United States

70.5%

70.6%

68.2%

72.5%

62.4%

69.6%

73.5%

New England:

Connecticut

74.2%

73.0%

78.3%

75.5%

71.4%

72.3%

78.4%

Maine

71.0%

70.9%

60.6%

74.8%

67.0%

70.2%

75.9%

Massachusetts

70.5%

69.5%

70.1%

74.0%

75.4%

65.2%

83.3%

New Hampshire

66.2%

68.6%

54.1%

65.8%

47.7%

65.5%

69.3%

Rhode Island

70.9%

70.9%

69.9%

71.7%

68.7%

68.6%

75.8%

Vermont

71.0%

72.1%

43.7%

79.3%

39.5%

*

70.8%

73.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

64.6%

64.1%

70.2%

59.4%

42.1%

63.5%

72.5%

New York

70.4%

70.6%

65.4%

73.8%

46.9%

69.6%

77.3%

Pennsylvania

73.4%

74.7%

64.7%

73.5%

79.1%

71.1%

78.1%

East North Central:

Illinois

71.9%

72.5%

71.9%

68.6%

63.7%

70.2%

76.0%

Indiana

70.3%

70.8%

71.9%

65.7%

63.2%

71.1%

69.4%

Michigan

71.5%

72.4%

71.2%

68.3%

54.0%

70.4%

76.0%

Ohio

71.5%

69.8%

74.6%

76.1%

76.9%

69.5%

75.4%

Wisconsin

69.3%

69.3%

72.7%

66.3%

58.8%

68.5%

72.5%

West North Central:

Iowa

72.1%

72.4%

69.2%

73.5%

66.9%

71.4%

74.6%

Kansas

72.3%

73.4%

65.4%

71.3%

60.3%

74.0%

70.2%

Minnesota

73.0%

71.0%

78.0%

78.1%

47.2%

73.2%

73.8%

Missouri

71.3%

71.3%

72.0%

70.7%

81.2%

69.3%

74.7%

Nebraska

70.3%

70.5%

64.5%

73.7%

76.3%

68.9%

72.2%

North Dakota

72.9%

73.3%

69.8%

73.1%

64.8%

71.7%

78.1%

South Dakota

68.7%

69.0%

64.0%

70.0%

52.2%

71.1%

64.9%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.1%

71.2%

58.4%

80.5%

35.6%

*

70.8%

74.5%

District of Columbia

77.9%

73.6%

75.5%

83.0%

76.9%

78.4%

76.6%

Florida

69.1%

69.3%

70.1%

67.1%

61.3%

68.3%

71.9%

Georgia

71.4%

71.4%

74.8%

69.0%

64.3%

70.8%

73.4%

Maryland

69.0%

68.2%

65.5%

72.6%

72.8%

67.5%

72.0%

North Carolina

69.1%

68.0%

66.7%

78.6%

56.9%

67.7%

74.8%

South Carolina

69.5%

69.5%

65.7%

73.0%

57.8%

71.6%

65.4%

Virginia

69.8%

70.4%

63.3%

74.5%

56.1%

69.4%

71.3%

West Virginia

65.7%

66.4%

61.4%

70.4%

73.7%

66.0%

64.4%

East South Central:

Alabama

64.9%

64.1%

62.1%

75.1%

69.9%

63.7%

66.8%

Kentucky

73.0%

75.5%

55.3%

72.5%

71.5%

69.3%

80.3%

Mississippi

72.1%

72.9%

62.3%

83.2%

81.9%

72.6%

69.8%

Tennessee

69.6%

70.1%

66.7%

71.7%

52.9%

67.8%

76.6%

West South Central:

Arkansas

70.2%

69.9%

66.5%

76.3%

63.2%

72.7%

66.2%

Louisiana

69.0%

70.5%

63.1%

61.8%

53.2%

67.5%

73.4%

Oklahoma

63.7%

64.3%

62.1%

58.6%

66.4%

63.3%

64.1%

Texas

69.0%

68.8%

69.0%

71.2%

59.9%

68.6%

70.5%

Mountain:

Arizona

66.0%

67.5%

50.0%

80.1%

44.9%

*

62.4%

75.6%

Colorado

68.2%

67.8%

68.2%

70.7%

62.0%

66.4%

72.6%

Idaho

67.7%

68.0%

72.0%

57.1%

53.2%

72.8%

57.9%

Montana

71.1%

74.3%

53.4%

69.7%

75.9%

69.7%

75.6%

Nevada

66.8%

67.7%

55.6%

91.7%

70.7%

68.1%

63.6%

New Mexico

63.8%

63.6%

66.6%

62.4%

71.7%

59.8%

71.8%

Utah

64.8%

65.8%

57.4%

65.2%

67.0%

63.1%

67.7%

Wyoming

71.0%

71.4%

65.3%

79.5%

63.1%

69.2%

77.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

67.3%

69.6%

57.8%

65.9%

49.3%

64.3%

74.0%

California

73.3%

73.4%

72.2%

74.8%

66.9%

73.9%

72.9%

Hawaii

78.4%

77.3%

79.3%

83.4%

62.4%

78.8%

81.6%

Oregon

78.1%

79.6%

66.5%

81.4%

82.3%

79.0%

74.6%

Washington

74.5%

75.5%

68.0%

76.6%

86.8%

72.3%

79.6%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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

0.31%

0.31%

1.00%

0.57%

2.37%

0.30%

0.58%

New England:

Connecticut

1.73%

1.69%

3.71%

4.24%

4.73%

2.27%

2.65%

Maine

2.46%

3.11%

7.46%

3.34%

5.21%

2.34%

4.54%

Massachusetts

0.92%

1.76%

4.87%

2.61%

14.53%

1.49%

2.96%

New Hampshire

2.07%

2.33%

4.95%

3.74%

7.67%

2.24%

4.32%

Rhode Island

1.45%

1.92%

8.58%

3.16%

13.88%

2.09%

2.53%

Vermont

2.46%

1.99%

8.22%

2.62%

12.15%

*

1.70%

6.70%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.93%

2.65%

4.86%

7.22%

11.85%

2.26%

3.20%

New York

1.59%

2.58%

4.19%

2.40%

8.63%

1.16%

4.99%

Pennsylvania

1.76%

1.97%

6.82%

3.78%

12.73%

1.97%

3.66%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.13%

1.44%

4.84%

1.83%

7.05%

1.57%

2.45%

Indiana

1.53%

1.89%

4.86%

8.11%

12.51%

1.77%

3.73%

Michigan

1.95%

2.13%

6.73%

4.70%

10.02%

1.91%

4.23%

Ohio

1.48%

1.68%

5.97%

2.30%

10.66%

1.57%

2.76%

Wisconsin

1.66%

2.64%

3.63%

3.62%

10.63%

2.37%

3.19%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.27%

1.16%

4.44%

3.58%

6.90%

1.89%

3.75%

Kansas

2.04%

1.86%

6.48%

5.55%

10.71%

2.32%

3.85%

Minnesota

2.58%

2.19%

4.12%

6.18%

12.54%

2.85%

3.25%

Missouri

1.80%

1.87%

5.19%

5.15%

4.89%

2.41%

3.54%

Nebraska

1.40%

1.53%

4.53%

5.33%

14.03%

1.49%

2.37%

North Dakota

1.77%

2.97%

8.36%

3.62%

11.04%

1.78%

10.19%

South Dakota

2.53%

2.98%

4.60%

2.66%

9.58%

1.60%

6.68%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.19%

2.32%

6.16%

5.37%

10.85%

*

2.56%

3.03%

District of Columbia

1.81%

2.12%

2.51%

2.91%

13.65%

2.03%

2.06%

Florida

1.95%

1.73%

6.01%

3.88%

9.87%

2.08%

2.94%

Georgia

1.78%

2.03%

9.51%

4.71%

10.65%

2.35%

4.25%

Maryland

1.54%

2.04%

6.85%

4.37%

11.88%

1.93%

2.44%

North Carolina

1.94%

1.77%

10.67%

9.03%

13.22%

2.99%

4.65%

South Carolina

1.74%

2.33%

6.46%

6.74%

11.06%

2.48%

4.87%

Virginia

1.81%

1.75%

5.22%

4.43%

11.99%

2.19%

4.19%

West Virginia

2.19%

2.41%

6.24%

3.05%

16.38%

2.39%

3.77%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.74%

2.43%

4.35%

9.28%

7.07%

1.18%

5.80%

Kentucky

1.14%

1.39%

6.28%

3.50%

6.05%

1.35%

3.18%

Mississippi

3.44%

2.28%

9.76%

10.74%

13.84%

4.30%

3.68%

Tennessee

1.79%

2.51%

4.35%

4.85%

9.14%

3.39%

4.20%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.57%

3.11%

5.80%

4.65%

9.68%

1.92%

4.41%

Louisiana

2.18%

2.52%

5.54%

6.25%

10.53%

2.30%

3.54%

Oklahoma

1.71%

1.55%

6.09%

10.33%

8.85%

2.60%

5.69%

Texas

2.14%

2.56%

4.89%

4.20%

8.89%

2.41%

2.63%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.01%

2.68%

9.55%

2.65%

14.62%

*

3.48%

3.55%

Colorado

1.48%

2.43%

5.04%

9.43%

10.54%

1.50%

3.07%

Idaho

3.21%

2.70%

4.66%

11.48%

10.93%

3.59%

7.12%

Montana

1.52%

1.32%

6.65%

4.91%

12.73%

1.34%

4.81%

Nevada

1.96%

2.08%

5.53%

19.59%

8.63%

2.70%

5.62%

New Mexico

2.69%

4.14%

6.86%

5.43%

6.52%

2.16%

4.48%

Utah

3.02%

2.99%

6.27%

11.50%

5.45%

2.87%

4.25%

Wyoming

1.89%

2.45%

6.31%

4.70%

10.65%

2.73%

2.45%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.89%

3.12%

8.42%

3.18%

10.93%

1.95%

4.45%

California

1.30%

1.31%

2.88%

2.05%

6.49%

1.63%

1.76%

Hawaii

2.03%

2.79%

5.11%

3.50%

6.29%

2.95%

3.88%

Oregon

2.00%

1.22%

5.13%

5.20%

13.17%

1.90%

5.83%

Washington

2.88%

3.74%

5.36%

9.43%

13.28%

2.61%

5.63%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.