United States

70.5%

52.2%

63.5%

74.9%

80.9%

New England:

Connecticut

74.2%

65.6%

67.2%

78.5%

80.8%

Maine

71.0%

60.4%

57.9%

74.6%

83.0%

Massachusetts

70.5%

52.9%

62.8%

74.4%

82.3%

New Hampshire

66.2%

50.4%

57.2%

71.9%

75.1%

Rhode Island

70.9%

52.8%

74.8%

70.5%

75.7%

Vermont

71.0%

55.4%

64.9%

71.2%

84.5%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

64.6%

51.1%

60.1%

69.5%

71.2%

New York

70.4%

48.3%

69.7%

75.9%

77.8%

Pennsylvania

73.4%

52.0%

66.7%

79.3%

82.3%

East North Central:

Illinois

71.9%

57.5%

65.6%

75.2%

80.3%

Indiana

70.3%

45.9%

65.6%

74.1%

81.0%

Michigan

71.5%

55.2%

62.6%

73.2%

82.4%

Ohio

71.5%

57.3%

59.7%

77.5%

81.7%

Wisconsin

69.3%

57.4%

65.1%

71.4%

75.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

72.1%

51.3%

63.4%

76.9%

84.1%

Kansas

72.3%

60.7%

60.5%

76.2%

81.0%

Minnesota

73.0%

58.4%

63.3%

74.6%

83.5%

Missouri

71.3%

56.2%

61.1%

75.4%

83.0%

Nebraska

70.3%

52.2%

64.3%

75.1%

78.6%

North Dakota

72.9%

53.9%

67.5%

75.4%

82.7%

South Dakota

68.7%

47.2%

61.0%

73.3%

78.9%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.1%

52.1%

64.1%

75.3%

84.1%

District of Columbia

77.9%

58.7%

79.1%

83.0%

82.2%

Florida

69.1%

55.1%

63.9%

72.1%

78.2%

Georgia

71.4%

44.2%

69.9%

73.8%

82.9%

Maryland

69.0%

50.1%

68.7%

71.7%

75.1%

North Carolina

69.1%

57.3%

54.0%

78.5%

78.5%

South Carolina

69.5%

52.7%

60.7%

71.6%

82.6%

Virginia

69.8%

49.9%

65.0%

71.3%

82.3%

West Virginia

65.7%

49.0%

51.8%

65.4%

83.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

64.9%

42.5%

53.8%

73.2%

78.2%

Kentucky

73.0%

53.8%

67.2%

79.0%

80.6%

Mississippi

72.1%

53.0%

59.2%

82.9%

80.1%

Tennessee

69.6%

49.4%

55.7%

75.6%

82.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

70.2%

53.2%

59.9%

70.1%

85.0%

Louisiana

69.0%

63.1%

50.4%

75.1%

79.7%

Oklahoma

63.7%

49.0%

54.1%

65.4%

75.8%

Texas

69.0%

45.5%

63.9%

72.7%

83.3%

Mountain:

Arizona

66.0%

52.0%

49.5%

69.3%

82.1%

Colorado

68.2%

58.2%

58.0%

71.9%

78.7%

Idaho

67.7%

69.1%

46.5%

73.0%

74.8%

Montana

71.1%

47.9%

53.3%

71.0%

89.2%

Nevada

66.8%

55.5%

56.6%

70.4%

78.6%

New Mexico

63.8%

47.4%

57.8%

59.1%

79.8%

Utah

64.8%

45.1%

57.8%

70.5%

76.2%

Wyoming

71.0%

56.8%

65.3%

73.2%

78.3%

Pacific:

Alaska

67.3%

50.0%

55.1%

72.2%

81.3%

California

73.3%

49.4%

68.6%

78.6%

84.1%

Hawaii

78.4%

60.5%

86.0%

80.2%

83.3%

Oregon

78.1%

54.5%

76.8%

84.5%

84.9%

Washington

74.5%

54.6%

62.0%

81.5%

86.7%

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.

United States

0.31%

1.18%

0.88%

0.37%

0.41%

New England:

Connecticut

1.73%

3.84%

3.54%

2.59%

1.45%

Maine

2.46%

3.89%

6.25%

4.00%

2.59%

Massachusetts

0.92%

4.07%

3.43%

1.63%

3.60%

New Hampshire

2.07%

4.11%

3.23%

3.20%

2.37%

Rhode Island

1.45%

3.67%

1.89%

2.76%

2.30%

Vermont

2.46%

6.08%

3.46%

2.12%

2.27%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.93%

5.93%

5.08%

2.00%

5.06%

New York

1.59%

6.02%

2.60%

1.91%

2.22%

Pennsylvania

1.76%

7.50%

3.07%

2.58%

2.39%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.13%

2.57%

3.72%

2.29%

2.10%

Indiana

1.53%

4.03%

3.26%

2.31%

2.57%

Michigan

1.95%

4.50%

2.98%

3.32%

1.99%

Ohio

1.48%

4.17%

4.35%

1.98%

2.20%

Wisconsin

1.66%

3.56%

2.20%

3.57%

2.20%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.27%

3.99%

3.08%

3.09%

1.97%

Kansas

2.04%

5.65%

2.83%

3.32%

2.89%

Minnesota

2.58%

4.39%

5.01%

2.79%

2.07%

Missouri

1.80%

4.30%

4.36%

2.84%

2.18%

Nebraska

1.40%

3.70%

2.34%

3.65%

2.45%

North Dakota

1.77%

5.22%

3.08%

3.65%

2.49%

South Dakota

2.53%

5.97%

3.54%

3.07%

1.75%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.19%

5.15%

4.07%

2.93%

2.36%

District of Columbia

1.81%

4.28%

4.43%

2.86%

2.53%

Florida

1.95%

6.04%

1.92%

2.93%

2.78%

Georgia

1.78%

4.42%

4.22%

3.12%

1.64%

Maryland

1.54%

8.19%

2.57%

3.15%

3.20%

North Carolina

1.94%

5.05%

5.02%

2.42%

2.84%

South Carolina

1.74%

6.23%

4.44%

3.34%

2.52%

Virginia

1.81%

4.43%

2.73%

3.66%

2.50%

West Virginia

2.19%

7.28%

4.02%

3.99%

3.06%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.74%

4.63%

4.55%

2.55%

4.76%

Kentucky

1.14%

5.20%

3.69%

2.07%

2.68%

Mississippi

3.44%

5.84%

6.48%

3.62%

3.35%

Tennessee

1.79%

5.55%

4.63%

3.06%

2.66%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.57%

6.96%

3.14%

4.40%

2.39%

Louisiana

2.18%

5.03%

4.74%

3.32%

3.13%

Oklahoma

1.71%

3.47%

5.28%

4.42%

4.24%

Texas

2.14%

4.89%

3.78%

2.56%

1.83%

Mountain:

Arizona

3.01%

6.88%

7.52%

2.65%

2.67%

Colorado

1.48%

6.35%

3.04%

3.31%

4.45%

Idaho

3.21%

7.94%

5.21%

3.65%

5.03%

Montana

1.52%

9.35%

5.50%

3.41%

2.17%

Nevada

1.96%

5.35%

5.01%

3.63%

2.66%

New Mexico

2.69%

5.48%

4.31%

2.90%

3.84%

Utah

3.02%

3.84%

4.47%

5.04%

4.43%

Wyoming

1.89%

5.21%

3.23%

3.26%

4.05%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.89%

5.33%

5.13%

3.60%

2.21%

California

1.30%

2.77%

2.90%

1.18%

1.67%

Hawaii

2.03%

8.28%

2.31%

2.50%

2.86%

Oregon

2.00%

5.84%

1.99%

1.77%

2.80%

Washington

2.88%

7.50%

5.70%

4.69%

1.77%

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.