Table 3. Prescription Medicines - Percent of persons with a Rx expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2005 (29 statesa are shown separately)

  Unweighted sample size
State All persons Persons with an expense Population (1,000s)b Percent with an expenseb   Mean per person with an expenseb   Percent of total paid out of pocketb  
 
United States 32,320 19,164 296,185 63.1 1,140 38.8
 
California 4,841 2,385 36,225 54.4 941 36.7
Texas 3,790 2,068 23,008 60.0 937 45.0
New York 1,853 1,087 19,205 60.4 1,790 26.3
Florida 1,638 933 17,986 62.4 1,143 39.4
Illinois 1,325 770 12,725 61.1 1,241 41.8
Pennsylvania 1,003 666 12,432 64.9 1,213 41.5
Ohio 1,007 716 11,480 69.7 1,317 36.1
Michigan 999 655 10,108 67.8 1,041 35.3
Georgia 918 541 9,137 63.2 1,275 41.8
New Jersey 765 475 8,798 62.6 955 36.1
North Carolina 1,010 635 8,558 64.0 1,223 43.6
Virginia 640 394 7,397 66.6 947 38.6
Massachusetts 353 236 6,347 64.9 827 38.7
Washington 778 476 6,247 62.3 1,095 35.3
Indiana 324 192 6,188 60.1 1,126 35.6
Arizona 940 489 6,073 57.9 1,065 47.4
Tennessee 569 346 5,898 67.4 1,234 39.0
Missouri 564 366 5,756 66.8 1,336 45.4
Maryland 660 402 5,589 63.1 1,088 39.9
Wisconsin 581 377 5,562 67.2 1,025 34.6
Minnesota 498 325 5,149 66.0 991 33.9
Colorado 380 206 4,601 58.2 867 36.2
Alabama 478 320 4,559 69.0 1,562 39.7
South Carolina 360 246 4,224 71.6 957 43.6
Louisiana 472 313 4,209 66.9 1,182 56.2
Kentucky 569 429 4,113 75.3 1,276 39.2
Oregon 540 347 3,743 64.8 1,150 47.3
Connecticut 462 291 3,580 66.1 1,191 32.0
Oklahoma 387 259 3,526 62.1 1,443 41.1




Standard errors for Prescription Medicines - Percent of persons with a Rx expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2005 (29 statesa are shown separately)

  Unweighted sample size
State All persons Persons with an expense Population (1,000s)b Percent with an expenseb   Mean per person with an expenseb   Percent of total paid out of pocketb  
 
United States 32,320 19,164 296,185 63.1 1,140 38.8
 
California 4,841 2,385 36,225 54.4 941 36.7
Texas 3,790 2,068 23,008 60.0 937 45.0
New York 1,853 1,087 19,205 60.4 1,790 26.3
Florida 1,638 933 17,986 62.4 1,143 39.4
Illinois 1,325 770 12,725 61.1 1,241 41.8
Pennsylvania 1,003 666 12,432 64.9 1,213 41.5
Ohio 1,007 716 11,480 69.7 1,317 36.1
Michigan 999 655 10,108 67.8 1,041 35.3
Georgia 918 541 9,137 63.2 1,275 41.8
New Jersey 765 475 8,798 62.6 955 36.1
North Carolina 1,010 635 8,558 64.0 1,223 43.6
Virginia 640 394 7,397 66.6 947 38.6
Massachusetts 353 236 6,347 64.9 827 38.7
Washington 778 476 6,247 62.3 1,095 35.3
Indiana 324 192 6,188 60.1 1,126 35.6
Arizona 940 489 6,073 57.9 1,065 47.4
Tennessee 569 346 5,898 67.4 1,234 39.0
Missouri 564 366 5,756 66.8 1,336 45.4
Maryland 660 402 5,589 63.1 1,088 39.9
Wisconsin 581 377 5,562 67.2 1,025 34.6
Minnesota 498 325 5,149 66.0 991 33.9
Colorado 380 206 4,601 58.2 867 36.2
Alabama 478 320 4,559 69.0 1,562 39.7
South Carolina 360 246 4,224 71.6 957 43.6
Louisiana 472 313 4,209 66.9 1,182 56.2
Kentucky 569 429 4,113 75.3 1,276 39.2
Oregon 540 347 3,743 64.8 1,150 47.3
Connecticut 462 291 3,580 66.1 1,191 32.0
Oklahoma 387 259 3,526 62.1 1,443 41.1

aEstimates are provided for 29 states and are listed in orderof state population size. Reliable estimates can not be produced for the other states due to insufficient sample in those states.

b"Population" and "Percent with an expense" columns are based on "All persons". "Mean per person with an expense" and "Percent of total paid out of pocket" columns are based on "Persons with an expense".

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2005