United States

80.6%

80.2%

80.5%

82.6%

76.6%

80.0%

82.6%

New England:

Connecticut

80.7%

78.8%

84.7%

85.5%

71.5%

78.7%

88.2%

Maine

76.7%

75.8%

70.0%

84.5%

94.2%

77.4%

75.0%

Massachusetts

80.3%

79.7%

85.9%

80.3%

70.2%

78.8%

86.3%

New Hampshire

76.4%

74.7%

68.4%

85.3%

61.2%

77.6%

72.6%

Rhode Island

81.4%

80.1%

80.3%

85.3%

70.0%

80.8%

83.9%

Vermont

77.3%

74.7%

72.1%

83.5%

79.5%

76.0%

81.8%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

81.7%

82.3%

83.4%

76.3%

85.4%

78.0%

90.1%

New York

79.0%

80.7%

75.7%

76.6%

77.4%

78.4%

81.5%

Pennsylvania

84.3%

83.8%

91.3%

83.4%

74.1%

83.9%

86.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

82.4%

80.8%

84.6%

90.9%

66.4%

80.5%

88.4%

Indiana

80.5%

81.4%

70.3%

83.4%

71.0%

78.7%

84.4%

Michigan

83.3%

84.4%

76.9%

82.7%

72.1%

83.5%

84.1%

Ohio

79.0%

78.8%

84.7%

76.9%

81.7%

78.3%

81.4%

Wisconsin

76.9%

76.8%

75.9%

78.2%

71.1%

75.5%

82.7%

West North Central:

Iowa

78.6%

77.5%

80.5%

84.4%

62.3%

77.4%

83.3%

Kansas

79.0%

78.3%

86.9%

77.8%

83.3%

77.8%

83.3%

Minnesota

79.3%

79.9%

69.3%

82.5%

87.3%

77.7%

84.0%

Missouri

80.4%

79.8%

80.3%

83.6%

79.6%

81.7%

77.7%

Nebraska

76.7%

75.6%

81.4%

78.6%

91.2%

77.2%

75.2%

North Dakota

78.7%

75.2%

85.5%

86.0%

68.1%

79.1%

78.5%

South Dakota

75.9%

77.5%

85.9%

59.8%

72.6%

79.2%

69.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

81.4%

79.9%

81.8%

89.1%

77.1%

83.0%

74.2%

District of Columbia

84.3%

79.7%

83.3%

88.2%

86.1%

84.7%

83.4%

Florida

78.4%

78.1%

76.5%

83.4%

79.1%

80.0%

74.5%

Georgia

79.4%

79.5%

75.9%

83.8%

68.0%

81.9%

75.6%

Maryland

76.0%

76.2%

71.0%

78.0%

45.0%

*

76.6%

80.7%

North Carolina

78.9%

77.6%

83.4%

84.1%

98.4%

76.8%

85.3%

South Carolina

77.7%

77.7%

74.2%

84.4%

76.8%

80.0%

73.3%

Virginia

76.8%

75.0%

81.6%

87.4%

80.8%

75.9%

78.9%

West Virginia

80.1%

78.7%

77.7%

90.2%

57.5%

78.1%

88.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

76.8%

77.1%

77.7%

71.2%

67.5%

74.3%

84.1%

Kentucky

79.6%

80.7%

73.0%

77.0%

60.3%

79.7%

80.3%

Mississippi

77.0%

75.0%

80.9%

85.8%

67.2%

76.3%

80.3%

Tennessee

80.0%

79.0%

83.1%

83.2%

72.7%

78.7%

83.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.2%

83.8%

78.3%

83.2%

73.8%

83.5%

82.8%

Louisiana

80.4%

81.3%

80.1%

76.9%

70.5%

79.4%

85.2%

Oklahoma

82.9%

80.7%

87.5%

86.9%

83.9%

80.8%

89.4%

Texas

81.5%

81.8%

80.1%

81.4%

78.1%

80.3%

83.9%

Mountain:

Arizona

79.1%

77.9%

82.3%

83.0%

88.2%

79.0%

78.8%

Colorado

81.0%

78.5%

88.5%

89.4%

82.8%

82.3%

77.1%

Idaho

81.9%

80.6%

87.7%

85.7%

90.8%

82.0%

79.9%

Montana

78.2%

78.3%

84.4%

74.0%

79.9%

77.3%

84.8%

Nevada

84.5%

84.6%

85.9%

79.6%

87.1%

85.3%

81.6%

New Mexico

73.0%

75.6%

52.1%

80.4%

62.6%

69.5%

84.1%

Utah

76.9%

76.3%

71.0%

86.8%

82.2%

78.0%

73.2%

Wyoming

81.7%

82.3%

80.9%

78.8%

95.8%

79.9%

87.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

84.7%

81.9%

87.6%

90.4%

58.4%

85.4%

84.0%

California

83.8%

83.2%

83.2%

88.0%

83.9%

83.1%

86.0%

Hawaii

85.0%

84.7%

82.0%

90.7%

83.8%

86.8%

80.1%

Oregon

84.8%

82.0%

87.3%

93.7%

73.7%

85.0%

85.5%

Washington

81.4%

81.1%

80.2%

84.5%

88.4%

80.1%

84.7%

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

0.29%

0.34%

0.61%

1.12%

1.38%

0.36%

0.44%

New England:

Connecticut

1.92%

2.13%

4.79%

2.64%

15.61%

2.72%

2.31%

Maine

2.45%

2.11%

7.03%

2.63%

22.37%

2.05%

4.73%

Massachusetts

0.80%

1.22%

6.40%

3.52%

7.03%

1.44%

3.88%

New Hampshire

2.16%

2.47%

4.43%

1.98%

13.51%

1.04%

7.09%

Rhode Island

1.11%

1.98%

4.95%

1.38%

12.62%

1.20%

6.56%

Vermont

1.25%

1.88%

5.88%

2.31%

9.90%

1.66%

4.36%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.19%

1.61%

3.26%

5.63%

18.47%

1.57%

1.67%

New York

1.97%

1.13%

5.92%

6.34%

5.61%

2.47%

2.85%

Pennsylvania

1.35%

1.86%

2.41%

2.19%

4.85%

1.52%

1.77%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.69%

2.12%

3.80%

1.61%

11.99%

1.65%

2.30%

Indiana

0.79%

0.75%

8.01%

3.33%

18.28%

0.94%

3.62%

Michigan

1.70%

1.94%

6.67%

1.61%

13.68%

1.46%

3.03%

Ohio

2.36%

2.96%

2.86%

2.11%

15.53%

2.64%

3.24%

Wisconsin

1.74%

1.66%

5.15%

3.77%

14.54%

1.82%

3.98%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.25%

3.26%

2.50%

5.02%

13.71%

2.29%

4.43%

Kansas

2.08%

2.19%

10.56%

5.08%

13.05%

2.41%

4.03%

Minnesota

2.24%

2.73%

11.67%

2.15%

10.50%

2.92%

5.46%

Missouri

1.31%

1.88%

3.67%

3.96%

12.55%

1.63%

3.35%

Nebraska

2.56%

2.77%

7.21%

3.64%

17.14%

2.07%

5.97%

North Dakota

2.92%

2.61%

5.86%

8.71%

15.30%

3.30%

5.36%

South Dakota

3.82%

2.80%

6.19%

10.73%

17.64%

1.38%

9.23%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.05%

2.30%

10.11%

13.77%

16.71%

2.32%

6.27%

District of Columbia

1.69%

3.43%

3.03%

1.78%

15.01%

1.18%

9.25%

Florida

0.76%

1.29%

5.73%

4.03%

9.34%

1.51%

3.88%

Georgia

2.00%

2.40%

9.20%

4.59%

13.43%

2.37%

6.22%

Maryland

2.32%

3.04%

5.82%

8.99%

13.57%

*

1.74%

4.74%

North Carolina

3.24%

3.59%

9.87%

2.59%

25.41%

3.53%

3.69%

South Carolina

3.33%

3.12%

6.21%

6.21%

15.18%

2.82%

4.89%

Virginia

2.66%

3.25%

7.03%

4.33%

11.31%

3.27%

3.23%

West Virginia

1.56%

1.51%

5.06%

9.63%

15.97%

2.53%

4.04%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.13%

2.50%

5.15%

7.36%

8.35%

3.04%

2.50%

Kentucky

1.77%

1.71%

5.77%

3.28%

10.35%

1.97%

4.73%

Mississippi

1.10%

1.71%

3.91%

5.79%

9.88%

1.87%

3.66%

Tennessee

2.56%

3.67%

4.18%

4.85%

13.27%

2.00%

4.79%

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.97%

1.47%

4.23%

2.24%

16.27%

1.39%

3.10%

Louisiana

1.84%

2.84%

7.16%

8.64%

16.04%

2.56%

2.45%

Oklahoma

1.85%

2.13%

4.19%

4.87%

10.44%

2.32%

2.05%

Texas

0.92%

0.83%

2.72%

2.50%

12.44%

1.70%

1.80%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.26%

2.54%

3.07%

6.91%

13.67%

1.76%

5.90%

Colorado

2.14%

2.48%

3.73%

5.00%

11.19%

1.29%

5.99%

Idaho

1.68%

2.10%

3.21%

13.28%

10.12%

2.28%

5.55%

Montana

1.99%

2.35%

10.64%

6.07%

15.58%

1.94%

13.18%

Nevada

1.51%

1.94%

3.19%

9.22%

13.90%

1.86%

5.48%

New Mexico

2.41%

2.10%

8.47%

9.36%

14.19%

2.84%

3.31%

Utah

2.75%

2.90%

7.46%

3.26%

13.01%

2.73%

4.80%

Wyoming

3.55%

3.93%

3.29%

5.38%

24.85%

3.21%

7.97%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.79%

3.16%

10.01%

3.77%

16.35%

2.43%

2.67%

California

0.83%

0.79%

3.07%

1.88%

4.82%

0.84%

1.60%

Hawaii

1.70%

2.16%

2.43%

2.09%

13.22%

1.06%

3.69%

Oregon

1.25%

1.53%

3.93%

1.27%

14.66%

0.89%

2.81%

Washington

2.61%

2.78%

4.27%

4.48%

13.92%

2.84%

3.33%

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.