Women with No High School Diploma - Kaiser State Health Facts

Women with No High School Diploma, by State and Race/Ethnicity, 2004-2006

Disparity Score

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		Prevalence
	Disparity Score	All Women	White	All Minority	Black	Hispanic	Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native

United States	3.11	12.4%	7.3%	22.8%	14.9%	35.8%	10.9%	18.1%

Alabama	1.34	13.3%	12.0%	16.1%	16.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Alaska	3.23	7.5%	4.6%	14.9%	NSD	17.8%	19.2%	16.7%
Arizona	6.43	16.1%	5.1%	32.7%	13.1%	39.8%	NSD	17.9%
Arkansas	2.09	13.7%	10.9%	22.7%	18.3%	43.7%	NSD	NSD
California	5.24	17.8%	5.4%	28.1%	9.6%	40.1%	10.1%	NSD
Colorado	6.91	10.4%	4.2%	29.2%	11.9%	36.9%	11.8%	NSD
Connecticut	3.79	9.5%	5.6%	21.2%	11.5%	32.9%	13.5%	NSD
Delaware	1.92	10.7%	8.3%	15.9%	11.1%	41.3%	8.4%	NSD
District of Columbia	11.76	11.6%	1.5%	17.2%	14.4%	42.5%	NSD	NSD
Florida	2.85	11.2%	6.5%	18.6%	17.9%	20.5%	10.2%	NSD
Georgia	1.98	11.8%	8.5%	16.7%	14.2%	33.5%	8.6%	NSD
Hawaii	2.40	7.1%	3.3%	8.0%	NSD	9.1%	9.0%	NSD
Idaho	5.29	9.2%	5.9%	31.4%	NSD	42.2%	NSD	NSD
Illinois	3.20	11.0%	6.4%	20.6%	14.4%	36.9%	5.8%	NSD
Indiana	2.02	12.2%	10.7%	21.6%	15.9%	42.9%	NSD	NSD
Iowa	5.48	8.4%	6.0%	32.6%	NSD	50.7%	NSD	NSD
Kansas	3.22	8.3%	6.0%	19.4%	16.0%	30.4%	NSD	NSD
Kentucky	0.93	14.6%	14.7%	13.7%	12.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Louisiana	2.50	15.1%	9.7%	24.3%	24.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Maine	2.63	8.0%	7.4%	19.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Maryland	2.12	9.8%	6.6%	14.1%	11.1%	34.5%	11.2%	NSD
Massachusetts	3.21	8.6%	5.9%	19.1%	11.0%	31.8%	13.5%	NSD
Michigan	2.09	8.3%	6.7%	14.0%	13.3%	22.6%	8.1%	NSD
Minnesota	5.72	6.3%	4.0%	22.7%	18.9%	41.9%	14.4%	NSD
Mississippi	1.90	15.6%	11.3%	21.5%	20.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Missouri	1.21	10.0%	9.6%	11.6%	11.0%	19.0%	NSD	NSD
Montana	3.83	7.7%	6.2%	23.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD	29.8%
Nebraska	6.62	7.4%	3.9%	25.6%	10.9%	41.6%	NSD	NSD
Nevada	3.68	14.1%	6.9%	25.5%	16.2%	38.3%	5.4%	NSD
New Hampshire	2.39	5.6%	5.2%	12.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
New Jersey	3.87	10.0%	4.8%	18.4%	14.1%	28.8%	7.0%	NSD
New Mexico	5.00	15.3%	4.8%	23.8%	NSD	26.4%	NSD	21.8%
New York	3.52	12.9%	6.4%	22.6%	16.9%	31.2%	18.0%	NSD
North Carolina	2.33	13.0%	9.0%	21.0%	16.5%	45.7%	12.9%	18.3%
North Dakota	5.39	6.1%	4.2%	22.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	23.0%
Ohio	1.90	9.7%	8.5%	16.1%	15.1%	28.8%	NSD	NSD
Oklahoma	1.93	9.4%	7.5%	14.6%	11.7%	29.5%	NSD	10.8%
Oregon	4.03	9.6%	6.4%	25.6%	NSD	41.3%	12.3%	NSD
Pennsylvania	2.55	9.6%	7.6%	19.3%	17.3%	29.8%	12.2%	NSD
Rhode Island	4.37	12.7%	7.7%	33.9%	25.6%	44.3%	18.7%	NSD
South Carolina	1.42	13.6%	11.8%	16.8%	15.9%	26.5%	NSD	NSD
South Dakota	5.29	7.0%	4.8%	25.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	26.5%
Tennessee	1.47	13.3%	12.0%	17.7%	12.7%	47.7%	NSD	NSD
Texas	4.11	19.4%	7.5%	30.7%	12.0%	40.2%	9.1%	NSD
Utah	4.59	9.4%	5.9%	27.2%	NSD	35.6%	12.3%	NSD
Vermont	2.13	6.4%	6.1%	12.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Virginia	2.04	10.7%	8.1%	16.6%	13.2%	38.5%	7.9%	NSD
Washington	2.93	8.8%	6.2%	18.2%	NSD	34.3%	12.8%	NSD
West Virginia	0.63	11.9%	12.1%	7.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Wisconsin	5.32	7.7%	5.0%	26.4%	20.0%	35.2%	NSD	NSD
Wyoming	3.70	7.9%	6.2%	23.0%	NSD	30.3%	NSD	NSD

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Notes:

Data are for women ages 18–64.

All Minority women includes Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native women, and women of two or more races.

Disparity score greater than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing worse than White women. Disparity score less than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing better than White women. Disparity score equal to 1.00 indicates that minority and White women are doing the same.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources:

CPS, 2004–2006.

Definitions:

NSD: Not sufficient data.

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