Table 3.

Payments in States With and Without Noneconomic Damage Caps, 1999–2001

States	Payments per 1,000 Physicians* No.	Payments per 100,000 Population† No.	Average Malpractice Payment ($)	Payment per Physician‡ ($)	Payment per Person§ ($)
States with noneconomic caps (n = 20)
Median	56.79	13.38	217,406.03	11,464.87	25.79
Mean	62.74	13.84	219,225.98	12,711.68	28.60
States without noneconomic caps (n = 31)
Median	54.08	12.65	254,058.74	16,940.11	31.25
Mean	59.85	14.42	279,849.86	16,399.28	42.02
P value	.691	.776	.010	.028	.047

*Number of payments per 1,000 practicing physicians in those states (AMA 2000 Masterfile).

†Number of payments per general population in those states (2000 Census Bureau Data).

‡ Total payment dollar amount per number of practicing physicians in those states (AMA 2000 Masterfile).

§ Total payment dollar amount per general population in those states (2000 Census Bureau Data).