Top 10 States With the Highest and Lowest Percent Change in Rate of Uninsured Non-Elderly Patients

Here is a list of the top 10 states with the highest percent change in rate of uninsured non-elderly (0-64 years-old) patients in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994/95/96.

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  1. Alaska — +45.4 percent
  2. Oregon — +44.3 percent
  3. Nebraska — +41.2 percent
  4. North Dakota — +38.3 percent
  5. Utah — +37.5 percent
  6. Colorado — +35.2 percent
  7. North Carolina — +34.5 percent
  8. Illinois — +31.8 percent
  9. Tennessee — +30.6 percent
  10. New Jersey — +27.4 percent

Here is a list of the bottom 10 states with the lowest percent change in rate of uninsured non-elderly (0-64 years-old) patients in 2006-2007 compared to the average in 1994/95/96.

  1. District of Columbia — -33.8 percent
  2. Massachusetts — -24.6 percent
  3. Maine — -21.7 percent
  4. Rhode Island — -15.1 percent
  5. Delaware — -12.8 percent
  6. Alabama — -11.8 percent
  7. West Virginia — -8.2 percent
  8. California — -6.6 percent
  9. Arizona — -4.7 percent
  10. New York — -4.3 percent

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s At the Brink: Trends in America’s Uninsured (pdf).

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