Distribution of Population by Percentile Ranking of Medical Expenditures and Insurance Coverage
United States and New York State, 2006
Tables show the population of the United States and of New York State by percentile ranking of medical expenditures for the total population and for people with private insurance, people with public insurance, and the uninsured.
Tables show the population of the United States and of New York State by percentile ranking of medical expenditures for the total population and for people with private insurance, people with public insurance, and the uninsured.
Estimates of the concentration of health care expenditures for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2006
| Percentile rank by expenditures | United States | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Any private | Public only | Uninsured | |||||
| Percent of overall expenditures | SE | Percent of overall expenditures | SE | Percent of overall expenditures | SE | Percent of overall expenditures | SE | |
| Top 1% | 21.10% | 1.19% | 20.73% | 1.51% | 18.27% | 2.28% | 25.08% | 3.54% |
| Top 2% | 30.71% | 1.18% | 30.03% | 1.50% | 27.41% | 2.23% | 37.20% | 3.37% |
| Top 5% | 47.72% | 0.94% | 46.32% | 1.21% | 44.71% | 1.81% | 56.55% | 2.63% |
| Top 10% | 63.33% | 0.74% | 61.32% | 0.95% | 61.43% | 1.45% | 73.48% | 1.87% |
| Top 20% | 79.83% | 0.43% | 77.56% | 0.57% | 79.39% | 0.87% | 89.24% | 0.83% |
| Top 30% | 88.70% | 0.25% | 86.64% | 0.34% | 89.13% | 0.51% | 95.53% | 0.33% |
| Top 40% | 93.82% | 0.16% | 92.17% | 0.23% | 94.65% | 0.26% | 98.47% | 0.13% |
| Top 50% | 96.81% | 0.08% | 95.62% | 0.14% | 97.52% | 0.13% | 99.76% | 0.03% |
| Bottom 50% | 3.19% | 0.08% | 4.38% | 0.14% | 2.48% | 0.13% | 0.24% | 0.03% |
Note: SE is standard error.
Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, AHRQ. Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, HC-105 (2006).
Estimates of the concentration of health care expenditures for the New York State civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2006
| Percentile rank by expenditures | New York | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Any private | Public only | Uninsured | |||||
| Percent of overall expenditures | SE | Percent of overall expenditures | SE | Percent of overall expenditures | SE | Percent of overall expenditures | SE | |
| Top 1% | 16.66% | 3.26% | 15.09% | 4.89% | 16.12% | 8.29% | 13.02% | 10.32% |
| Top 2% | 25.69% | 4.19% | 23.55% | 5.76% | 25.65% | 5.72% | 25.45% | 9.64% |
| Top 5% | 43.31% | 2.61% | 40.95% | 5.13% | 44.00% | 5.50% | 48.72% | 8.93% |
| Top 10% | 59.75% | 2.96% | 57.73% | 4.87% | 59.10% | 5.59% | 69.82% | 4.27% |
| Top 20% | 77.11% | 1.22% | 74.74% | 2.30% | 76.84% | 3.03% | 86.15% | 3.27% |
| Top 30% | 86.84% | 0.87% | 84.56% | 1.51% | 87.40% | 1.96% | 93.86% | 1.44% |
| Top 40% | 92.83% | 0.43% | 91.02% | 0.90% | 93.94% | 0.55% | 97.29% | 0.71% |
| Top 50% | 96.32% | 0.16% | 94.93% | 0.50% | 97.36% | 0.40% | 99.04% | 0.23% |
| Bottom 50% | 3.68% | 0.16% | 5.07% | 0.50% | 2.64% | 0.40% | 0.96% | 0.23% |
Note: SE is standard error.
Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, AHRQ. Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, HC-105 (2006).
Page last reviewed June 2009
Internet Citation: Distribution of Population by Percentile Ranking of Medical Expenditures and Insurance Coverage: United States and New York State, 2006.
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