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Percentage Reporting Not Seeing a Doctor in the Past 12 Months Because of Cost, 2008

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 Could Not See Doctor Because of Cost
United States14.1%
Alabama14.8%
Alaska14.1%
Arizona13.7%
Arkansas15.8%
California15.9%
Colorado13.8%
Connecticut8.5%
Delaware9.7%
District of Columbia10.5%
Florida15.4%
Georgia15.2%
Hawaii7.2%
Idaho16.3%
Illinois12.4%
Indiana15.5%
Iowa8.9%
Kansas11.3%
Kentucky15.1%
Louisiana17.6%
Maine9.1%
Maryland10.4%
Massachusetts6.3%
Michigan12.4%
Minnesota9.6%
Mississippi19.7%
Missouri15.9%
Montana12.4%
Nebraska10.7%
Nevada17.5%
New Hampshire10.7%
New Jersey13.7%
New Mexico16.9%
New York11.9%
North Carolina16.5%
North Dakota6.2%
Ohio13.2%
Oklahoma17.2%
Oregon13.8%
Pennsylvania10.2%
Rhode Island11.5%
South Carolina16.2%
South Dakota8.1%
Tennessee15.9%
Texas20.5%
Utah12.1%
Vermont10.1%
Virginia11.6%
Washington12.1%
West Virginia17.9%
Wisconsin10.3%
Wyoming11.8%
Guam19.9%
Puerto Rico15.7%
Virgin Islands15.9%
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Sources: 

Statehealthfacts.org analysis of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.

Definitions: 

BRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. BRFSS is an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 and older.



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