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Lack of Insurance
Lack of Health Insurance
measures the percentage of population not covered by private or public
health insurance. Individuals without health insurance have great
difficulty accessing the health care system, frequently do not
participate in preventive care programs and can add substantially to
the cost of healthcare due to delayed or emergency-room treatment.
Table 29 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2005 data (March
2006 Current Population Survey, Washington, D.C., U.S. Census Bureau).
Lack of coverage ranged from less than 10 percent in
Minnesota,
Iowa,
Hawaii,
Massachusetts and
Wisconsin to over 24 percent in
Texas. The
national average is 15.9 percent (46.6 million people) uninsured, which
is an increase of 0.2 percent from the 2005 Edition and a 2.5 percent
increase since 1990. If the United States as a whole could emulate the
best state, the number of uninsured would decrease by over 20 million
people or about the population of Texas.
In the last year, the percentage
of uninsured population decreased in 23 states, including
Massachusetts
(decreased by 1.9 percent), Montana (decreased by 1.7 percent) and
Kentucky (decreased by 1.6 percent). The percentage of uninsured
population increased in 26 states, including an increase of 3.1 percent
in Arizona and 3.0 percent in
South Carolina.
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Table 28 - Lack of Insurance
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ALPHABETICAL BY
STATE |
RANK ORDER |
|
2006 RANK (1-50) |
STATE |
PERCENT OF
POPULATION |
SCORE |
2006 RANK (1-50) |
STATE |
PERCENT OF
POPULATION |
SCORE |
|
29 |
Alabama |
15.4 |
-3 |
1 |
Minnesota |
8.4 |
-46 |
|
39 |
Alaska |
17.7 |
11 |
1 |
Iowa |
8.6 |
-46 |
|
47 |
Arizona |
20.2 |
27 |
3 |
Hawaii |
9.1 |
-43 |
|
41 |
Arkansas |
17.9 |
13 |
4 |
Massachusetts |
9.8 |
-38 |
|
46 |
California |
19.4 |
22 |
4 |
Wisconsin |
9.8 |
-38 |
|
35 |
Colorado |
17.0 |
7 |
6 |
New Hampshire |
10.3 |
-35 |
|
10 |
Connecticut |
11.3 |
-29 |
7 |
Pennsylvania |
10.5 |
-34 |
|
20 |
Delaware |
13.0 |
-18 |
8 |
Kansas |
10.8 |
-32 |
|
49 |
Florida |
20.7 |
30 |
8 |
Maine |
10.8 |
-32 |
|
45 |
Georgia |
18.9 |
19 |
10 |
Connecticut |
11.3 |
-29 |
|
3 |
Hawaii |
9.1 |
-43 |
11 |
Michigan |
11.4 |
-28 |
|
29 |
Idaho |
15.4 |
-3 |
11 |
Vermont |
11.4 |
-28 |
|
27 |
Illinois |
14.3 |
-10 |
13 |
Nebraska |
11.8 |
-26 |
|
24 |
Indiana |
14.2 |
-11 |
13 |
Rhode Island |
11.8 |
-26 |
|
1 |
Iowa |
8.6 |
-46 |
15 |
Missouri |
12.1 |
-24 |
|
8 |
Kansas |
10.8 |
-32 |
16 |
North Dakota |
12.2 |
-23 |
|
19 |
Kentucky |
12.7 |
-20 |
16 |
Ohio |
12.3 |
-23 |
|
44 |
Louisiana |
18.8 |
18 |
18 |
South Dakota |
12.4 |
-22 |
|
8 |
Maine |
10.8 |
-32 |
19 |
Kentucky |
12.7 |
-20 |
|
24 |
Maryland |
14.2 |
-11 |
20 |
Delaware |
13.0 |
-18 |
|
4 |
Massachusetts |
9.8 |
-38 |
21 |
New York |
13.5 |
-15 |
|
11 |
Michigan |
11.4 |
-28 |
21 |
Virginia |
13.6 |
-15 |
|
1 |
Minnesota |
8.4 |
-46 |
23 |
Washington |
13.8 |
-13 |
|
36 |
Mississippi |
17.4 |
9 |
24 |
Indiana |
14.2 |
-11 |
|
15 |
Missouri |
12.1 |
-24 |
24 |
Maryland |
14.2 |
-11 |
|
36 |
Montana |
17.4 |
9 |
24 |
Tennessee |
14.2 |
-11 |
|
13 |
Nebraska |
11.8 |
-26 |
27 |
Illinois |
14.3 |
-10 |
|
36 |
Nevada |
17.4 |
9 |
28 |
New Jersey |
15.2 |
-4 |
|
6 |
New Hampshire |
10.3 |
-35 |
29 |
Alabama |
15.4 |
-3 |
|
28 |
New Jersey |
15.2 |
-4 |
29 |
Idaho |
15.4 |
-3 |
|
48 |
New Mexico |
20.4 |
28 |
31 |
North Carolina |
16.0 |
1 |
|
21 |
New York |
13.5 |
-15 |
31 |
Oregon |
16.0 |
1 |
|
31 |
North Carolina |
16.0 |
1 |
31 |
Wyoming |
16.1 |
1 |
|
16 |
North Dakota |
12.2 |
-23 |
34 |
Utah |
16.6 |
4 |
|
16 |
Ohio |
12.3 |
-23 |
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