United States

19.1%

20.3%

18.7%

14.9%

18.5%

18.9%

19.9%

New England:

Connecticut

19.6%

21.7%

22.0%

12.8%

23.8%

19.2%

21.2%

Maine

23.0%

26.1%

31.2%

*

13.0%

38.3%

*

21.2%

27.9%

Massachusetts

22.7%

23.3%

21.9%

21.4%

33.9%

23.6%

18.9%

New Hampshire

21.7%

24.0%

19.1%

16.5%

36.5%

21.9%

18.4%

Rhode Island

18.8%

22.5%

23.5%

10.0%

17.9%

*

20.0%

15.5%

Vermont

17.1%

18.9%

24.4%

12.9%

6.7%

*

17.9%

14.4%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

20.2%

22.3%

19.5%

9.6%

*

16.5%

*

21.4%

16.8%

New York

21.0%

20.2%

25.4%

20.3%

28.6%

21.6%

17.4%

Pennsylvania

20.6%

23.6%

12.6%

12.5%

15.5%

*

20.5%

21.4%

East North Central:

Illinois

19.4%

22.5%

15.5%

11.6%

15.7%

*

19.4%

19.5%

Indiana

20.9%

21.1%

27.0%

17.1%

20.2%

*

20.6%

21.7%

Michigan

15.3%

16.2%

12.7%

*

12.7%

21.3%

*

14.7%

16.6%

Ohio

19.3%

20.6%

18.2%

15.1%

26.8%

19.2%

19.1%

Wisconsin

20.9%

21.5%

14.5%

20.6%

24.5%

20.9%

20.5%

West North Central:

Iowa

20.0%

20.3%

24.8%

15.8%

33.0%

*

21.4%

15.8%

Kansas

20.0%

21.0%

15.1%

17.6%

31.3%

*

19.5%

20.0%

Minnesota

20.3%

22.7%

18.7%

*

13.8%

29.5%

20.5%

19.0%

Missouri

17.8%

18.4%

24.2%

13.0%

17.4%

*

17.5%

18.6%

Nebraska

22.5%

22.7%

19.0%

23.6%

20.7%

*

23.7%

19.1%

North Dakota

17.8%

21.1%

17.0%

11.6%

32.9%

16.5%

22.0%

South Dakota

18.2%

18.6%

14.6%

*

20.0%

17.7%

*

18.5%

17.3%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

15.6%

17.8%

13.3%

*

10.4%

*

31.3%

15.1%

16.8%

District of Columbia

15.4%

19.6%

14.1%

13.3%

23.2%

*

15.3%

14.7%

Florida

21.8%

23.2%

16.2%

*

18.7%

15.0%

20.6%

28.8%

Georgia

22.3%

19.2%

28.2%

34.6%

18.9%

*

21.3%

24.8%

Maryland

22.9%

22.5%

26.0%

23.3%

12.8%

*

22.4%

26.3%

North Carolina

17.5%

18.1%

18.0%

*

14.5%

14.2%

*

17.9%

16.2%

South Carolina

20.2%

20.0%

22.2%

18.7%

*

28.7%

17.3%

25.4%

Virginia

24.0%

26.4%

24.0%

7.0%

*

27.9%

23.5%

24.9%

West Virginia

19.0%

20.4%

16.3%

*

13.8%

29.5%

*

18.1%

22.2%

East South Central:

Alabama

22.6%

22.0%

26.4%

23.2%

*

7.6%

*

24.7%

19.1%

Kentucky

18.2%

18.3%

21.6%

15.8%

21.4%

18.4%

17.6%

Mississippi

19.6%

20.6%

16.0%

18.5%

32.2%

19.6%

18.4%

Tennessee

19.9%

22.1%

16.0%

13.9%

30.4%

19.8%

19.5%

West South Central:

Arkansas

19.6%

20.9%

19.0%

12.1%

3.6%

*

20.2%

19.1%

Louisiana

19.2%

22.3%

15.2%

13.0%

26.7%

*

18.5%

20.5%

Oklahoma

16.4%

19.0%

13.2%

*

11.7%

12.6%

*

16.2%

17.7%

Texas

17.6%

18.3%

17.7%

12.9%

19.7%

17.3%

18.2%

Mountain:

Arizona

18.8%

20.0%

18.8%

*

11.8%

20.2%

*

17.3%

26.5%

Colorado

17.8%

18.1%

18.1%

15.1%

24.9%

*

17.6%

18.0%

Idaho

15.8%

12.7%

18.6%

26.6%

*

13.2%

*

16.1%

14.9%

Montana

14.4%

14.2%

21.0%

*

11.3%

21.3%

*

13.3%

24.0%

Nevada

15.4%

16.5%

16.3%

6.5%

*

15.8%

14.5%

17.8%

New Mexico

18.0%

19.2%

20.4%

11.4%

31.8%

*

16.4%

22.5%

Utah

21.5%

22.7%

12.4%

19.7%

10.2%

21.8%

21.4%

Wyoming

14.2%

15.0%

13.7%

*

11.3%

*

3.3%

*

13.9%

18.1%

Pacific:

Alaska

15.7%

17.0%

20.6%

9.2%

*

19.4%

*

14.7%

17.6%

*

California

16.3%

17.5%

16.1%

11.2%

13.0%

*

15.8%

19.0%

Hawaii

10.3%

10.8%

10.5%

7.4%

*

4.1%

9.6%

15.2%

Oregon

13.3%

17.3%

8.4%

4.8%

*

16.6%

*

12.3%

17.9%

Washington

15.4%

15.7%

25.8%

7.4%

12.6%

*

14.3%

19.4%

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

0.39%

0.23%

1.07%

0.96%

1.42%

0.50%

0.35%

New England:

Connecticut

1.35%

1.29%

4.07%

2.49%

5.47%

1.54%

2.04%

Maine

2.56%

2.61%

9.91%

*

1.74%

13.33%

*

2.87%

4.48%

Massachusetts

0.97%

1.70%

4.52%

1.86%

7.92%

1.47%

2.76%

New Hampshire

2.46%

2.04%

5.64%

4.43%

9.58%

2.90%

1.60%

Rhode Island

1.21%

1.56%

5.76%

2.44%

5.53%

*

1.32%

2.17%

Vermont

1.39%

2.11%

5.99%

1.72%

3.87%

*

1.77%

3.80%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.48%

1.72%

2.70%

3.12%

*

5.63%

*

2.16%

2.27%

New York

1.80%

1.49%

3.23%

3.70%

4.79%

2.09%

1.66%

Pennsylvania

1.71%

1.96%

1.59%

1.82%

5.88%

*

2.53%

3.41%

East North Central:

Illinois

1.15%

1.90%

2.25%

3.22%

5.62%

*

1.99%

1.41%

Indiana

1.15%

1.57%

5.20%

1.11%

10.25%

*

2.02%

1.86%

Michigan

1.23%

1.39%

4.77%

*

1.62%

7.25%

*

1.32%

2.01%

Ohio

0.65%

1.34%

5.01%

2.23%

6.22%

1.03%

3.35%

Wisconsin

0.74%

0.77%

3.00%

2.22%

6.60%

0.59%

2.81%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.55%

1.80%

5.70%

1.76%

10.03%

*

1.96%

1.70%

Kansas

0.66%

0.85%

4.04%

3.81%

11.83%

*

1.24%

2.64%

Minnesota

1.47%

1.58%

9.61%

*

3.38%

7.33%

1.96%

3.64%

Missouri

1.31%

1.61%

5.82%

2.83%

5.30%

*

1.44%

3.49%

Nebraska

1.57%

2.54%

3.01%

2.85%

6.65%

*

1.77%

2.47%

North Dakota

1.30%

1.21%

4.81%

3.15%

8.98%

1.66%

3.74%

South Dakota

2.12%

3.43%

7.98%

*

4.68%

6.13%

*

2.70%

2.44%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.53%

0.95%

4.34%

*

7.67%

*

7.68%

1.68%

2.85%

District of Columbia

1.44%

2.65%

2.33%

1.60%

8.57%

*

1.41%

2.36%

Florida

1.20%

1.46%

9.16%

*

3.16%

3.52%

1.36%

3.86%

Georgia

1.86%

1.12%

5.74%

7.79%

8.91%

*

1.96%

2.25%

Maryland

1.19%

1.39%

5.70%

3.60%

9.13%

*

1.77%

2.48%

North Carolina

1.01%

0.97%

5.62%

*

3.53%

4.52%

*

1.10%

1.95%

South Carolina

2.11%

2.43%

5.04%

9.23%

*

7.25%

2.39%

1.91%

Virginia

1.14%

1.25%

5.23%

2.10%

*

8.02%

1.39%

3.00%

West Virginia

1.85%

1.87%

4.99%

*

2.29%

9.04%

*

2.47%

2.63%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.47%

1.49%

5.71%

8.93%

*

5.20%

*

1.85%

1.91%

Kentucky

1.34%

1.44%

5.29%

3.16%

5.78%

1.76%

1.63%

Mississippi

1.16%

1.65%

1.96%

4.38%

7.80%

1.48%

2.00%

Tennessee

1.35%

1.74%

2.77%

3.61%

6.78%

2.19%

1.61%

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.92%

1.33%

3.45%

1.98%

5.00%

*

1.39%

2.21%

Louisiana

1.54%

2.01%

2.81%

2.61%

9.01%

*

2.14%

2.17%

Oklahoma

1.93%

1.84%

5.95%

*

2.20%

10.47%

*

2.64%

2.63%

Texas

1.07%

1.18%

1.38%

2.76%

4.79%

1.09%

2.28%

Mountain:

Arizona

1.50%

1.55%

6.42%

*

2.03%

6.40%

*

1.50%

7.11%

Colorado

1.12%

1.42%

1.76%

2.20%

7.93%

*

1.61%

1.69%

Idaho

1.86%

1.23%

4.18%

8.35%

*

9.97%

*

1.95%

3.67%

Montana

1.77%

2.71%

7.34%

*

2.72%

7.65%

*

1.97%

4.75%

Nevada

1.98%

2.75%

2.31%

1.94%

*

4.39%

2.41%

1.85%

New Mexico

1.10%

1.48%

4.33%

3.14%

11.16%

*

1.46%

2.36%

Utah

1.58%

1.62%

3.05%

3.27%

2.83%

1.59%

3.59%

Wyoming

1.26%

1.46%

8.22%

*

7.66%

*

5.02%

*

1.27%

3.78%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.11%

1.11%

4.09%

4.74%

*

6.21%

*

1.69%

8.77%

*

California

0.78%

0.69%

1.96%

2.03%

5.03%

*

0.93%

1.72%

Hawaii

1.58%

2.21%

2.43%

4.05%

*

1.21%

2.30%

1.92%

Oregon

1.17%

1.61%

2.31%

1.95%

*

7.47%

*

1.37%

3.88%

Washington

1.01%

1.26%

5.00%

1.98%

3.80%

*

1.84%

1.82%

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.