KFF utilized data from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey results from 2013 through 2017. The percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Here is a state-by-state breakdown of patients who reported not seeing a physician during 2017 due to costs, from highest to lowest percentage:
Texas — 19.6 percent of patients
Mississippi — 18.2 percent
Louisiana — 17.1 percent
Georgia — 17.0 percent
Nevada — 16.8 percent
Oklahoma — 16.6 percent
Alabama — 16.5 percent
Arkansas — 16.4 percent
Florida — 16.3 percent
North Carolina — 16.1 percent
South Carolina — 15.2 percent
Tennessee — 15.0 percent
Wyoming — 15.0 percent
West Virginia — 14.8 percent
Arizona — 14.1 percent
New Jersey — 14.0 percent
Missouri — 13.8 percent
New Mexico — 13.8 percent
Idaho — 13.6 percent
Utah — 13.5 percent
Virginia — 13.5 percent
Colorado — 12.9 percent
Delaware — 12.9 percent
Oregon — 12.8 percent
Indiana — 12.6 percent
Alaska — 12.4 percent
Kentucky — 12.3 percent
Kansas — 12.1 percent
Illinois — 12.0 percent
Rhode Island — 12.0 percent
California — 11.8 percent
Maine — 11.7 percent
Nebraska — 11.7 percent
Montana — 11.6 percent
New York — 11.6 percent
Michigan — 11.4 percent
Ohio — 11.3 percent
Washington — 11.2 percent
Wisconsin — 10.8 percent
Connecticut — 10.5 percent
Maryland — 10.5 percent
Pennsylvania — 10.4 percent
South Dakota — 9.9 percent
Minnesota — 9.8 percent
New Hampshire — 9.4 percent
Massachusetts — 9.3 percent
Vermont — 8.8 percent
Hawaii — 8.0 percent
North Dakota — 8.0 percent
Iowa — 7.9 percent
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