United States

70.0%

75.6%

68.8%

66.7%

69.5%

70.6%

70.1%

70.0%

New England:

Connecticut

71.6%

73.6%

77.7%

67.6%

75.5%

70.4%

70.4%

71.9%

Maine

71.9%

70.1%

69.2%

64.2%

74.5%

74.1%

66.8%

73.5%

Massachusetts

69.8%

76.0%

59.1%

62.5%

77.5%

69.0%

66.5%

70.5%

New Hampshire

67.7%

68.5%

51.3%

71.2%

69.1%

68.9%

63.0%

69.1%

Rhode Island

71.6%

75.3%

63.0%

68.7%

69.9%

74.7%

68.9%

72.6%

Vermont

65.8%

62.0%

62.5%

68.2%

72.5%

61.7%

61.1%

68.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

72.4%

76.8%

66.6%

55.6%

70.6%

77.0%

68.0%

73.8%

New York

68.0%

73.3%

62.9%

70.2%

64.4%

69.3%

69.0%

67.6%

Pennsylvania

77.6%

76.5%

74.5%

70.0%

77.4%

80.3%

74.7%

78.4%

East North Central:

Illinois

72.1%

80.0%

78.0%

70.3%

69.0%

72.4%

72.7%

72.0%

Indiana

72.3%

77.4%

73.6%

63.8%

62.9%

76.2%

70.8%

72.6%

Michigan

70.9%

78.8%

62.6%

53.3%

71.7%

74.5%

69.2%

71.4%

Ohio

71.3%

75.0%

70.7%

67.1%

68.5%

73.5%

70.6%

71.4%

Wisconsin

67.1%

69.9%

70.7%

60.7%

67.6%

68.6%

66.2%

67.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

70.6%

74.0%

66.2%

65.9%

68.1%

73.1%

67.9%

71.3%

Kansas

65.6%

78.2%

71.0%

69.8%

58.1%

64.9%

70.8%

64.2%

Minnesota

70.3%

78.5%

69.2%

66.0%

66.9%

72.5%

71.7%

70.0%

Missouri

68.5%

78.0%

70.2%

72.7%

71.2%

65.2%

72.7%

67.5%

Nebraska

68.8%

68.9%

66.0%

64.3%

70.7%

69.1%

62.1%

70.0%

North Dakota

70.2%

70.4%

71.4%

65.7%

61.8%

75.9%

70.5%

70.1%

South Dakota

64.6%

73.2%

70.4%

71.0%

67.2%

59.9%

72.2%

62.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

72.1%

70.8%

58.6%

71.3%

81.1%

71.8%

69.2%

72.8%

District of Columbia

73.5%

84.3%

86.4%

73.5%

71.5%

72.5%

83.0%

71.8%

Florida

64.4%

74.5%

67.6%

67.0%

67.3%

61.9%

66.3%

64.0%

Georgia

69.4%

85.7%

65.0%

77.3%

65.5%

68.3%

72.0%

68.8%

Maryland

67.3%

71.8%

65.5%

66.5%

69.5%

66.2%

70.1%

66.4%

North Carolina

70.2%

80.2%

72.9%

70.9%

72.2%

68.1%

73.7%

69.3%

South Carolina

69.1%

74.7%

62.5%

68.1%

69.2%

69.7%

67.6%

69.5%

Virginia

64.6%

73.8%

66.5%

62.0%

71.2%

61.8%

67.4%

64.0%

West Virginia

71.3%

80.0%

63.2%

57.4%

81.5%

71.1%

70.0%

71.7%

East South Central:

Alabama

67.0%

69.9%

56.2%

55.3%

61.5%

72.4%

59.7%

69.0%

Kentucky

71.5%

75.3%

72.6%

75.2%

64.1%

72.7%

74.0%

71.0%

Mississippi

66.8%

74.9%

73.8%

64.5%

61.9%

68.1%

69.5%

66.4%

Tennessee

70.5%

69.4%

74.4%

59.5%

74.0%

70.7%

61.7%

72.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

70.5%

76.2%

65.7%

73.2%

70.5%

70.1%

70.2%

70.6%

Louisiana

68.6%

65.7%

60.7%

60.5%

74.6%

71.3%

62.5%

70.2%

Oklahoma

72.9%

73.8%

69.9%

68.2%

70.8%

76.0%

67.0%

74.4%

Texas

72.8%

74.5%

75.6%

67.0%

65.4%

75.6%

75.1%

72.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

68.0%

76.3%

71.0%

66.5%

72.7%

64.5%

71.2%

67.5%

Colorado

65.9%

75.9%

67.2%

62.8%

77.9%

60.7%

70.0%

64.9%

Idaho

73.9%

78.2%

74.5%

62.9%

76.9%

74.8%

70.4%

74.8%

Montana

63.0%

82.0%

68.5%

40.5%

72.4%

64.6%

65.9%

61.7%

Nevada

70.9%

79.5%

74.4%

76.2%

62.3%

72.1%

75.7%

70.1%

New Mexico

58.0%

68.8%

58.7%

51.3%

50.0%

61.9%

55.5%

58.5%

Utah

66.7%

76.8%

57.7%

63.8%

61.4%

69.1%

65.7%

66.9%

Wyoming

72.3%

67.8%

66.3%

77.4%

72.4%

73.1%

71.5%

72.7%

Pacific:

Alaska

70.0%

72.6%

69.6%

73.8%

63.6%

71.1%

71.4%

69.6%

California

70.7%

75.1%

69.2%

70.0%

70.9%

70.6%

72.4%

70.3%

Hawaii

74.7%

83.2%

83.4%

74.8%

74.6%

70.4%

82.1%

71.8%

Oregon

72.9%

76.9%

72.6%

72.4%

67.8%

75.5%

74.5%

72.4%

Washington

71.2%

78.4%

76.7%

63.3%

71.5%

72.0%

68.2%

72.1%

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

0.34%

0.89%

0.93%

0.93%

1.30%

0.64%

0.59%

0.42%

New England:

Connecticut

2.89%

4.99%

3.38%

5.99%

2.09%

3.74%

3.27%

3.25%

Maine

2.56%

3.71%

3.84%

3.36%

4.37%

4.56%

1.80%

3.47%

Massachusetts

1.48%

2.09%

5.28%

4.12%

4.73%

3.36%

2.17%

1.99%

New Hampshire

2.91%

3.30%

3.90%

6.00%

5.29%

4.07%

2.94%

3.92%

Rhode Island

1.89%

1.73%

4.59%

7.17%

2.94%

3.88%

2.92%

2.57%

Vermont

1.84%

3.14%

4.28%

2.88%

2.05%

5.21%

1.54%

3.12%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.29%

2.95%

8.10%

5.38%

5.62%

2.85%

2.57%

2.95%

New York

2.23%

3.96%

3.49%

3.67%

6.63%

2.18%

3.35%

2.87%

Pennsylvania

1.40%

2.18%

3.87%

4.70%

2.35%

1.21%

1.54%

1.57%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.72%

2.68%

3.78%

6.39%

4.53%

2.41%

2.75%

2.04%

Indiana

1.57%

4.62%

10.23%

4.92%

4.00%

1.90%

3.30%

1.86%

Michigan

2.11%

5.13%

8.00%

6.02%

3.20%

2.24%

5.75%

1.96%

Ohio

2.26%

1.98%

3.47%

3.81%

4.85%

1.73%

3.46%

2.45%

Wisconsin

3.02%

2.86%

4.61%

5.07%

4.57%

3.51%

3.09%

3.30%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.70%

3.81%

6.10%

4.20%

3.59%

4.73%

3.45%

2.88%

Kansas

2.64%

3.20%

5.15%

5.97%

6.21%

4.63%

3.53%

3.05%

Minnesota

2.11%

3.92%

3.32%

5.27%

4.83%

3.05%

2.67%

2.23%

Missouri

1.87%

3.31%

6.62%

5.98%

4.42%

2.96%

2.63%

2.03%

Nebraska

2.85%

4.40%

4.97%

8.85%

3.44%

5.05%

2.89%

3.41%

North Dakota

2.48%

3.50%

5.16%

5.38%

5.68%

2.80%

3.67%

2.68%

South Dakota

3.80%

5.79%

3.37%

11.11%

5.36%

7.55%

2.75%

4.38%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.39%

4.11%

8.02%

5.20%

5.44%

4.04%

2.45%

2.76%

District of Columbia

3.06%

2.42%

5.51%

5.65%

3.23%

4.37%

2.20%

3.45%

Florida

1.94%

3.07%

4.07%

4.41%

5.17%

3.52%

3.14%

2.14%

Georgia

2.27%

2.86%

9.53%

5.50%

7.16%

2.25%

3.78%

2.15%

Maryland

2.52%

3.60%

10.22%

8.11%

6.19%

3.47%

2.54%

3.45%

North Carolina

3.54%

3.50%

5.40%

5.54%

3.67%

5.66%

3.51%

4.05%

South Carolina

3.14%

4.47%

6.59%

4.49%

9.16%

3.26%

2.52%

3.41%

Virginia

3.58%

3.67%

5.96%

5.44%

5.32%

4.65%

2.20%

4.43%

West Virginia

1.86%

3.83%

7.85%

9.14%

3.86%

3.26%

3.34%

2.03%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.80%

3.11%

5.68%

4.85%

4.56%

3.10%

3.03%

2.19%

Kentucky

2.38%

2.35%

2.87%

5.00%

5.28%

3.27%

2.34%

2.79%

Mississippi

1.25%

3.62%

10.80%

5.17%

5.06%

2.34%

3.38%

1.26%

Tennessee

2.85%

3.72%

5.16%

5.44%

3.55%

4.49%

3.01%

3.66%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.67%

5.14%

8.78%

7.36%

5.83%

3.17%

3.73%

2.19%

Louisiana

3.02%

5.73%

11.10%

6.12%

5.32%

5.13%

4.39%

4.03%

Oklahoma

2.49%

4.21%

4.12%

9.19%

5.51%

3.06%

2.84%

3.01%

Texas

1.13%

3.30%

4.12%

4.58%

2.72%

1.73%

2.09%

1.17%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.13%

5.59%

9.59%

4.47%

6.25%

5.55%

3.35%

3.63%

Colorado

1.98%

3.40%

6.38%

6.44%

7.25%

3.59%

4.07%

2.27%

Idaho

2.55%

3.16%

8.88%

8.05%

5.90%

4.35%

2.89%

2.74%

Montana

3.83%

3.01%

4.52%

9.44%

7.54%

10.76%

2.90%

5.59%

Nevada

2.29%

3.45%

9.16%

4.25%

2.95%

3.75%

2.36%

2.68%

New Mexico

2.88%

1.82%

6.20%

7.03%

7.23%

3.05%

3.86%

3.52%

Utah

2.34%

4.38%

4.73%

4.52%

4.85%

2.87%

2.97%

2.57%

Wyoming

3.59%

3.90%

3.81%

6.24%

4.71%

5.89%

3.81%

5.12%

Pacific:

Alaska

3.17%

4.00%

5.72%

4.18%

5.86%

4.87%

2.76%

3.87%

California

1.30%

1.51%

2.51%

2.67%

4.43%

1.43%

1.17%

1.66%

Hawaii

2.20%

2.77%

5.42%

6.73%

4.90%

3.37%

2.16%

2.72%

Oregon

2.07%

3.76%

5.29%

8.14%

4.32%

2.07%

4.02%

1.94%

Washington

2.99%

2.63%

6.81%

6.72%

5.72%

3.97%

3.85%

3.18%

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.