Table 2. Dental Services - Percent of persons with a dental expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2003 (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 32,681 11,884 290,604 42.7 540 48.2
 
California 5,190 1,631 35,613 41.3 647 45.3
Texas 3,763 978 21,977 30.6 523 51.8
New York 1,846 710 19,106 42.6 628 53.0
Florida 1,670 516 16,961 36.4 491 57.5
Illinois 1,240 426 12,779 41.4 480 48.9
Pennsylvania 938 383 12,279 44.6 427 47.3
Ohio 1,035 427 11,399 44.0 365 42.4
Michigan 1,122 564 10,009 52.5 571 39.4
New Jersey 815 345 8,689 48.0 662 53.5
Georgia 931 343 8,597 42.3 560 56.6
North Carolina 1,075 422 8,343 41.8 473 50.4
Virginia 569 230 7,338 46.7 465 46.0
Massachusetts 389 200 6,437 51.7 580 42.5
Washington 723 347 6,211 50.5 773 44.3
Indiana 375 157 6,179 46.8 435 48.7
Tennessee 585 178 5,934 37.2 665 54.0
Arizona 908 278 5,734 35.9 506 47.7
Missouri 657 214 5,692 35.3 532 45.5
Maryland 622 265 5,632 43.8 547 55.6
Wisconsin 634 336 5,549 56.7 436 42.2
Minnesota 525 277 5,128 52.9 542 47.8
Alabama 462 124 4,510 32.8 559 42.3
Louisiana 473 104 4,510 29.5 428 * 71.3
Colorado 340 137 4,469 39.3 516 43.8
Kentucky 614 229 4,158 40.6 503 47.3
South Carolina 485 196 4,088 46.0 521 46.2
Oregon 478 222 3,592 46.9 636 41.3
Connecticut 515 254 3,472 51.8 612 43.5
Oklahoma 380 109 3,453 31.7 482 37.0




Standard errors for Dental Services - Percent of persons with a dental expense, mean expense per person with an expense, and percent of total paid out of pocket, United States, 2003 (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 32,681 11,884 290,604 42.7 540 48.2
 
California 5,190 1,631 35,613 41.3 647 45.3
Texas 3,763 978 21,977 30.6 523 51.8
New York 1,846 710 19,106 42.6 628 53.0
Florida 1,670 516 16,961 36.4 491 57.5
Illinois 1,240 426 12,779 41.4 480 48.9
Pennsylvania 938 383 12,279 44.6 427 47.3
Ohio 1,035 427 11,399 44.0 365 42.4
Michigan 1,122 564 10,009 52.5 571 39.4
New Jersey 815 345 8,689 48.0 662 53.5
Georgia 931 343 8,597 42.3 560 56.6
North Carolina 1,075 422 8,343 41.8 473 50.4
Virginia 569 230 7,338 46.7 465 46.0
Massachusetts 389 200 6,437 51.7 580 42.5
Washington 723 347 6,211 50.5 773 44.3
Indiana 375 157 6,179 46.8 435 48.7
Tennessee 585 178 5,934 37.2 665 54.0
Arizona 908 278 5,734 35.9 506 47.7
Missouri 657 214 5,692 35.3 532 45.5
Maryland 622 265 5,632 43.8 547 55.6
Wisconsin 634 336 5,549 56.7 436 42.2
Minnesota 525 277 5,128 52.9 542 47.8
Alabama 462 124 4,510 32.8 559 42.3
Louisiana 473 104 4,510 29.5 428 * 71.3
Colorado 340 137 4,469 39.3 516 43.8
Kentucky 614 229 4,158 40.6 503 47.3
South Carolina 485 196 4,088 46.0 521 46.2
Oregon 478 222 3,592 46.9 636 41.3
Connecticut 515 254 3,472 51.8 612 43.5
Oklahoma 380 109 3,453 31.7 482 37.0

* Relative standard error equal to or greater than 30%

aEstimates are provided for 29 states and are listed in order of 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, 2003