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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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No Health Care Coverage

Health care coverage includes health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, and government plans such as Medicaid and Medicare. The U.S. health care system is rapidly changing. As this system evolves, health care plans need to ensure access to affordable, high-quality preventive services (e.g., screening for early detection) for all Americans.

  • In 2002, 18% of U.S. adults aged 18-64 years reported having no health care coverage.
  • Hispanics were almost three times more likely than whites to report having no health care coverage.
  • The prevalence of having no health care coverage among U.S. adults aged 18-64 years ranged from 8% in Minnesota to 31% in Texas.

Percentage of Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Reported Having No Health Care Coverage, 2002

Percentage of Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Reported Having No Health Care Coverage, 2002

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

 

Percentage of Adults Aged 18-64 Years Who Reported Having No Health Care Coverage, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2002

State Total Male Female White Black* Asian/
Pacific
Islander*		 American
Indian/
Alaska
Native*		 Hispanic* Multiracial*
ALABAMA 18.2 19.0 17.4 15.7 22.2 - - 27.0 -
ALASKA 20.1 19.7 20.5 18.3 - 14.8 25.5 22.7 27.3
ARIZONA 19.2 20.2 18.3 15.5 - - 41.2 34.4 -
ARKANSAS 22.7 23.5 21.8 21.1 28.6 - - 31.4 29.8
CALIFORNIA 18.0 19.7 16.2 9.8 10.1 8.6 - 32.1 24.3
COLORADO 18.6 20.4 16.8 13.4 9.1 - - 41.3 11.9
CONNECTICUT 12.7 14.5 10.9 8.8 18.5 13.0 - 37.4 -
DELAWARE 10.4 12.0 8.9 9.2 13.4 - - 22.0 -
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12.2 17.0 7.8 6.7 14.1 - - 22.6 -
FLORIDA 22.3 23.7 20.8 18.2 28.9 19.8 - 31.7 -
GEORGIA 17.8 18.7 16.9 13.1 25.2 - - 29.0 -
HAWAII 10.3 11.4 9.2 10.6 4.5 8.8 - 7.2 14.4
IDAHO 19.8 19.6 20.1 18.6 - - - 34.2 30.9
ILLINOIS 16.4 17.9 14.8 10.8 23.4 5.7 - 37.1 -
INDIANA 17.2 19.3 15.2 15.1 22.6 - - 38.4 32.0
IOWA 10.8 11.4 10.2 10.3 - - - - -
KANSAS 13.1 13.9 12.3 10.7 20.7 - - 33.4 -
KENTUCKY 21.1 21.7 20.5 21.2 23.4 - - 27.4 -
LOUISIANA 27.1 26.8 27.3 20.0 39.9 - - 33.4 -
MAINE 16.9 20.7 13.1 16.8 - - - - -
MARYLAND 11.3 11.1 11.5 8.6 15.9 10.8 - 15.7 -
MASSACHUSETTS 10.8 13.5 8.2 7.5 16.7 15.0 - 34.7 -
MICHIGAN 13.8 14.7 12.9 11.7 18.8 15.3 - 27.5 24.1
MINNESOTA 7.9 9.6 6.2 7.3 22.4 13.5 - 4.7 -
MISSISSIPPI 26.7 26.5 26.9 21.6 34.0 - - - -
MISSOURI 15.8 17.6 14.0 14.3 26.9 - - 24.4 15.1
MONTANA 21.1 23.2 18.8 19.8 - - 34.4 36.6 -
NEBRASKA 13.8 16.3 11.2 12.0 9.0 - - 39.8 -
NEVADA 25.8 24.5 27.1 16.0 22.7 4.5 - 58.3 26.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE 13.6 15.2 12.0 13.1 - - - 20.2 -
NEW JERSEY 15.7 18.1 13.4 9.3 18.4 14.6 - 42.2 -
NEW MEXICO 25.0 25.9 24.2 16.5 - - 25.9 35.2 -
NEW YORK 17.6 20.1 15.2 11.6 14.6 23.3 - 36.1 -
NORTH CAROLINA 19.2 21.1 17.4 14.7 22.7 7.9 20.1 56.1 12.8
NORTH DAKOTA 11.4 12.8 9.8 10.4 - - 18.8 - -
OHIO 13.4 15.0 11.7 12.4 20.6 - - 16.6  
OKLAHOMA 23.7 24.5 22.9 19.2 26.0 25.7 29.5 56.3 26.4
OREGON 20.5 22.6 18.5 16.9 - - - 49.4 -
PENNSYLVANIA 12.6 13.9 11.4 11.1 20.8 27.8 - 17.8 11.7
RHODE ISLAND 13.7 16.8 10.8 9.9 17.5 - - 36.7 -
SOUTH CAROLINA 18.4 20.3 16.6 15.3 20.9 - - 35.5 -
SOUTH DAKOTA 14.3 15.2 13.5 12.2 - - 40.5 29.3 -
TENNESSEE 15.1 17.6 12.8 13.4 20.8 - - - -
TEXAS 31.3 31.5 31.1 18.7 28.6 18.1 - 53.8 28.5
UTAH 15.4 16.0 14.7 14.4 - - - 25.2 -
VERMONT 13.6 16.6 10.7 13.5 - - - 12.9 -
VIRGINIA 14.4 15.0 13.8 12.3 23.1 9.4 - 20.8 10.9
WASHINGTON 14.0 16.3 11.7 13.3 21.0 7.6 16.4 21.5 22.3
WEST VIRGINIA 21.8 22.5 21.1 21.9 22.0 - - - 23.4
WISCONSIN 13.0 15.3 10.7 10.9 20.6 - - 29.3 -
WYOMING 20.1 21.2 18.9 18.2 - - - 27.8 -
                   
UNITED STATES 17.9 19.4 16.5 13.4 22.3 13.1 26.5 37.4 20.6
                   
* A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate
Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

 

  



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