United States

48.9%

59.5%

57.4%

56.9%

51.7%

43.7%

57.7%

46.8%

New England:

Connecticut

48.0%

53.0%

46.2%

47.6%

48.9%

47.4%

49.0%

47.8%

Maine

48.2%

61.8%

57.7%

50.2%

62.5%

36.9%

56.5%

45.7%

Massachusetts

48.3%

53.6%

46.3%

54.2%

44.3%

48.0%

50.5%

47.8%

New Hampshire

48.6%

51.9%

57.1%

52.2%

56.6%

41.5%

54.8%

46.8%

Rhode Island

50.3%

55.5%

55.4%

56.5%

52.0%

45.9%

53.5%

49.2%

Vermont

49.0%

54.0%

51.5%

54.2%

44.8%

47.7%

54.8%

46.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

45.7%

51.5%

61.4%

54.2%

48.1%

40.9%

54.7%

43.3%

New York

49.5%

59.3%

51.6%

52.8%

53.2%

44.6%

54.9%

47.8%

Pennsylvania

48.6%

61.6%

59.4%

51.1%

49.9%

44.5%

56.6%

46.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

47.7%

63.3%

56.2%

57.9%

44.9%

43.8%

54.9%

46.2%

Indiana

43.0%

46.6%

56.5%

49.8%

52.0%

38.3%

53.7%

41.2%

Michigan

39.9%

42.6%

45.0%

45.6%

34.7%

39.6%

44.3%

38.5%

Ohio

44.3%

55.1%

44.8%

52.7%

47.2%

39.6%

50.7%

42.8%

Wisconsin

45.4%

51.5%

41.9%

51.3%

46.5%

43.0%

46.6%

45.1%

West North Central:

Iowa

43.8%

43.5%

53.6%

43.5%

55.5%

38.8%

49.9%

42.3%

Kansas

50.8%

50.1%

59.5%

62.0%

56.6%

44.4%

57.2%

49.0%

Minnesota

48.2%

53.9%

62.4%

58.4%

53.8%

41.7%

57.4%

46.3%

Missouri

46.4%

53.5%

55.7%

52.4%

54.0%

39.7%

55.6%

44.3%

Nebraska

45.6%

51.6%

56.2%

57.8%

47.5%

41.1%

57.0%

43.7%

North Dakota

51.7%

40.0%

56.7%

63.1%

54.6%

48.3%

53.5%

51.1%

South Dakota

47.7%

41.1%

54.1%

57.4%

58.4%

39.7%

49.2%

47.2%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

48.7%

64.4%

57.7%

58.3%

55.9%

42.5%

57.2%

46.9%

District of Columbia

52.7%

75.8%

57.5%

59.6%

56.0%

47.1%

61.8%

50.8%

Florida

51.8%

69.3%

55.7%

61.5%

59.3%

45.5%

61.3%

49.7%

Georgia

51.1%

60.8%

63.0%

63.1%

46.9%

47.5%

61.4%

48.8%

Maryland

46.0%

63.4%

58.1%

53.4%

41.1%

40.8%

57.7%

42.0%

North Carolina

51.2%

68.6%

69.3%

64.2%

59.1%

41.4%

66.1%

47.2%

South Carolina

49.7%

57.5%

62.3%

69.1%

45.3%

45.2%

61.8%

47.2%

Virginia

50.6%

55.3%

52.6%

57.1%

56.3%

46.0%

56.2%

49.2%

West Virginia

47.5%

62.4%

50.3%

51.0%

52.3%

42.1%

55.3%

45.6%

East South Central:

Alabama

48.6%

62.3%

66.8%

56.0%

50.5%

43.7%

63.9%

45.0%

Kentucky

46.9%

61.3%

55.0%

53.6%

49.8%

42.7%

55.9%

45.0%

Mississippi

53.6%

58.0%

62.4%

67.2%

53.5%

50.0%

65.0%

51.5%

Tennessee

48.2%

58.6%

64.5%

57.1%

51.2%

44.0%

62.2%

46.1%

West South Central:

Arkansas

49.0%

63.1%

49.7%

65.6%

51.5%

44.0%

61.1%

47.1%

Louisiana

47.9%

59.6%

40.1%

62.3%

49.7%

42.8%

52.7%

46.7%

Oklahoma

49.3%

63.5%

63.0%

49.2%

52.1%

44.6%

63.9%

46.0%

Texas

48.5%

55.2%

59.0%

67.1%

55.8%

42.7%

60.5%

46.4%

Mountain:

Arizona

54.3%

65.2%

63.7%

67.5%

61.9%

44.6%

64.3%

52.7%

Colorado

53.0%

62.4%

68.6%

62.3%

54.1%

46.1%

62.9%

50.4%

Idaho

42.8%

51.1%

60.7%

55.4%

34.6%

39.7%

57.5%

39.3%

Montana

56.3%

54.1%

61.9%

69.1%

59.6%

45.6%

58.1%

55.4%

Nevada

51.8%

67.6%

70.2%

55.2%

46.2%

49.9%

68.0%

48.9%

New Mexico

52.7%

63.3%

61.0%

54.2%

60.5%

47.5%

60.6%

50.9%

Utah

38.8%

38.2%

36.2%

37.3%

36.8%

40.0%

37.1%

39.2%

Wyoming

47.3%

68.7%

62.3%

43.4%

45.3%

41.0%

53.4%

44.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

52.6%

58.9%

65.4%

52.3%

48.1%

51.8%

57.7%

51.2%

California

52.1%

71.0%

64.2%

57.9%

55.1%

45.3%

63.3%

49.2%

Hawaii

59.9%

72.6%

74.9%

71.4%

58.8%

48.4%

72.6%

54.4%

Oregon

49.6%

62.3%

68.0%

54.1%

58.5%

38.2%

59.7%

46.3%

Washington

55.0%

72.2%

62.1%

64.0%

56.2%

48.9%

67.9%

51.5%

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

0.23%

1.08%

1.01%

0.66%

0.78%

0.32%

0.66%

0.26%

New England:

Connecticut

1.66%

3.99%

4.78%

3.63%

1.75%

2.49%

3.60%

1.93%

Maine

1.70%

2.81%

4.11%

4.61%

2.77%

2.65%

2.19%

1.92%

Massachusetts

1.69%

2.67%

4.18%

2.85%

2.88%

2.71%

1.91%

1.83%

New Hampshire

1.92%

3.44%

4.64%

4.07%

3.97%

2.20%

1.85%

2.33%

Rhode Island

2.43%

2.85%

3.87%

6.11%

3.97%

3.24%

2.79%

2.86%

Vermont

1.82%

3.70%

3.34%

4.59%

1.95%

3.13%

2.88%

2.11%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.38%

3.48%

9.28%

4.14%

3.68%

2.05%

3.07%

1.54%

New York

1.58%

2.64%

2.81%

2.61%

3.85%

1.97%

1.83%

1.95%

Pennsylvania

1.41%

4.06%

4.65%

3.21%

3.14%

1.38%

2.68%

1.72%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.02%

3.82%

4.86%

4.63%

2.74%

2.11%

2.42%

1.46%

Indiana

1.22%

5.33%

9.46%

5.28%

4.21%

1.23%

3.02%

1.25%

Michigan

1.21%

7.00%

8.65%

5.43%

3.99%

1.48%

4.13%

1.45%

Ohio

1.98%

2.20%

3.76%

3.68%

4.18%

1.50%

2.22%

2.15%

Wisconsin

1.47%

2.90%

9.52%

4.16%

3.00%

1.93%

3.05%

2.03%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.15%

4.51%

6.34%

6.57%

2.94%

2.91%

2.88%

2.71%

Kansas

1.38%

5.82%

5.96%

5.80%

4.29%

2.05%

3.22%

1.93%

Minnesota

1.63%

7.28%

3.29%

5.59%

3.70%

2.12%

2.08%

2.01%

Missouri

2.36%

4.54%

4.81%

6.90%

4.03%

2.61%

3.57%

2.44%

Nebraska

1.67%

2.64%

6.84%

7.86%

3.52%

1.81%

3.37%

1.67%

North Dakota

1.33%

5.53%

5.60%

5.46%

4.19%

2.38%

3.84%

1.94%

South Dakota

3.86%

1.87%

7.28%

10.92%

4.43%

4.64%

4.52%

4.24%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.98%

2.86%

8.20%

5.67%

7.43%

3.68%

4.29%

3.61%

District of Columbia

1.48%

5.32%

4.86%

4.40%

3.51%

2.90%

1.77%

1.95%

Florida

1.55%

4.97%

6.71%

5.25%

2.51%

1.69%

3.93%

1.63%

Georgia

2.43%

4.46%

8.88%

6.94%

7.16%

2.64%

3.99%

3.11%

Maryland

1.69%

4.68%

8.37%

6.17%

3.33%

2.44%

3.74%

1.69%

North Carolina

2.22%

2.48%

4.41%

4.62%

3.41%

3.11%

2.99%

2.35%

South Carolina

1.39%

5.66%

5.68%

4.69%

5.87%

2.33%

3.11%

1.22%

Virginia

1.62%

3.93%

5.13%

4.29%

3.78%

2.56%

3.09%

2.00%

West Virginia

1.99%

4.41%

7.90%

7.51%

4.04%

2.32%

4.26%

2.16%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.67%

5.00%

6.94%

4.21%

3.00%

2.06%

2.30%

1.90%

Kentucky

2.01%

4.11%

4.75%

6.25%

4.56%

2.60%

2.63%

2.56%

Mississippi

1.01%

4.75%

8.30%

6.21%

4.34%

1.99%

3.51%

1.32%

Tennessee

1.41%

7.86%

5.94%

3.72%

3.88%

1.35%

2.23%

1.51%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.47%

4.81%

8.00%

7.90%

3.98%

1.28%

3.62%

1.47%

Louisiana

1.20%

5.71%

8.83%

6.18%

5.20%

2.30%

5.78%

1.86%

Oklahoma

1.87%

7.69%

6.65%

6.91%

7.29%

2.25%

4.30%

2.10%

Texas

1.47%

5.08%

5.05%

4.76%

3.58%

1.40%

3.68%

1.40%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.79%

4.86%

9.21%

4.15%

4.72%

2.20%

4.54%

2.35%

Colorado

1.31%

3.91%

5.56%

5.07%

5.89%

2.81%

3.09%

1.76%

Idaho

2.90%

5.17%

9.40%

7.73%

5.02%

2.93%

3.53%

3.02%

Montana

2.96%

5.03%

3.42%

8.34%

6.28%

8.10%

3.51%

4.69%

Nevada

2.03%

5.54%

8.86%

6.79%

4.99%

1.58%

4.74%

1.95%

New Mexico

2.58%

5.44%

5.66%

5.25%

5.39%

1.99%

3.58%

2.73%

Utah

2.02%

5.12%

5.79%

3.33%

3.60%

3.09%

1.77%

2.32%

Wyoming

3.37%

5.28%

4.83%

8.23%

6.30%

3.73%

5.19%

3.30%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.33%

8.48%

6.38%

9.11%

4.63%

2.97%

4.84%

2.62%

California

1.23%

1.94%

3.43%

3.29%

2.32%

1.41%

2.57%

1.23%

Hawaii

1.52%

2.79%

4.32%

3.45%

2.83%

2.46%

2.59%

1.98%

Oregon

1.76%

3.41%

3.85%

7.81%

4.76%

1.88%

2.46%

1.87%

Washington

1.92%

3.23%

4.78%

6.22%

5.15%

1.36%

3.54%

1.89%

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.