United States

19.1%

13.2%

15.8%

19.7%

20.3%

20.0%

16.5%

19.9%

New England:

Connecticut

19.6%

9.2%

13.4%

21.2%

17.0%

23.1%

14.6%

20.9%

Maine

23.0%

18.0%

13.3%

*

27.3%

22.2%

26.0%

19.3%

24.3%

Massachusetts

22.7%

22.0%

36.3%

24.5%

24.6%

20.0%

27.2%

21.6%

New Hampshire

21.7%

19.2%

23.9%

15.6%

23.9%

*

23.2%

20.1%

22.3%

Rhode Island

18.8%

9.0%

17.3%

30.2%

20.1%

16.3%

16.4%

19.7%

Vermont

17.1%

10.4%

14.6%

21.5%

*

19.2%

15.5%

*

17.3%

17.0%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

20.2%

16.0%

10.5%

*

19.4%

31.5%

18.9%

15.2%

22.1%

New York

21.0%

12.6%

17.1%

24.8%

30.0%

17.7%

17.7%

22.3%

Pennsylvania

20.6%

13.0%

10.4%

18.2%

25.4%

21.6%

13.6%

22.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

19.4%

10.7%

*

17.5%

17.6%

22.9%

20.4%

16.7%

20.1%

Indiana

20.9%

11.8%

*

18.6%

19.6%

*

29.2%

19.6%

17.5%

21.6%

Michigan

15.3%

13.8%

*

16.9%

24.3%

13.5%

14.5%

16.6%

14.9%

Ohio

19.3%

13.0%

18.6%

18.8%

22.2%

19.0%

17.9%

19.6%

Wisconsin

20.9%

14.6%

20.8%

24.5%

21.4%

20.2%

18.8%

21.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

20.0%

17.0%

25.2%

21.4%

22.8%

17.8%

21.5%

19.6%

Kansas

20.0%

14.0%

18.3%

18.0%

21.9%

21.3%

17.8%

20.7%

Minnesota

20.3%

19.9%

18.8%

28.1%

13.7%

22.1%

25.3%

19.1%

Missouri

17.8%

11.4%

*

17.8%

12.4%

20.7%

18.6%

15.4%

18.4%

Nebraska

22.5%

19.6%

*

27.0%

27.0%

24.5%

20.4%

24.7%

22.0%

North Dakota

17.8%

17.3%

12.6%

19.0%

19.9%

17.9%

18.1%

17.7%

South Dakota

18.2%

17.1%

*

13.3%

23.5%

17.4%

18.7%

19.9%

17.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

15.6%

11.0%

*

15.2%

*

18.4%

13.7%

*

16.3%

16.0%

15.5%

District of Columbia

15.4%

5.5%

7.9%

13.8%

14.3%

18.7%

8.6%

17.1%

Florida

21.8%

14.7%

15.7%

23.7%

20.3%

24.0%

17.2%

23.2%

Georgia

22.3%

14.9%

*

15.2%

*

17.9%

16.3%

27.2%

17.9%

23.5%

Maryland

22.9%

10.2%

30.5%

24.3%

23.0%

25.6%

19.2%

24.8%

North Carolina

17.5%

14.3%

13.8%

25.5%

15.8%

16.5%

18.1%

17.2%

South Carolina

20.2%

15.5%

*

15.6%

*

14.1%

*

23.2%

22.4%

16.8%

21.1%

Virginia

24.0%

19.1%

19.9%

16.7%

*

28.4%

25.2%

19.1%

25.4%

West Virginia

19.0%

12.3%

12.5%

*

26.8%

*

16.5%

21.1%

16.1%

19.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

22.6%

24.8%

23.6%

*

27.5%

27.1%

19.7%

25.3%

21.7%

Kentucky

18.2%

13.9%

*

16.4%

12.8%

*

18.0%

20.2%

14.8%

19.1%

Mississippi

19.6%

10.6%

*

7.4%

*

24.1%

21.6%

20.2%

15.0%

20.6%

Tennessee

19.9%

21.0%

10.9%

*

25.7%

17.9%

20.7%

17.7%

20.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

19.6%

15.2%

7.1%

18.8%

18.3%

22.3%

11.7%

21.3%

Louisiana

19.2%

21.5%

15.7%

*

13.9%

13.3%

23.7%

18.5%

19.4%

Oklahoma

16.4%

1.8%

*

17.4%

18.0%

15.9%

18.9%

10.0%

18.6%

Texas

17.6%

8.6%

*

18.7%

18.2%

15.4%

18.9%

15.4%

18.2%

Mountain:

Arizona

18.8%

22.6%

18.3%

*

14.2%

17.1%

21.5%

18.9%

18.7%

Colorado

17.8%

12.8%

16.5%

*

22.1%

14.2%

19.7%

15.8%

18.5%

Idaho

15.8%

9.5%

*

6.4%

*

12.5%

15.0%

19.7%

7.8%

18.3%

Montana

14.4%

9.7%

10.4%

10.6%

*

16.1%

20.3%

12.0%

15.7%

Nevada

15.4%

11.6%

*

17.2%

11.1%

*

15.9%

16.4%

12.7%

16.1%

New Mexico

18.0%

16.4%

12.0%

*

16.4%

*

13.7%

*

22.1%

15.9%

18.6%

Utah

21.5%

17.8%

*

21.7%

27.2%

21.0%

21.0%

20.3%

21.7%

Wyoming

14.2%

8.1%

*

14.5%

8.5%

*

16.6%

17.4%

10.2%

16.5%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.7%

5.7%

*

8.2%

*

15.3%

13.6%

20.1%

7.9%

18.6%

California

16.3%

10.1%

11.9%

16.3%

16.2%

18.4%

13.7%

17.2%

Hawaii

10.3%

2.6%

*

5.7%

*

16.3%

*

7.3%

16.2%

8.2%

*

11.8%

Oregon

13.3%

10.0%

15.8%

*

10.9%

11.2%

15.9%

11.6%

13.9%

Washington

15.4%

11.5%

7.2%

*

16.6%

12.8%

17.9%

14.0%

15.8%

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

United States

0.39%

0.96%

1.04%

0.72%

1.19%

0.37%

0.67%

0.46%

New England:

Connecticut

1.35%

2.45%

3.72%

4.75%

2.96%

1.36%

2.30%

1.54%

Maine

2.56%

4.68%

4.83%

*

4.94%

5.30%

4.08%

3.49%

3.04%

Massachusetts

0.97%

2.59%

3.67%

2.66%

3.39%

1.28%

1.54%

1.19%

New Hampshire

2.46%

2.40%

4.19%

4.65%

8.03%

*

2.86%

2.73%

2.80%

Rhode Island

1.21%

2.43%

3.91%

5.74%

1.94%

2.62%

1.97%

1.75%

Vermont

1.39%

1.96%

4.34%

6.46%

*

1.69%

5.32%

*

2.36%

1.21%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.48%

3.89%

6.74%

*

5.50%

4.11%

1.30%

3.30%

1.30%

New York

1.80%

3.48%

3.78%

2.68%

4.18%

1.27%

2.04%

2.05%

Pennsylvania

1.71%

3.32%

2.66%

1.87%

4.00%

2.31%

2.22%

1.93%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.15%

3.55%

*

3.75%

3.45%

2.06%

1.66%

1.62%

1.58%

Indiana

1.15%

5.83%

*

4.18%

8.16%

*

4.14%

1.50%

3.50%

1.73%

Michigan

1.23%

6.18%

*

4.78%

3.29%

2.65%

1.95%

2.43%

1.99%

Ohio

0.65%

2.93%

4.45%

3.17%

2.45%

1.39%

1.73%

0.88%

Wisconsin

0.74%

3.28%

4.49%

2.86%

2.48%

1.22%

2.29%

0.98%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.55%

2.74%

5.40%

5.64%

6.59%

1.64%

2.71%

1.65%

Kansas

0.66%

4.18%

3.90%

3.98%

3.57%

1.59%

2.36%

1.37%

Minnesota

1.47%

3.34%

3.64%

3.04%

3.89%

1.77%

3.49%

1.69%

Missouri

1.31%

3.91%

*

4.12%

3.13%

3.49%

2.03%

2.71%

1.87%

Nebraska

1.57%

10.75%

*

5.30%

4.90%

2.39%

1.09%

5.69%

1.59%

North Dakota

1.30%

4.51%

3.50%

4.26%

4.49%

2.19%

3.18%

1.96%

South Dakota

2.12%

5.20%

*

3.73%

6.00%

4.66%

2.08%

3.79%

2.30%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.53%

5.09%

*

6.37%

*

4.54%

7.36%

*

2.69%

2.40%

2.06%

District of Columbia

1.44%

1.24%

2.15%

2.05%

2.18%

2.62%

1.09%

1.83%

Florida

1.20%

3.22%

3.28%

4.49%

2.79%

2.24%

1.98%

1.25%

Georgia

1.86%

5.66%

*

5.73%

*

5.05%

3.59%

2.83%

3.04%

2.49%

Maryland

1.19%

1.48%

6.74%

4.78%

3.28%

1.55%

1.98%

1.04%

North Carolina

1.01%

3.20%

2.44%

4.48%

1.48%

1.15%

1.90%

1.10%

South Carolina

2.11%

9.66%

*

4.99%

*

6.57%

*

3.59%

1.78%

3.34%

1.96%

Virginia

1.14%

3.71%

4.85%

6.01%

*

2.05%

1.96%

3.18%

1.41%

West Virginia

1.85%

2.43%

6.28%

*

8.10%

*

2.86%

1.87%

2.35%

1.92%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.47%

5.70%

9.44%

*

4.25%

1.77%

1.82%

3.28%

1.52%

Kentucky

1.34%

6.13%

*

3.49%

5.25%

*

1.90%

1.65%

2.94%

1.14%

Mississippi

1.16%

4.69%

*

5.53%

*

6.47%

2.84%

1.00%

2.97%

1.20%

Tennessee

1.35%

5.06%

3.87%

*

4.51%

3.27%

1.68%

3.34%

1.69%

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.92%

4.28%

1.78%

4.35%

1.92%

1.17%

3.30%

0.96%

Louisiana

1.54%

6.45%

5.23%

*

4.15%

3.55%

1.67%

3.24%

2.00%

Oklahoma

1.93%

1.09%

*

4.76%

4.03%

2.56%

1.94%

2.58%

2.06%

Texas

1.07%

2.68%

*

4.96%

1.60%

1.48%

1.53%

0.87%

1.20%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.50%

5.90%

5.89%

*

2.63%

3.72%

1.97%

1.37%

1.75%

Colorado

1.12%

2.69%

5.01%

*

4.79%

2.42%

0.89%

2.43%

1.15%

Idaho

1.86%

3.87%

*

4.98%

*

3.24%

2.67%

2.60%

2.13%

1.89%

Montana

1.77%

2.65%

2.31%

4.93%

*

3.24%

3.84%

2.35%

1.81%

Nevada

1.98%

3.60%

*

3.82%

4.49%

*

4.01%

2.56%

2.27%

2.48%

New Mexico

1.10%

3.14%

3.67%

*

6.40%

*

4.39%

*

1.73%

2.08%

1.28%

Utah

1.58%

6.52%

*

5.51%

5.22%

3.95%

1.67%

5.54%

1.39%

Wyoming

1.26%

3.57%

*

3.92%

4.93%

*

4.67%

3.37%

2.69%

1.74%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.11%

3.93%

*

2.72%

*

2.91%

3.11%

0.95%

1.68%

1.25%

California

0.78%

1.48%

3.00%

2.72%

1.00%

0.99%

1.57%

0.89%

Hawaii

1.58%

0.94%

*

4.72%

*

6.55%

*

1.32%

2.55%

3.08%

*

0.78%

Oregon

1.17%

2.32%

5.25%

*

2.44%

2.20%

1.88%

1.40%

1.86%

Washington

1.01%

2.38%

2.69%

*

2.80%

3.29%

1.40%

3.21%

1.16%

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.