United States

18.0%

18.4%

17.6%

16.5%

14.7%

17.6%

19.4%

New England:

Connecticut

19.9%

21.5%

13.6%

19.5%

23.0%

19.7%

19.7%

Maine

19.5%

20.0%

16.2%

19.2%

19.3%

19.2%

20.9%

Massachusetts

13.3%

13.7%

14.9%

11.6%

8.0%

*

10.7%

19.1%

New Hampshire

19.5%

19.1%

14.8%

24.7%

10.3%

19.6%

19.8%

Rhode Island

11.8%

13.8%

15.9%

*

4.0%

*

12.3%

*

11.0%

13.0%

Vermont

21.4%

20.7%

17.6%

24.3%

11.6%

*

22.2%

19.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

18.7%

20.1%

15.3%

15.5%

5.8%

*

17.7%

23.3%

New York

16.6%

17.1%

18.8%

13.5%

16.3%

16.1%

18.0%

Pennsylvania

19.9%

21.2%

14.6%

17.8%

20.8%

*

19.6%

20.6%

East North Central:

Illinois

16.7%

16.7%

19.1%

13.9%

16.1%

15.3%

19.4%

Indiana

20.5%

19.8%

24.2%

21.1%

6.3%

20.2%

23.2%

Michigan

22.2%

22.4%

17.5%

24.1%

15.9%

23.0%

20.5%

Ohio

19.3%

20.5%

17.4%

16.2%

11.8%

*

18.3%

21.9%

Wisconsin

16.2%

16.4%

12.2%

19.1%

19.5%

16.0%

16.3%

West North Central:

Iowa

14.2%

14.3%

18.5%

10.5%

3.4%

*

14.4%

14.7%

Kansas

17.6%

18.6%

14.0%

14.5%

17.2%

15.8%

20.6%

Minnesota

16.3%

17.6%

15.2%

*

12.4%

9.1%

*

15.8%

18.4%

Missouri

16.7%

17.7%

15.4%

11.1%

11.3%

16.9%

16.6%

Nebraska

16.3%

16.3%

12.7%

*

18.7%

19.4%

15.2%

17.8%

North Dakota

16.3%

17.6%

14.1%

13.7%

8.0%

*

15.5%

20.0%

South Dakota

12.8%

13.7%

7.0%

*

12.4%

8.3%

*

12.4%

15.4%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

19.3%

20.0%

11.6%

20.2%

8.7%

*

19.9%

18.8%

District of Columbia

17.4%

18.9%

13.0%

18.3%

6.4%

*

17.5%

18.9%

Florida

17.8%

18.5%

18.6%

12.2%

8.0%

*

18.0%

18.1%

Georgia

18.1%

17.9%

18.2%

18.8%

3.7%

*

18.2%

18.6%

Maryland

18.3%

18.0%

17.1%

19.7%

22.9%

*

18.4%

17.7%

North Carolina

16.2%

16.6%

12.4%

15.5%

16.8%

15.5%

18.1%

South Carolina

16.9%

17.2%

15.7%

16.2%

14.1%

16.3%

18.8%

Virginia

19.2%

18.7%

19.5%

22.9%

26.8%

*

19.3%

18.9%

West Virginia

18.1%

17.3%

21.3%

17.2%

13.4%

*

18.7%

17.9%

East South Central:

Alabama

13.0%

13.3%

9.0%

14.4%

7.5%

*

10.0%

19.8%

Kentucky

19.9%

20.2%

12.6%

23.1%

12.8%

*

19.9%

20.7%

Mississippi

15.2%

16.8%

13.6%

7.2%

15.5%

15.5%

14.3%

Tennessee

18.4%

19.6%

16.9%

14.3%

22.3%

18.5%

17.7%

West South Central:

Arkansas

16.9%

16.4%

22.6%

15.6%

14.4%

16.6%

17.9%

Louisiana

17.5%

17.5%

20.8%

12.1%

*

26.9%

17.5%

16.8%

Oklahoma

19.9%

19.7%

23.4%

*

17.1%

15.3%

19.0%

22.7%

Texas

19.2%

19.0%

21.1%

16.2%

18.4%

17.6%

21.8%

Mountain:

Arizona

19.9%

19.9%

23.3%

16.9%

25.3%

*

20.7%

18.3%

Colorado

19.6%

19.5%

19.4%

20.6%

13.0%

*

19.0%

21.5%

Idaho

17.4%

17.0%

18.4%

20.1%

12.8%

*

15.7%

25.3%

Montana

17.9%

17.6%

19.8%

18.2%

23.7%

17.5%

18.3%

Nevada

19.4%

18.3%

18.5%

29.7%

13.5%

19.6%

19.9%

New Mexico

17.3%

18.8%

16.3%

9.0%

17.9%

16.5%

19.0%

Utah

18.5%

19.0%

17.3%

15.7%

23.0%

18.1%

18.3%

Wyoming

19.8%

22.3%

15.5%

6.8%

*

15.6%

17.3%

26.4%

Pacific:

Alaska

18.1%

18.8%

16.8%

15.8%

20.0%

*

17.5%

18.8%

California

17.9%

18.2%

16.4%

18.5%

14.7%

18.1%

18.0%

Hawaii

14.2%

16.5%

7.1%

*

9.4%

8.8%

*

13.0%

17.8%

Oregon

20.4%

19.0%

22.2%

24.3%

6.5%

*

20.1%

22.5%

Washington

19.1%

19.3%

19.7%

17.7%

12.7%

*

18.6%

22.1%

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

0.19%

0.24%

0.69%

0.40%

0.73%

0.22%

0.41%

New England:

Connecticut

1.37%

1.37%

2.04%

2.96%

3.99%

1.60%

2.00%

Maine

1.21%

1.42%

3.86%

2.35%

4.65%

1.54%

2.77%

Massachusetts

0.93%

1.10%

3.93%

1.68%

3.44%

*

0.94%

2.51%

New Hampshire

1.04%

1.33%

3.88%

2.37%

3.04%

0.91%

1.99%

Rhode Island

1.03%

1.25%

5.03%

*

2.41%

*

4.44%

*

1.13%

2.95%

Vermont

1.22%

1.68%

2.64%

1.62%

3.61%

*

0.91%

3.16%

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.20%

1.29%

2.15%

2.08%

2.31%

*

1.40%

1.93%

New York

1.16%

1.01%

4.42%

1.43%

3.15%

1.34%

2.47%

Pennsylvania

1.27%

1.84%

2.51%

0.94%

6.32%

*

1.48%

1.79%

East North Central:

Illinois

0.87%

1.25%

2.02%

1.60%

3.69%

1.07%

2.02%

Indiana

1.13%

1.72%

4.28%

4.22%

1.58%

1.38%

2.18%

Michigan

1.50%

1.80%

2.87%

3.28%

4.24%

1.99%

2.82%

Ohio

1.26%

1.28%

3.07%

2.10%

9.58%

*

1.16%

1.94%

Wisconsin

1.20%

1.00%

2.79%

1.91%

4.75%

1.53%

1.80%

West North Central:

Iowa

1.31%

1.24%

4.24%

2.50%

1.30%

*

1.80%

2.11%

Kansas

1.15%

1.10%

4.18%

2.76%

3.53%

1.71%

2.08%

Minnesota

0.83%

1.08%

5.49%

*

2.43%

2.82%

*

1.55%

2.29%

Missouri

0.96%

0.95%

2.56%

2.41%

3.33%

1.29%

1.46%

Nebraska

1.37%

1.19%

4.50%

*

3.62%

5.43%

1.72%

1.55%

North Dakota

1.03%

1.30%

3.38%

1.78%

4.95%

*

1.35%

3.54%

South Dakota

1.25%

1.41%

2.80%

*

2.44%

6.88%

*

1.27%

1.54%

South Atlantic:

Delaware

0.91%

1.01%

3.30%

3.21%

3.37%

*

1.57%

1.33%

District of Columbia

1.12%

1.45%

1.66%

3.25%

2.31%

*

1.52%

2.22%

Florida

0.60%

0.75%

1.92%

2.47%

4.26%

*

0.56%

1.86%

Georgia

1.10%

1.08%

3.40%

3.76%

3.52%

*

1.41%

1.91%

Maryland

0.54%

0.95%

3.55%

1.84%

6.97%

*

0.79%

1.68%

North Carolina

0.86%

1.15%

2.91%

3.33%

5.01%

0.73%

2.27%

South Carolina

1.28%

1.35%

3.06%

2.46%

4.04%

1.35%

2.77%

Virginia

0.88%

1.09%

2.47%

1.72%

9.14%

*

0.98%

1.33%

West Virginia

1.71%

1.70%

4.42%

3.34%

4.69%

*

2.24%

2.63%

East South Central:

Alabama

1.16%

1.18%

2.19%

3.64%

2.64%

*

1.90%

2.42%

Kentucky

0.95%

1.31%

3.16%

1.64%

5.56%

*

1.18%

1.88%

Mississippi

1.40%

1.41%

2.58%

2.06%

4.03%

1.60%

1.77%

Tennessee

1.00%

1.04%

2.19%

3.66%

4.72%

1.31%

1.94%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.54%

1.42%

4.76%

2.59%

3.90%

1.84%

2.61%

Louisiana

1.18%

1.39%

3.06%

4.35%

*

7.49%

1.66%

2.85%

Oklahoma

1.64%

1.46%

7.37%

*

3.09%

3.82%

1.29%

3.08%

Texas

0.70%

0.90%

1.97%

1.99%

5.40%

0.80%

1.23%

Mountain:

Arizona

0.75%

1.02%

2.43%

3.85%

7.84%

*

1.01%

1.64%

Colorado

1.05%

1.15%

2.68%

3.20%

4.52%

*

0.89%

1.90%

Idaho

1.70%

1.59%

3.62%

4.77%

4.49%

*

1.88%

2.65%

Montana

1.11%

1.43%

4.20%

1.76%

5.76%

1.38%

1.95%

Nevada

1.63%

1.31%

2.45%

7.91%

3.40%

2.28%

1.30%

New Mexico

1.11%

1.27%

2.66%

2.09%

4.35%

2.03%

1.81%

Utah

1.41%

1.74%

2.60%

3.66%

5.28%

1.42%

2.63%

Wyoming

1.95%

2.43%

2.93%

5.37%

*

3.87%

2.20%

3.65%

Pacific:

Alaska

1.11%

0.98%

2.41%

3.29%

6.86%

*

1.41%

2.22%

California

0.45%

0.43%

1.53%

1.52%

2.34%

0.80%

0.87%

Hawaii

0.82%

1.12%

2.30%

*

2.83%

3.06%

*

0.99%

3.26%

Oregon

0.88%

1.01%

2.01%

3.08%

4.57%

*

0.68%

2.49%

Washington

0.80%

1.20%

2.24%

3.30%

4.01%

*

1.33%

1.99%

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.