United States

74.4%

76.4%

70.4%

65.6%

63.5%

73.4%

85.4%

New England:

Connecticut

73.2%

74.9%

68.8%

71.7%

61.5%

73.8%

78.4%

Maine

81.9%

83.4%

81.9%

75.5%

74.8%

83.2%

77.7%

Massachusetts

57.7%

63.1%

43.0%

48.0%

25.6%

*

55.2%

84.4%

New Hampshire

69.7%

73.8%

60.1%

57.0%

58.1%

67.4%

88.5%

Rhode Island

73.2%

73.8%

78.7%

60.6%

72.6%

70.0%

92.0%

Vermont

70.4%

73.8%

56.2%

64.9%

49.3%

*

69.5%

81.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

68.4%

70.2%

61.5%

76.0%

43.1%

*

70.0%

78.8%

New York

64.1%

67.0%

55.1%

61.9%

56.0%

63.3%

78.6%

Pennsylvania

68.2%

70.4%

64.6%

59.7%

72.2%

65.7%

84.7%

East North Central:

Illinois

73.3%

73.6%

78.7%

62.5%

74.8%

72.3%

76.6%

Indiana

77.4%

80.8%

68.4%

69.6%

77.4%

76.6%

81.5%

Michigan

71.1%

76.6%

53.8%

53.4%

42.4%

*

69.7%

89.6%

Ohio

79.5%

83.4%

72.5%

53.9%

70.0%

77.3%

95.0%

Wisconsin

85.0%

86.6%

85.6%

73.0%

79.2%

83.3%

95.9%

West North Central:

Iowa

74.1%

73.6%

73.3%

77.5%

64.2%

73.0%

90.3%

Kansas

75.7%

79.4%

61.6%

74.3%

68.9%

72.5%

93.8%

Minnesota

75.8%

75.8%

78.0%

73.9%

84.0%

73.7%

86.0%

Missouri

76.0%

77.4%

77.3%

63.7%

72.1%

75.0%

82.8%

Nebraska

77.8%

81.5%

67.3%

62.9%

68.4%

77.2%

83.7%

North Dakota

62.8%

67.5%

50.1%

57.7%

68.7%

59.5%

80.1%

South Dakota

77.8%

87.7%

59.4%

54.8%

59.1%

75.6%

99.7%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

74.7%

78.0%

72.0%

52.0%

68.3%

74.5%

77.2%

District of Columbia

56.6%

61.5%

39.7%

*

57.6%

58.2%

54.4%

68.2%

Florida

78.5%

78.1%

77.6%

85.5%

77.0%

76.6%

90.2%

Georgia

70.0%

72.5%

73.2%

41.8%

55.5%

67.7%

90.9%

Maryland

75.9%

78.9%

66.6%

67.9%

67.9%

74.2%

87.6%

North Carolina

80.6%

82.0%

72.2%

77.4%

47.7%

*

80.1%

95.5%

South Carolina

76.8%

79.5%

82.3%

45.3%

62.0%

74.7%

91.1%

Virginia

73.2%

75.1%

69.8%

63.3%

71.0%

69.4%

94.7%

West Virginia

74.5%

78.6%

72.6%

50.2%

74.0%

73.1%

79.4%

East South Central:

Alabama

69.6%

72.1%

65.0%

51.2%

32.0%

*

68.4%

88.2%

Kentucky

70.9%

73.1%

60.0%

72.5%

46.9%

*

70.0%

86.0%

Mississippi

80.0%

81.8%

77.2%

67.8%

72.7%

79.8%

82.9%

Tennessee

80.2%

86.1%

68.3%

79.0%

81.1%

77.3%

92.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

81.6%

83.9%

83.6%

59.0%

85.1%

78.7%

92.2%

Louisiana

74.5%

78.1%

70.3%

56.0%

47.9%

73.9%

86.2%

Oklahoma

74.2%

75.6%

63.9%

77.3%

59.0%

76.8%

69.7%

Texas

78.1%

77.9%

83.0%

66.9%

69.0%

78.5%

79.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

82.2%

83.4%

77.5%

79.8%

73.9%

80.1%

92.6%

Colorado

79.6%

78.5%

89.3%

66.2%

89.2%

78.4%

81.6%

Idaho

76.9%

80.1%

79.1%

48.5%

43.8%

*

80.2%

86.1%

Montana

76.6%

76.1%

72.5%

90.7%

49.0%

78.2%

83.0%

Nevada

83.2%

82.9%

94.1%

61.0%

68.8%

86.3%

81.7%

New Mexico

81.4%

84.9%

80.8%

63.5%

65.8%

81.8%

87.9%

Utah

83.5%

84.0%

79.9%

89.1%

81.1%

85.8%

75.9%

Wyoming

75.2%

77.7%

67.1%

67.9%

68.0%

73.0%

86.6%

Pacific:

Alaska

77.8%

77.4%

76.6%

81.8%

53.4%

80.7%

77.3%

California

75.8%

75.9%

74.1%

79.2%

61.7%

76.5%

81.6%

Hawaii

67.1%

69.6%

56.3%

63.9%

55.5%

67.7%

73.8%

Oregon

83.3%

84.2%

84.8%

74.8%

78.0%

81.8%

97.0%

Washington

77.5%

82.3%

70.6%

57.9%

49.1%

77.7%

91.6%

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

0.71%

0.84%

1.14%

1.24%

1.46%

0.93%

1.32%

New England:

Connecticut

2.13%

3.64%

7.57%

8.94%

8.96%

2.77%

7.33%

Maine

1.95%

2.07%

6.46%

6.20%

10.35%

2.08%

10.57%

Massachusetts

3.16%

3.17%

7.49%

5.26%

11.42%

*

4.40%

4.67%

New Hampshire

1.99%

3.07%

6.79%

6.42%

13.68%

1.96%

4.32%

Rhode Island

3.03%

3.84%

8.84%

9.40%

16.40%

4.11%

3.84%

Vermont

2.42%

3.45%

8.48%

7.16%

15.52%

*

3.25%

8.74%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.32%

3.72%

5.86%

8.42%

13.57%

*

2.93%

7.01%

New York

3.14%

3.40%

5.00%

7.27%

9.25%

3.35%

6.87%

Pennsylvania

2.08%

2.04%

7.39%

8.77%

12.62%

2.36%

3.89%

East North Central:

Illinois

2.13%

2.59%

5.71%

7.67%

10.15%

2.45%

6.20%

Indiana

3.65%

3.32%

8.09%

11.44%

13.74%

4.19%

6.59%

Michigan

1.98%

2.40%

7.02%

7.94%

15.68%

*

1.81%

4.02%

Ohio

1.14%

1.12%

6.75%

8.47%

11.07%

0.68%

3.52%

Wisconsin

2.55%

3.00%

7.74%

10.03%

12.32%

2.81%

1.62%

West North Central:

Iowa

2.83%

3.25%

8.09%

5.97%

12.66%

3.39%

3.42%

Kansas

3.14%

4.12%

8.32%

7.31%

13.09%

3.62%

5.37%

Minnesota

3.72%

4.08%

7.29%

7.81%

18.37%

4.39%

9.91%

Missouri

3.28%

3.85%

8.06%

9.04%

9.22%

3.30%

6.89%

Nebraska

2.29%

2.76%

10.36%

10.53%

16.81%

2.95%

4.64%

North Dakota

3.62%

4.45%

8.16%

9.90%

15.01%

3.97%

6.75%

South Dakota

3.80%

3.82%

7.93%

8.86%

12.80%

5.21%

0.21%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

2.26%

2.38%

5.80%

10.22%

14.53%

2.65%

8.29%

District of Columbia

3.43%

4.94%

12.12%

*

3.98%

14.15%

4.37%

7.15%

Florida

2.70%

2.70%

8.00%

9.75%

10.80%

3.37%

3.76%

Georgia

3.33%

3.44%

11.18%

12.37%

13.90%

3.70%

5.61%

Maryland

2.40%

2.68%

11.27%

9.68%

14.39%

2.69%

5.26%

North Carolina

2.44%

4.25%

14.61%

11.12%

14.77%

*

1.98%

1.97%

South Carolina

3.33%

3.51%

6.73%

11.84%

14.51%

4.26%

3.54%

Virginia

2.98%

3.13%

7.09%

9.28%

14.77%

3.30%

2.37%

West Virginia

3.05%

3.82%

9.70%

10.06%

18.62%

2.90%

9.35%

East South Central:

Alabama

2.65%

2.33%

8.20%

14.14%

16.10%

*

3.51%

4.04%

Kentucky

4.30%

4.55%

8.06%

8.87%

14.41%

*

4.59%

6.14%

Mississippi

3.52%

3.52%

9.57%

10.80%

16.22%

5.25%

4.15%

Tennessee

3.35%

2.88%

5.34%

10.31%

13.35%

3.91%

2.48%

West South Central:

Arkansas

3.07%

3.53%

5.42%

10.97%

12.54%

4.16%

2.37%

Louisiana

2.62%

3.46%

9.04%

11.59%

13.19%

3.34%

4.57%

Oklahoma

2.77%

3.62%

12.60%

10.57%

13.93%

2.59%

7.80%

Texas

2.95%

2.67%

3.96%

10.59%

10.67%

2.98%

4.87%

Mountain:

Arizona

2.56%

3.23%

10.28%

10.44%

15.46%

3.30%

2.00%

Colorado

3.42%

3.86%

7.83%

9.36%

13.67%

3.43%

6.27%

Idaho

4.15%

4.85%

11.06%

13.28%

13.70%

*

4.14%

9.90%

Montana

4.36%

5.21%

8.99%

8.82%

13.67%

4.47%

6.82%

Nevada

2.83%

2.91%

9.83%

14.52%

11.59%

3.25%

5.44%

New Mexico

3.55%

4.16%

5.63%

8.93%

11.36%

4.04%

6.67%

Utah

2.67%

3.01%

5.34%

13.91%

8.40%

2.52%

8.52%

Wyoming

2.12%

3.09%

10.64%

9.14%

13.41%

2.98%

3.74%

Pacific:

Alaska

2.80%

4.09%

10.17%

6.68%

14.05%

3.36%

7.22%

California

2.25%

2.55%

4.82%

5.73%

3.96%

2.56%

3.49%

Hawaii

2.49%

2.95%

7.18%

7.06%

9.54%

2.55%

7.95%

Oregon

2.35%

2.86%

5.72%

10.26%

13.72%

3.05%

1.41%

Washington

2.65%

2.75%

8.24%

10.33%

13.12%

2.58%

6.80%

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.