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, 2004 (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 32,737 11,976 293,527 42.5 575 48.0
 
California 4,823 1,556 36,088 39.9 742 46.6
Texas 3,988 1,081 22,422 31.8 484 50.9
New York 1,878 769 19,326 43.7 564 43.6
Florida 1,666 514 17,490 38.0 665 57.9
Illinois 1,350 525 12,700 45.1 501 51.4
Pennsylvania 1,038 433 12,362 43.9 419 41.9
Ohio 1,015 435 11,342 45.7 490 49.7
Michigan 1,052 524 10,067 53.8 522 43.2
New Jersey 814 343 8,920 44.9 722 56.9
Georgia 1,041 336 8,705 36.3 515 48.5
North Carolina 1,037 390 8,401 40.2 535 54.3
Virginia 645 268 7,393 47.7 580 58.7
Massachusetts 368 174 6,399 50.0 553 47.9
Indiana 353 130 6,176 38.3 459 54.1
Washington 673 326 6,170 50.4 710 34.5
Tennessee 582 214 5,936 37.0 556 61.8
Arizona 913 315 5,884 41.2 642 45.4
Missouri 555 222 5,710 44.0 496 41.8
Maryland 660 282 5,616 45.3 493 53.2
Wisconsin 586 316 5,465 57.3 560 38.3
Minnesota 514 257 5,116 50.4 506 47.2
Colorado 357 136 4,532 41.3 1,029 44.1
Alabama 485 140 4,507 33.0 530 44.5
Louisiana 461 101 4,454 24.1 421 44.7
South Carolina 391 143 4,159 41.0 385 54.9
Kentucky 591 170 4,145 32.1 657 58.7
Oregon 500 211 3,625 45.9 661 45.9
Connecticut 472 225 3,581 53.4 657 51.5
Oklahoma 335 103 3,460 30.5 428 40.6




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, 2004 (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 32,737 11,976 293,527 42.5 575 48.0
 
California 4,823 1,556 36,088 39.9 742 46.6
Texas 3,988 1,081 22,422 31.8 484 50.9
New York 1,878 769 19,326 43.7 564 43.6
Florida 1,666 514 17,490 38.0 665 57.9
Illinois 1,350 525 12,700 45.1 501 51.4
Pennsylvania 1,038 433 12,362 43.9 419 41.9
Ohio 1,015 435 11,342 45.7 490 49.7
Michigan 1,052 524 10,067 53.8 522 43.2
New Jersey 814 343 8,920 44.9 722 56.9
Georgia 1,041 336 8,705 36.3 515 48.5
North Carolina 1,037 390 8,401 40.2 535 54.3
Virginia 645 268 7,393 47.7 580 58.7
Massachusetts 368 174 6,399 50.0 553 47.9
Indiana 353 130 6,176 38.3 459 54.1
Washington 673 326 6,170 50.4 710 34.5
Tennessee 582 214 5,936 37.0 556 61.8
Arizona 913 315 5,884 41.2 642 45.4
Missouri 555 222 5,710 44.0 496 41.8
Maryland 660 282 5,616 45.3 493 53.2
Wisconsin 586 316 5,465 57.3 560 38.3
Minnesota 514 257 5,116 50.4 506 47.2
Colorado 357 136 4,532 41.3 1,029 44.1
Alabama 485 140 4,507 33.0 530 44.5
Louisiana 461 101 4,454 24.1 421 44.7
South Carolina 391 143 4,159 41.0 385 54.9
Kentucky 591 170 4,145 32.1 657 58.7
Oregon 500 211 3,625 45.9 661 45.9
Connecticut 472 225 3,581 53.4 657 51.5
Oklahoma 335 103 3,460 30.5 428 40.6

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, 2004