United States

80.6%

82.7%

78.3%

77.2%

79.3%

81.9%

78.9%

81.0%

New England:

Connecticut

80.7%

77.0%

84.4%

76.2%

82.7%

81.2%

75.6%

82.0%

Maine

76.7%

78.7%

76.4%

71.2%

78.3%

77.6%

76.3%

76.9%

Massachusetts

80.3%

81.2%

67.3%

66.9%

85.6%

83.5%

72.8%

82.1%

New Hampshire

76.4%

74.0%

65.1%

77.8%

77.6%

77.8%

71.1%

78.1%

Rhode Island

81.4%

82.2%

71.2%

77.4%

82.5%

84.5%

76.8%

83.1%

Vermont

77.3%

67.3%

68.1%

74.3%

81.7%

82.4%

67.3%

82.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

81.7%

81.8%

82.0%

70.5%

73.0%

87.0%

79.9%

82.2%

New York

79.0%

81.3%

76.0%

77.5%

74.8%

81.9%

78.0%

79.4%

Pennsylvania

84.3%

84.1%

85.4%

76.7%

83.4%

86.6%

83.1%

84.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

82.4%

88.0%

84.7%

80.8%

77.1%

84.1%

82.9%

82.3%

Indiana

80.5%

79.8%

87.4%

77.2%

68.5%

84.2%

81.2%

80.4%

Michigan

83.3%

89.1%

77.2%

70.7%

83.6%

85.6%

80.5%

84.2%

Ohio

79.0%

82.2%

77.2%

74.2%

76.6%

81.6%

76.7%

79.5%

Wisconsin

76.9%

75.3%

76.2%

71.1%

72.4%

80.5%

74.6%

77.4%

West North Central:

Iowa

78.6%

78.6%

70.1%

75.8%

74.6%

82.1%

73.9%

79.8%

Kansas

79.0%

84.9%

86.8%

86.3%

70.8%

78.1%

84.6%

77.5%

Minnesota

79.3%

83.1%

76.4%

76.2%

73.3%

83.1%

76.5%

79.9%

Missouri

80.4%

84.8%

84.5%

83.5%

80.1%

78.8%

83.0%

79.8%

Nebraska

76.7%

77.8%

73.3%

71.3%

79.8%

76.8%

71.4%

77.7%

North Dakota

78.7%

78.5%

78.7%

79.3%

69.1%

83.4%

80.7%

78.0%

South Dakota

75.9%

83.7%

78.1%

74.4%

80.0%

73.0%

78.6%

75.0%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

81.4%

82.2%

66.3%

75.0%

83.9%

84.1%

78.3%

82.1%

District of Columbia

84.3%

89.2%

91.0%

85.2%

85.0%

82.6%

88.6%

83.4%

Florida

78.4%

79.6%

75.6%

77.1%

81.1%

78.2%

74.1%

79.4%

Georgia

79.4%

88.4%

72.1%

84.1%

80.5%

78.2%

79.7%

79.4%

Maryland

76.0%

78.8%

70.6%

72.3%

72.0%

79.2%

75.5%

76.1%

North Carolina

78.9%

86.6%

80.4%

75.8%

80.4%

78.3%

81.2%

78.3%

South Carolina

77.7%

81.4%

69.7%

78.7%

76.8%

78.5%

75.5%

78.2%

Virginia

76.8%

82.9%

78.7%

73.2%

78.9%

76.0%

78.3%

76.5%

West Virginia

80.1%

87.4%

77.2%

69.9%

87.1%

79.0%

80.3%

80.0%

East South Central:

Alabama

76.8%

75.1%

59.3%

71.2%

76.6%

80.4%

70.2%

78.5%

Kentucky

79.6%

81.9%

83.3%

81.2%

78.1%

79.0%

81.6%

79.2%

Mississippi

77.0%

79.1%

83.6%

71.9%

70.5%

79.9%

79.3%

76.6%

Tennessee

80.0%

82.7%

82.5%

70.1%

81.2%

80.7%

73.1%

81.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.2%

85.5%

75.2%

79.8%

84.6%

83.8%

80.6%

83.6%

Louisiana

80.4%

70.8%

68.1%

71.8%

82.5%

86.2%

70.3%

83.3%

Oklahoma

82.9%

81.1%

75.8%

81.6%

84.6%

83.7%

79.4%

83.7%

Texas

81.5%

81.9%

80.6%

79.7%

75.5%

83.5%

81.6%

81.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

79.1%

81.4%

79.8%

81.4%

81.0%

77.1%

80.5%

78.9%

Colorado

81.0%

85.6%

72.6%

80.3%

85.3%

79.4%

79.6%

81.3%

Idaho

81.9%

87.7%

84.0%

73.9%

92.6%

79.7%

80.8%

82.1%

Montana

78.2%

87.4%

82.2%

65.3%

82.6%

77.6%

76.4%

79.1%

Nevada

84.5%

89.4%

77.8%

88.9%

77.4%

86.5%

82.3%

84.9%

New Mexico

73.0%

74.9%

67.8%

65.7%

67.0%

77.7%

69.0%

74.0%

Utah

76.9%

83.6%

82.2%

71.3%

70.1%

79.4%

79.2%

76.5%

Wyoming

81.7%

81.8%

74.9%

79.6%

80.4%

85.7%

79.5%

82.9%

Pacific:

Alaska

84.7%

86.5%

77.5%

83.9%

85.7%

85.8%

83.4%

85.1%

California

83.8%

83.4%

79.8%

83.5%

84.9%

84.0%

81.9%

84.3%

Hawaii

85.0%

88.2%

93.3%

89.5%

85.8%

80.1%

89.8%

83.1%

Oregon

84.8%

85.5%

79.0%

89.1%

82.0%

86.1%

86.5%

84.3%

Washington

81.4%

85.0%

88.2%

68.9%

83.7%

83.5%

76.3%

82.9%

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

0.29%

0.75%

0.64%

0.54%

1.11%

0.47%

0.64%

0.41%

New England:

Connecticut

1.92%

4.99%

3.31%

4.67%

1.20%

2.31%

3.32%

1.98%

Maine

2.45%

2.90%

2.92%

2.91%

4.44%

4.19%

1.52%

3.40%

Massachusetts

0.80%

2.32%

5.68%

4.00%

2.86%

1.77%

1.76%

0.88%

New Hampshire

2.16%

3.48%

4.09%

5.19%

4.44%

3.90%

2.29%

3.31%

Rhode Island

1.11%

1.96%

4.77%

4.91%

1.68%

3.03%

1.92%

1.95%

Vermont

1.25%

2.90%

4.20%

3.81%

2.12%

2.36%

2.04%

1.48%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.19%

2.94%

4.98%

4.71%

5.45%

1.73%

1.85%

1.72%

New York

1.97%

3.69%

2.31%

3.10%

6.85%

2.12%

2.57%

2.80%

Pennsylvania

1.35%

2.27%

3.67%

4.70%

2.57%

1.33%

1.43%

1.71%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.69%

2.89%

2.84%

5.02%

4.48%

1.96%

2.03%

2.02%

Indiana

0.79%

4.74%

9.41%

3.45%

3.90%

1.38%

1.30%

1.04%

Michigan

1.70%

4.36%

5.53%

4.30%

2.25%

1.55%

4.02%

1.12%

Ohio

2.36%

2.52%

3.71%

3.23%

3.93%

2.06%

3.55%

2.40%

Wisconsin

1.74%

3.77%

4.04%

3.27%

4.00%

1.85%

3.09%

1.90%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.25%

2.74%

5.61%

4.10%

2.77%

3.66%

2.92%

2.38%

Kansas

2.08%

2.09%

1.98%

2.04%

4.72%

2.91%

1.44%

2.71%

Minnesota

2.24%

3.69%

3.10%

5.10%

5.26%

2.22%

3.20%

2.37%

Missouri

1.31%

3.50%

4.28%

4.20%

4.65%

2.45%

2.62%

1.31%

Nebraska

2.56%

3.90%

5.09%

8.87%

3.48%

4.08%

2.56%

3.07%

North Dakota

2.92%

4.03%

4.68%

3.90%

6.33%

3.40%

3.57%

3.59%

South Dakota

3.82%

4.71%

4.04%

11.64%

2.62%

7.90%

3.40%

5.09%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.05%

3.34%

8.27%

4.54%

4.89%

3.27%

2.02%

2.39%

District of Columbia

1.69%

1.47%

4.81%

2.15%

2.10%

2.67%

1.91%

2.02%

Florida

0.76%

2.78%

3.51%

3.44%

3.80%

1.78%

2.73%

0.77%

Georgia

2.00%

2.45%

9.63%

4.81%

3.74%

2.47%

3.88%

2.10%

Maryland

2.32%

2.76%

10.22%

8.55%

5.88%

3.58%

1.97%

3.19%

North Carolina

3.24%

2.83%

4.91%

5.12%

4.03%

4.97%

3.13%

3.76%

South Carolina

3.33%

4.57%

6.22%

4.39%

9.15%

3.27%

2.29%

3.72%

Virginia

2.66%

3.30%

4.66%

4.10%

5.10%

3.47%

0.95%

3.22%

West Virginia

1.56%

2.56%

7.90%

6.30%

2.81%

3.72%

2.53%

1.83%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.13%

3.49%

6.56%

4.48%

4.33%

2.67%

1.94%

2.62%

Kentucky

1.77%

1.66%

2.57%

3.79%

4.56%

3.22%

2.39%

1.96%

Mississippi

1.10%

3.54%

10.23%

5.79%

5.58%

1.58%

2.08%

1.29%

Tennessee

2.56%

3.46%

4.72%

4.34%

2.53%

4.04%

3.32%

3.10%

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.97%

3.21%

10.37%

8.62%

3.09%

1.49%

2.97%

1.15%

Louisiana

1.84%

5.76%

10.46%

6.25%

3.99%

2.85%

4.39%

1.96%

Oklahoma

1.85%

3.34%

3.27%

9.83%

3.30%

2.58%

1.79%

2.02%

Texas

0.92%

3.29%

3.97%

3.95%

3.71%

1.66%

1.93%

0.94%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.26%

6.42%

10.18%

4.00%

6.87%

3.61%

2.59%

2.53%

Colorado

2.14%

2.44%

5.87%

3.36%

5.53%

4.05%

3.19%

2.23%

Idaho

1.68%

2.50%

9.67%

7.54%

2.39%

3.65%

2.78%

1.74%

Montana

1.99%

3.00%

2.96%

6.25%

5.82%

11.98%

2.18%

2.94%

Nevada

1.51%

2.65%

9.94%

2.59%

2.98%

2.89%

2.97%

1.77%

New Mexico

2.41%

1.68%

7.11%

6.39%

7.18%

2.44%

3.05%

2.92%

Utah

2.75%

3.28%

3.17%

5.88%

3.60%

3.50%

3.40%

2.99%

Wyoming

3.55%

1.84%

3.86%

5.93%

4.15%

5.67%

3.66%

4.41%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.79%

4.45%

5.86%

3.25%

3.37%

1.85%

2.52%

1.84%

California

0.83%

1.81%

2.60%

1.61%

1.74%

1.40%

1.09%

1.16%

Hawaii

1.70%

1.84%

3.13%

2.79%

2.77%

3.62%

1.65%

2.25%

Oregon

1.25%

2.02%

5.08%

4.30%

2.34%

2.03%

2.30%

1.75%

Washington

2.61%

2.60%

3.34%

6.60%

5.66%

2.94%

3.92%

2.40%

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.