March of Dimes
National Perinatal Statistics
  Women Ages 15-44 Without Health Insurance by State, 1999-2000

 State  Percent  Rank 
 Alabama 18.6 36
 Alaska 19.7 37
 Arizona 24.5 47
 Arkansas 18.1 35
 California 23.0 46
 Colorado 17.2 30
 Connecticut 10.7 6
 Delaware 10.8 7
 Dist. of Columbia 13.9 20
 Florida 22.4 45
 Georgia 15.0 24
 Hawaii 12.4 13
 Idaho 20.7 40
 Illinois 16.4 28
 Indiana 13.4 17
 Iowa 11.4 9
 Kansas 13.0 15
 Kentucky 17.4 32
 Louisiana 25.3 49
 Maine 14.1 22
 Maryland 14.5 23
 Massachusetts 12.2 11
 Michigan 12.9 14
 Minnesota 8.9 2
 Mississippi 20.0 39
 Missouri 11.3 8
 Montana 21.1 42
 Nebraska 9.5 3
 Nevada 21.7 43
 New Hampshire 10.0 5
 New Jersey 17.3 31
 New Mexico 30.8 51
 New York 19.9 38
 North Carolina 17.7 33
 North Dakota 13.5 18
 Ohio 13.6 19
 Oklahoma 24.5 48
 Oregon 16.2 26
 Pennsylvania 9.9 4
 Rhode Island 6.2 1
 South Carolina 16.8 29
 South Dakota 14.0 21
 Tennessee 13.2 16
 Texas 26.4 50
 Utah 15.7 25
 Vermont 12.3 12
 Virginia 16.4 27
 Washington 17.9 34
 West Virginia 22.2 44
 Wisconsin 11.6 10
 Wyoming 20.9 41
 U.S. Total 17.9 --

Notes: Figures are three-year averages.

Rankings are based on 2 decimal places.

Source: Bureau of the Census, 2001. Unpublished data using Current Population Surveys from March 2000 and March 2001.

State rankings computed by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center.

 
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