Percent with some health care coverage statistics - states compared

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

DEFINITION
Do you have any kind of health care coverage? Percent of respondents who answered yes.

Health Statistics > Percent with some health care coverage (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Minnesota:

92.1%

# 2

Puerto Rico:

92%

# 3

Delaware:

91%

# 4

Massachusetts:

90.7%

# 5

Connecticut:

90.4%

# 6

Wisconsin:

90%

# 7

Iowa:

89.3%

= 8

District of Columbia:

89%

= 8

South Dakota:

89%

# 10

Tennessee:

88.2%

# 11

Maryland:

88.1%

# 12

Rhode Island:

88%

# 13

Pennsylvania:

87.9%

# 14

New Hampshire:

87.8%

# 15

Michigan:

87.7%

# 16

Vermont:

87.5%

# 17

Nebraska:

87.2%

# 18

Maine:

87.1%

# 19

Kansas:

87%

# 20

Ohio:

86.9%

# 21

Missouri:

86.8%

# 22

North Dakota:

86.5%

# 23

Virginia:

85.7%

# 24

Illinois:

85.6%

# 25

New Jersey:

85.5%

# 26

New York:

85.1%

= 27

Indiana:

85%

= 27

Kentucky:

85%

# 29

Washington:

84.8%

# 30

Utah:

84.4%

= 31

Colorado:

84.2%

= 31

Idaho:

84.2%

# 33

Alaska:

83.4%

# 34

South Carolina:

83%

# 35

Georgia:

82.9%

# 36

Alabama:

82.8%

# 37

California:

82.6%

# 38

Wyoming:

82.5%

# 39

Oregon:

82.3%

# 40

Arizona:

82.1%

# 41

West Virginia:

81.5%

# 42

Arkansas:

81.3%

# 43

North Carolina:

81.1%

# 44

Montana:

80.8%

# 45

Florida:

80.3%

# 46

Mississippi:

79.8%

# 47

Oklahoma:

78.5%

# 48

Nevada:

78.3%

# 49

New Mexico:

78%

# 50

Louisiana:

77.2%

# 51

Texas:

73.2%

# 52

US Virgin Islands:

70.2%

Weighted average:

84.6%

DEFINITION: Do you have any kind of health care coverage? Percent of respondents who answered yes.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

Health Statistics > Percent with some health care coverage (most recent) by state

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