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Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care by state, 2010 and 2011

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Table 1. Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care, by health insurance status, year, and state: United States, 2010 and 2011

Table 2. Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care, by poverty status, year, and state: United States, 2010 and 2011


Table 1a. Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care, by health insurance status and state: United States, 2010
Health insurance coverage status
State All persons Private coverage1 Employer-based private coverage2 Medicaid/CHIP3 Uninsured4
Percent (standard error)
All states 83.9 (0.30) 91.2 (0.29) 91.5 (0.29) 92.6 (0.41) 48.0 (0.89)
Alabama 81.4 (2.28) 91.1 (2.13) 90.8 (2.24)
Alaska
Arizona 77.8 (2.08) 88.0 (2.38) 88.5 (2.41) *91.7 (2.63) 40.3 (4.79)
Arkansas 80.6 (3.05)
California 81.8 (0.84) 92.6 (0.72) 93.5 (0.73) 90.1 (1.14) 40.2 (2.00)
Colorado 85.3 (1.96) 91.1 (1.93) 91.5 (1.98)
Connecticut 90.0 (2.17) *93.4 (2.26) *93.9 (2.19)
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida 78.6 (1.23) 91.0 (1.19) 91.9 (1.07) 91.9 (1.77) 41.8 (2.61)
Georgia 82.6 (1.36) 93.5 (1.30) 93.7 (1.29) 92.5 (1.62) 45.0 (4.20)
Hawaii *91.3 (2.88)
Idaho
Illinois 86.1 (1.29) 89.6 (1.58) 90.1 (1.61) 94.9 (1.38) 59.8 (4.51)
Indiana 86.5 (1.80) 90.4 (1.99) 90.9 (1.98)
Iowa 90.8 (2.07) 92.9 (2.05) 92.7 (2.12)
Kansas 90.1 (2.16) *92.9 (2.32) *92.9 (2.36)
Kentucky 82.4 (2.50) 86.6 (2.95) 86.2 (3.07)
Louisiana 80.6 (2.47) 87.2 (3.02) 86.6 (3.18)
Maine
Maryland 86.5 (2.00) 93.7 (1.75) *94.8 (1.64)
Massachusetts 93.6 (1.40) *96.7 (1.23) *96.8 (1.21)
Michigan 84.9 (1.35) 91.2 (1.17) 91.4 (1.25) 90.7 (2.56)
Minnesota 90.3 (1.59) 92.8 (1.61) 93.1 (1.60)
Mississippi 79.1 (3.19)
Missouri 85.9 (1.97) 90.1 (2.11) 89.3 (2.28)
Montana
Nebraska 89.7 (2.97)
Nevada 69.6 (3.72)
New Hampshire
New Jersey 86.4 (1.55) 93.2 (1.42) 92.9 (1.48) *92.4 (2.56)
New Mexico 83.1 (3.60)
New York 89.3 (1.13) 94.5 (1.13) 94.8 (1.15) *96.3 (1.27) 51.5 (4.74)
North Carolina 83.7 (1.50) 91.3 (1.49) 90.9 (1.67) *96.8 (1.63) 46.0 (4.40)
North Dakota
Ohio 84.6 (1.48) 89.4 (1.59) 89.1 (1.58) 91.1 (1.88) 49.3 (5.23)
Oklahoma 77.9 (3.41)
Oregon 80.9 (2.92) 86.9 (3.06) 87.0 (3.20)
Pennsylvania 86.2 (1.36) 92.8 (1.38) 93.1 (1.33) *94.3 (1.74)
Rhode Island
South Carolina 76.0 (2.81) 85.3 (3.27) 84.6 (3.59)
South Dakota
Tennessee 83.8 (2.14) 90.8 (2.15) 91.8 (2.10)
Texas 78.5 (1.09) 88.5 (1.17) 89.2 (1.16) 90.9 (1.94) 45.9 (2.24)
Utah 80.8 (3.54) 83.4 (3.95)
Vermont
Virginia 89.3 (1.54) 95.0 (1.29) 95.3 (1.27)
Washington 84.4 (1.77) 90.3 (1.83) 90.7 (1.86)
West Virginia
Wisconsin 88.8 (1.76) 93.8 (1.63) 94.4 (1.58)
Wyoming

Table 1b. Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care, by health insurance status and state: United States, 2011
Health insurance coverage status
State All persons Private coverage1 Employer-based private coverage2 Medicaid/CHIP3 Uninsured4
Percent (standard error)
All states 85.4 (0.26) 92.5 (0.23) 92.7 (0.24) 93.1 (0.39) 49.9 (0.83)
Alabama 84.8 (2.00) 92.4 (1.82) 92.2 (1.96) *93.1 (2.71)
Alaska
Arizona 81.3 (2.09) 88.4 (2.19) 88.0 (2.35) *90.7 (2.91) 47.1 (5.22)
Arkansas 87.7 (2.06) 92.7 (2.08) *92.5 (2.28)
California 82.3 (0.71) 93.7 (0.60) 94.5 (0.56) 91.9 (1.08) 42.2 (1.90)
Colorado 84.8 (1.77) 91.2 (1.59) 91.9 (1.63) 56.2 (5.01)
Connecticut 92.1 (1.67) *95.5 (1.40) *96.0 (1.38)
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida 80.3 (1.19) 91.8 (1.24) 91.8 (1.32) 91.9 (1.98) 42.2 (2.78)
Georgia 85.8 (1.55) 95.9 (0.78) 95.7 (0.79) *95.7 (2.02) 48.9 (4.70)
Hawaii 89.6 (2.62) *92.0 (2.42) *91.5 (2.56)
Idaho 82.7 (3.33) 89.3 (3.02)
Illinois 84.5 (1.36) 89.1 (1.31) 88.8 (1.42) 93.9 (1.67) 51.2 (3.95)
Indiana 89.8 (1.64) 94.5 (1.38) 94.9 (1.38)
Iowa 90.9 (1.65) 94.5 (1.33) 95.0 (1.35)
Kansas 86.2 (2.12) 93.2 (1.70) 93.1 (1.77)
Kentucky 84.7 (2.21) 89.4 (2.16) 89.0 (2.31)
Louisiana 86.9 (1.88) 94.2 (1.55) 94.6 (1.59) *89.1 (3.35)
Maine *91.1 (2.90)
Maryland 91.4 (1.51) *97.2 (0.96) *97.0 (1.05)
Massachusetts 91.4 (1.50) 93.7 (1.38) 94.6 (1.32) *95.8 (2.07)
Michigan 86.2 (1.37) 92.5 (1.40) 93.0 (1.50) 91.0 (2.33)
Minnesota 89.2 (1.49) 91.9 (1.39) 92.2 (1.42) *95.0 (2.39)
Mississippi 85.2 (2.52) *93.3 (2.27) *93.9 (2.29)
Missouri 83.9 (1.88) 90.7 (1.64) 91.2 (1.68)
Montana 89.7 (3.10)
Nebraska *93.4 (2.02) *93.4 (2.12) *93.9 (2.18)
Nevada 71.1 (2.87) 85.1 (2.72) 85.3 (2.86)
New Hampshire 87.8 (3.55)
New Jersey 90.7 (1.42) 95.2 (1.22) 95.1 (1.27) *95.9 (1.72)
New Mexico 82.6 (2.65) 89.8 (2.93)
New York 90.1 (1.01) 96.8 (0.64) 97.0 (0.56) 95.0 (1.13) 48.0 (4.54)
North Carolina 85.5 (1.66) 93.7 (1.40) 92.9 (1.58) *95.1 (2.06) 52.2 (4.74)
North Dakota 87.2 (3.87)
Ohio 87.8 (1.32) 92.9 (1.13) 93.0 (1.17) 90.4 (2.75)
Oklahoma 82.7 (2.24) 91.0 (2.16) 90.5 (2.30) `
Oregon 81.1 (2.27) 91.2 (1.83) 91.5 (1.84)
Pennsylvania 87.4 (1.45) 93.4 (1.13) 93.3 (1.19) *96.5 (1.39) 47.0 (4.95)
Rhode Island
South Carolina 84.8 (1.94) 92.4 (1.69) 93.2 (1.72) 57.2 (5.24)
South Dakota
Tennessee 85.2 (2.09) 89.5 (2.09) 89.7 (2.16)
Texas 79.3 (1.01) 88.2 (1.04) 88.0 (1.11) 91.5 (1.61) 47.6 (2.27)
Utah 88.8 (2.50) 89.3 (2.66) 88.7 (2.80)
Vermont
Virginia 86.7 (1.71) 93.2 (1.38) 93.5 (1.39)
Washington 87.1 (1.69) 91.5 (1.61) 91.3 (1.71)
West Virginia 83.7 (2.81) *92.5 (2.30) *92.4 (2.42)
Wisconsin 91.6 (1.54) 95.4 (1.26) 95.7 (1.26)
Wyoming

† Estimate does not have sufficient sample size or estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is not shown.

* Estimate has complement that has a relative standard error of greater than 30%. The complement does not meet the standards of reliability or precision and should be used with caution.

1Refers to any comprehensive private insurance plan (including health maintenance and preferred provider organizations). These plans include those obtained through an employer, purchased directly, or purchased through local or community programs. Private coverage excludes plans that pay for only one type of service, such as accidents or dental care. A small number of persons were covered by both private and Medicaid/CHIP and were included in both categories.

2Refers to private insurance originally obtained through a present or former employer, union, or professional association.

3Includes other state-sponsored plans. A small number of persons were covered by both private and Medicaid or CHIP and were included in both categories.

4Includes persons without private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, state-sponsored or other government-sponsored health plan, or military plan. A person was also defined as uninsured if he or she had only Indian Health Service coverage or had only a private plan that paid for one type of service, such as accidents or dental care.

NOTES: Usual place of medical care is based on a survey question that asked, "Is there a place that you usually go to when you are sick or need advice about your health?" and if there was at least one such place, a follow-up question was asked: "What kind of place [is it/do you go to most often]—a clinic, a doctor's office, an emergency room, or some other place?" The choices for this second question were: "clinic or health center," "doctor's office or HMO," "hospital emergency room," "hospital outpatient department," "some other place," or "doesn't go to one place most often." Persons who indicated a hospital emergency room as their usual place of medical care were excluded.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010–2011, Family Core, Sample Adult, and Sample Child components.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This table was produced by Robin A. Cohen of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics.

Table 2a. Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care, by poverty status and state: United States, 2010
Poverty status1
State All persons Less than 139% FPL2 139%-250% FPL2 Greater than 250%-400% FPL2 Greater than 400% FPL2
Percent (standard error)
All states 83.9 (0.30) 75.5 (0.63) 79.6 (0.63) 85.5 (0.56) 91.2 (0.38)
Alabama 81.4 (2.28) 66.3 (5.23)
Alaska
Arizona 77.8 (2.08) 74.1 (4.14) 79.1 (4.29)
Arkansas 80.6 (3.05)
California 81.8 (0.84) 73.3 (1.52) 76.8 (1.84) 83.3 (1.80) 90.1 (1.11)
Colorado 85.3 (1.96) *93.0 (2.43)
Connecticut 90.0 (2.17)
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida 78.6 (1.23) 68.4 (2.59) 71.9 (2.99) 81.2 (2.81) 91.2 (1.30)
Georgia 82.6 (1.36) 68.5 (3.42) 75.8 (2.80) 90.4 (2.09) 94.8 (1.49)
Hawaii *91.3 (2.88)
Idaho
Illinois 86.1 (1.29) 80.9 (2.56) 85.5 (2.64) 87.4 (2.90) 89.1 (2.32)
Indiana 86.5 (1.80) 83.0 (3.74) 83.6 (3.95) *88.5 (3.64)
Iowa 90.8 (2.07)
Kansas 90.1 (2.16)
Kentucky 82.4 (2.50)
Louisiana 80.6 (2.47) 79.0 (4.81)
Maine
Maryland 86.5 (2.00) *93.4 (2.51)
Massachusetts 93.6 (1.40) *97.2 (1.63)
Michigan 84.9 (1.35) 77.3 (2.73) 82.7 (3.04) 86.6 (2.99) 91.4 (1.86)
Minnesota 90.3 (1.59) *92.5 (2.44)
Mississippi 79.1 (3.19)
Missouri 85.9 (1.97) 81.9 (4.11)
Montana
Nebraska 89.7 (2.97)
Nevada 69.6 (3.72)
New Hampshire
New Jersey 86.4 (1.55) 73.9 (3.76) 85.9 (3.42) *93.7 (1.89)
New Mexico 83.1 (3.60)
New York 89.3 (1.13) 83.2 (2.71) 87.9 (2.83) 87.9 (2.63) 93.3 (1.15)
North Carolina 83.7 (1.50) 77.9 (3.36) 76.6 (3.96) 83.6 (3.21) 93.8 (1.53)
North Dakota
Ohio 84.6 (1.48) 82.3 (3.20) 82.6 (3.37) 82.9 (3.12) 88.9 (2.41)
Oklahoma 77.9 (3.41)
Oregon 80.9 (2.92)
Pennsylvania 86.2 (1.36) 76.0 (3.76) 84.4 (3.09) 86.1 (2.57) 92.5 (1.93)
Rhode Island
South Carolina 76.0 (2.81)
South Dakota
Tennessee 83.8 (2.14) 75.7 (4.70)
Texas 78.5 (1.09) 68.2 (2.00) 74.2 (2.15) 79.1 (2.17) 89.9 (1.47)
Utah 80.8 (3.54)
Vermont
Virginia 89.3 (1.54) *92.9 (2.21)
Washington 84.4 (1.77) 79.3 (3.73) 77.4 (3.62) 90.1 (2.51)
West Virginia
Wisconsin 88.8 (1.76) 92.8 (2.49)
Wyoming

Table 2b. Percentages of persons under age 65 with a usual place of medical care, by poverty status and state: United States, 2011
Poverty status1
State All persons Less than 139% FPL2 139%-250% FPL2 Greater than 250%-400% FPL2 Greater than 400% FPL2
Percent (standard error)
All states 85.4 (0.26) 77.9 (0.52) 79.9 (0.65) 87.2 (0.55) 92.8 (0.30)
Alabama 84.8 (2.00) 74.6 (4.14)
Alaska
Arizona 81.3 (2.09) 77.5 (3.82) 88.0 (2.80)
Arkansas 87.7 (2.06) 82.0 (4.11)
California 82.3 (0.71) 75.5 (1.36) 73.7 (1.93) 84.8 (1.71) 91.8 (0.86)
Colorado 84.8 (1.77) 76.1 (3.58) 78.2 (4.49) 84.8 (3.84) 92.7 (2.05)
Connecticut 92.1 (1.67) *94.9 (2.19)
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida 80.3 (1.19) 70.5 (2.20) 76.2 (2.69) 82.8 (2.74) 91.2 (1.58)
Georgia 85.8 (1.55) 75.3 (3.38) 81.4 (3.50) 89.1 (3.03) *95.9 (1.38)
Hawaii 89.6 (2.62)
Idaho 82.7 (3.33)
Illinois 84.5 (1.36) 78.9 (2.73) 79.2 (3.11) 85.2 (3.38) 89.1 (1.79)
Indiana 89.8 (1.64) 84.4 (3.36) *92.0 (3.25) *90.1 (3.52) *94.5 (1.99)
Iowa 90.9 (1.65) *92.3 (3.33) *94.5 (2.10)
Kansas 86.2 (2.12) 94.2 (2.31)
Kentucky 84.7 (2.21) 79.0 (4.27)
Louisiana 86.9 (1.88) 77.0 (3.99) *96.8 (1.58)
Maine *91.1 (2.90)
Maryland 91.4 (1.51) *93.2 (2.95) *95.9 (1.72)
Massachusetts 91.4 (1.50) 85.2 (3.24) *96.2 (1.64)
Michigan 86.2 (1.37) 80.6 (2.34) 82.7 (3.18) 89.2 (2.78) 90.7 (2.26)
Minnesota 89.2 (1.49) 85.0 (2.91) 88.6 (3.31) 91.7 (2.12)
Mississippi 85.2 (2.52)
Missouri 83.9 (1.88) 76.7 (3.68) 79.5 (4.56) 87.5 (3.68) 90.5 (2.41)
Montana 89.7 (3.10)
Nebraska *93.4 (2.02)
Nevada 71.1 (2.87) 60.7 (5.26) 83.3 (3.78)
New Hampshire 87.8 (3.55)
New Jersey 90.7 (1.42) 80.4 (3.59) 82.1 (4.66) 93.8 (1.83) 95.4 (1.31)
New Mexico 82.6 (2.65) 75.0 (5.15)
New York 90.1 (1.01) 85.0 (2.12) 84.0 (2.75) 89.6 (2.19) 96.2 (1.08)
North Carolina 85.5 (1.66) 77.7 (3.35) 80.9 (4.11) 87.9 (3.35) *96.2 (1.45)
North Dakota 87.2 (3.87)
Ohio 87.8 (1.32) 79.2 (3.49) 82.6 (3.06) 90.7 (2.15) 94.8 (1.26)
Oklahoma 82.7 (2.24) 76.9 (4.26)
Oregon 81.1 (2.27) 74.3 (4.32) 89.2 (2.88)
Pennsylvania 87.4 (1.45) 81.3 (2.68) 80.4 (4.42) 87.8 (2.52) 94.5 (1.42)
Rhode Island
South Carolina 84.8 (1.94) 72.9 (4.09) *87.7 (3.86) *93.6 (2.13)
South Dakota
Tennessee 85.2 (2.09) 83.1 (3.77) *92.7 (2.46)
Texas 79.3 (1.01) 69.7 (1.55) 72.6 (2.33) 82.7 (2.45) 90.6 (1.25)
Utah 88.8 (2.50)
Vermont
Virginia 86.7 (1.71) 73.7 (3.76) *91.2 (3.10) *93.9 (1.93)
Washington 87.1 (1.69) 86.5 (2.93) 82.8 (4.20) 83.0 (4.11) 92.0 (2.19)
West Virginia 83.7 (2.81)
Wisconsin 91.6 (1.54) 84.5 (3.42) *95.0 (1.94)
Wyoming

† Estimate does not have sufficient sample size or estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is not shown.

* Estimate has complement that has a relative standard error of greater than 30%. The complement does not meet the standards of reliability or precision and should be used with caution.

1Poverty status and percentage of poverty level are based on reported and imputed family income, family size, and the number of children in the family, and, for families with two or fewer adults, on the age of the adults in the family. Family income was imputed for approximately 20% persons using National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) imputed income files. Note that NHIS asks respondents about their personal earnings and family income for the previous calendar year. The poverty ratios in the 2010 and 2011 NHIS data files were calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds about 2009 and 2010 income.

2FPL is federal poverty level.

NOTES: Usual place of medical care is based on a survey question that asked, "Is there a place that you usually go to when you are sick or need advice about your health?" and if there was at least one such place, a follow-up question was asked: "What kind of place [is it/do you go to most often]—a clinic, a doctor's office, an emergency room, or some other place?" The choices for this second question were: "clinic or health center," "doctor's office or HMO," "hospital emergency room," "hospital outpatient department," "some other place," or "doesn't go to one place most often." Persons who indicated a hospital emergency room as their usual place of medical care were excluded.

SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010–2011, Family Core, Sample Adult, and Sample Child components.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This table was produced by Robin A. Cohen of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics.

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