51%

4.12%

1.75%

3.05%

Texas

1.06%

3.02%

3.87%

4.30%

4.01%

1.82%

2.06%

1.13%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.26%

6.44%

10.52%

3.79%

6.86%

3.56%

2.84%

2.44%

Colorado

2.04%

3.17%

6.39%

3.28%

5.75%

3.96%

3.26%

2.15%

Idaho

1.63%

3.21%

9.60%

7.58%

2.67%

3.57%

2.72%

1.79%

Montana

2.60%

3.33%

2.77%

5.64%

6.05%

11.48%

2.08%

3.57%

Nevada

1.78%

2.81%

9.56%

2.53%

3.96%

2.69%

3.02%

1.96%

New Mexico

2.90%

2.12%

6.86%

6.34%

8.34%

2.70%

2.92%

3.39%

Utah

2.95%

3.29%

3.31%

5.57%

4.41%

4.34%

3.28%

3.48%

Wyoming

3.24%

2.08%

3.75%

5.92%

4.13%

5.41%

3.65%

4.10%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.64%

4.23%

6.19%

3.56%

5.76%

1.96%

2.97%

3.20%

California

0.81%

1.91%

2.53%

1.55%

1.69%

1.48%

1.14%

1.11%

Hawaii

1.78%

1.57%

2.57%

2.84%

2.88%

3.68%

1.50%

2.29%

Oregon

1.43%

2.37%

4.83%

4.20%

3.41%

1.87%

1.96%

1.79%

Washington

2.87%

2.13%

3.29%

7.44%

5.49%

3.35%

4.50%

2.79%

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.