United States

25.4%

25.0%

26.4%

26.6%

27.5%

28.3%

27.3%

21.3%

New England:

Maine

29.9%

26.8%

31.7%

47.6%

58.5%

*

50.9%

29.6%

25.3%

Massachusetts

24.1%

23.7%

37.4%

24.2%

21.4%

33.0%

23.7%

22.4%

Connecticut

25.7%

27.6%

39.9%

14.9%

29.5%

60.9%

*

25.7%

21.2%

Rhode Island

24.0%

25.9%

18.4%

13.0%

*

2.0%

*

36.7%

25.3%

18.6%

Vermont

19.1%

19.1%

27.9%

*

18.7%

*

23.2%

*

32.2%

*

18.2%

21.2%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New York

23.5%

22.2%

33.5%

25.7%

17.2%

*

21.4%

*

23.8%

22.6%

New Jersey

21.6%

23.3%

26.4%

*

16.0%

14.6%

*

16.6%

*

22.9%

20.2%

Pennsylvania

19.3%

16.7%

16.7%

28.8%

21.4%

26.4%

*

20.0%

17.4%

East North Central:

Ohio

23.6%

22.3%

21.3%

*

32.1%

10.7%

*

48.2%

*

25.8%

18.4%

*

Indiana

21.7%

21.4%

16.8%

*

27.2%

24.4%

*

46.1%

*

20.8%

21.3%

Illinois

26.2%

23.5%

31.5%

27.4%

44.7%

85.5%

26.0%

23.9%

Michigan

16.1%

15.3%

31.7%

17.1%

12.6%

*

18.2%

*

16.0%

16.5%

Wisconsin

22.4%

24.0%

41.8%

*

18.5%

20.7%

*

12.4%

*

21.9%

24.3%

West North Central:

Minnesota

25.3%

22.2%

32.6%

35.9%

34.0%

*

44.4%

*

25.6%

24.3%

Iowa

19.9%

18.1%

*

23.7%

*

22.3%

62.8%

*

4.2%

*

31.9%

12.8%

Missouri

25.5%

26.2%

34.5%

28.0%

6.2%

*

33.9%

26.4%

22.5%

Nebraska

27.4%

26.8%

10.9%

*

47.1%

29.2%

*

*****

33.7%

24.1%

Kansas

22.0%

20.6%

11.6%

*

32.2%

19.4%

32.9%

*

21.2%

25.7%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

21.4%

21.9%

10.2%

*

21.9%

0.9%

*

19.9%

*

24.9%

12.1%

*

Virginia

28.7%

30.6%

35.5%

26.2%

*

9.3%

*

21.9%

*

38.0%

17.8%

North Carolina

30.9%

29.2%

42.9%

48.9%

40.2%

57.6%

47.3%

19.7%

South Carolina

29.4%

25.5%

20.8%

*

36.0%

39.6%

*

16.0%

*

33.8%

27.6%

Georgia

28.6%

29.2%

20.0%

*

39.2%

*

24.9%

*

58.0%

*

31.0%

22.2%

Florida

27.0%

27.5%

47.4%

24.9%

19.3%

63.4%

29.9%

18.2%

East South Central:

Kentucky

23.4%

22.9%

27.7%

*

23.1%

*

32.3%

*

1.1%

*

24.6%

*

26.7%

Tennessee

23.8%

22.6%

45.3%

*

28.9%

*

44.9%

*

67.0%

21.7%

24.5%

Alabama

41.1%

44.3%

28.5%

*

48.3%

*

22.6%

*

48.1%

*

45.7%

27.9%

Mississippi

25.6%

21.7%

*

70.3%

*****

17.6%

*

*****

26.9%

*

21.3%

West South Central:

Arkansas

29.1%

25.0%

19.2%

49.5%

19.1%

*

46.6%

*

44.4%

14.4%

*

Louisiana

37.2%

36.3%

31.0%

57.9%

15.3%

*

26.1%

*

47.5%

23.9%

Oklahoma

28.1%

24.6%

49.4%

36.0%

34.3%

*

17.0%

*

28.6%

35.7%

Texas

31.8%

28.8%

47.2%

48.0%

40.1%

18.7%

*

34.1%

28.4%

Mountain:

Colorado

28.4%

27.8%

24.4%

*

34.9%

31.0%

37.5%

34.4%

18.2%

Arizona

27.3%

26.1%

39.8%

53.7%

30.0%

29.9%

*

31.8%

22.5%

Nevada

15.1%

*

28.9%

0.9%

*

55.1%

0.3%

*

1.4%

*

30.7%

25.5%

Montana

21.0%

17.9%

59.1%

*

33.8%

17.3%

*

6.5%

*

23.1%

*

11.7%

*

Pacific:

Washington

28.6%

28.9%

51.3%

17.0%

*

23.2%

*

17.6%

*

36.7%

21.4%

Oregon

30.0%

30.8%

37.3%

*

19.7%

*

44.9%

*

44.2%

32.1%

21.5%

California

25.8%

26.3%

22.7%

*

23.4%

31.7%

37.2%

27.6%

19.9%

Hawaii

22.6%

26.9%

44.8%

9.6%

*

24.6%

36.0%

*

19.2%

29.5%

States not shown separately

28.7%

27.0%

44.9%

32.6%

37.1%

33.2%

33.4%

21.3%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

United States

0.49%

0.43%

3.02%

1.41%

2.85%

2.37%

0.53%

0.83%

New England:

Maine

3.65%

3.82%

8.81%

5.98%

18.51%

*

11.25%

3.98%

6.34%

Massachusetts

1.45%

1.49%

4.32%

2.19%

4.78%

3.64%

1.33%

2.25%

Connecticut

2.48%

1.67%

9.62%

4.02%

8.29%

19.28%

*

2.72%

3.10%

Rhode Island

1.67%

2.31%

5.03%

7.65%

*

0.63%

*

9.91%

3.68%

3.95%

Vermont

2.66%

4.54%

9.55%

*

6.99%

*

7.33%

*

9.92%

*

2.77%

7.12%

*

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.35%

1.55%

5.46%

3.97%

7.23%

*

6.66%

*

1.76%

3.94%

New Jersey

1.69%

2.34%

9.13%

*

4.22%

7.96%

*

5.70%

*

2.64%

4.46%

Pennsylvania

2.28%

2.92%

4.99%

5.50%

5.97%

10.17%

*

3.10%

2.31%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.64%

2.41%

8.28%

*

5.99%

3.53%

*

14.87%

*

5.23%

5.84%

*

Indiana

2.77%

2.41%

6.30%

*

7.79%

7.78%

*

13.91%

*

4.14%

3.96%

Illinois

2.42%

1.22%

7.83%

4.00%

12.63%

22.45%

2.66%

3.57%

Michigan

2.23%

3.09%

9.38%

3.49%

4.53%

*

5.67%

*

3.31%

2.36%

Wisconsin

1.56%

1.69%

12.94%

*

2.74%

6.44%

*

5.51%

*

2.48%

2.70%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.76%

3.14%

8.04%

8.91%

10.75%

*

13.49%

*

3.88%

5.06%

Iowa

5.16%

7.62%

*

8.56%

*

6.25%

19.09%

*

8.38%

*

5.18%

2.57%

Missouri

3.12%

3.90%

9.71%

5.60%

5.04%

*

9.47%

4.25%

4.73%

Nebraska

4.01%

4.68%

7.37%

*

12.53%

8.79%

*

*****

5.97%

6.19%

Kansas

3.33%

4.04%

3.54%

*

6.55%

5.80%

10.38%

*

4.46%

6.88%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

1.64%

2.83%

6.14%

*

5.08%

0.28%

*

7.43%

*

2.90%

3.99%

*

Virginia

3.17%

3.43%

8.91%

7.89%

*

11.13%

*

8.97%

*

3.56%

2.93%

North Carolina

5.17%

6.63%

12.33%

11.73%

11.90%

14.69%

6.45%

5.03%

South Carolina

2.35%

4.16%

6.31%

*

4.62%

12.83%

*

5.16%

*

4.70%

7.85%

Georgia

3.79%

4.58%

6.86%

*

11.99%

*

8.11%

*

17.62%

*

4.11%

3.94%

Florida

1.89%

3.46%

13.42%

4.45%

5.53%

13.47%

1.56%

2.92%

East South Central:

Kentucky

4.78%

4.80%

8.81%

*

10.56%

*

9.69%

*

1.66%

*

8.14%

*

6.35%

Tennessee

3.07%

4.37%

14.21%

*

9.25%

*

14.76%

*

18.00%

5.85%

4.90%

Alabama

6.34%

7.45%

11.50%

*

15.11%

*

7.38%

*

14.66%

*

9.30%

5.24%

Mississippi

7.63%

7.17%

*

19.65%

*****

5.57%

*

*****

8.23%

*

5.63%

West South Central:

Arkansas

5.60%

6.17%

5.42%

12.41%

6.01%

*

14.87%

*

6.09%

5.09%

*

Louisiana

4.09%

4.71%

9.06%

12.45%

4.64%

*

10.16%

*

5.86%

4.84%

Oklahoma

3.20%

3.87%

14.29%

7.46%

10.84%

*

6.03%

*

5.35%

5.29%

Texas

2.63%

2.23%

10.93%

10.32%

10.29%

8.49%

*

3.42%

4.70%

Mountain:

Colorado

3.61%

3.66%

8.87%

*

9.49%

9.25%

10.77%

5.34%

2.85%

Arizona

3.70%

3.78%

10.40%

8.54%

8.48%

10.25%

*

5.78%

5.14%

Nevada

8.24%

*

5.02%

5.78%

*

15.69%

0.18%

*

10.52%

*

8.24%

3.59%

Montana

4.98%

5.17%

18.17%

*

9.69%

5.47%

*

2.07%

*

7.20%

*

4.08%

*

Pacific:

Washington

3.48%

3.30%

13.60%

12.75%

*

7.33%

*

6.26%

*

4.51%

4.39%

Oregon

3.95%

3.19%

11.73%

*

6.10%

*

14.20%

*

10.73%

4.24%

5.70%

California

0.94%

1.27%

6.84%

*

3.82%

6.28%

6.76%

1.53%

2.27%

Hawaii

2.19%

2.71%

11.46%

7.14%

*

6.61%

11.94%

*

2.87%

5.36%

States not shown separately

3.19%

3.61%

8.89%

5.70%

9.19%

7.61%

2.95%

5.39%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.