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. 2011 Dec 11;1(4):001.04.a03. doi: 10.5600/mmrr.001.04.a03

Exhibit 3. Medicare Personal Health Care Spending Per Enrollee, Average Annual Growth, and Share of State's Total Personal Health Care Spending, By Region And State Of Residence, Calendar Years 1998, 2004, & 2009.

Medicare personal health care spending
Region and State of residence Spending per enrollee in dollars Average annual growth in per enrollee spending As share (%) of state's personal health care spending



1998 2004 2009 1998–2004 2004–2009 1998 2004 2009



United State s $5,327 $7,362 $10,365 5.5% 7.1% 19.7% 18.9% 22.5%
New England 5,538 7,577 10,526 5.4 6.8 18.6 17.2 19.6
 Connecticut 5,652 8,193 11,086 6.4 6.2 18.2 18.1 20.3
 Maine 4,335 6,008 8,821 5.6 8.0 17.9 16.1 20.4
 Massachusetts 6,084 8,145 11,277 5.0 6.7 19.2 17.4 19.2
 New Hampshire 4,422 6,316 8,763 6.1 6.8 16.0 15.9 18.4
 Rhode Island 5,418 6,897 10,121 4.1 8.0 20.8 17.0 20.8
 Vermont 4,147 5,926 8,719 6.1 8.0 16.4 14.5 19.8
Mideast 5,958 7,968 11,297 5.0 7.2 20.2 18.5 22.1
 Delaware 5,143 7,668 10,421 6.9 6.3 17.1 17.3 20.2
 District of Columbia 7,398 8,876 11,157 3.1 4.7 16.0 13.4 13.8
 Maryland 5,882 8,523 11,449 6.4 6.1 18.9 18.3 20.5
 New Jersey 6,042 8,137 11,903 5.1 7.9 20.5 19.0 23.6
 New York 6,133 8,220 11,604 5.0 7.1 18.9 17.5 20.9
 Pennsylvania 5,699 7,349 10,555 4.3 7.5 23.4 20.4 24.4
Great Lakes 5,060 7,245 10,284 6.2 7.3 19.2 19.0 23.2
 Illinois 5,238 7,464 10,615 6.1 7.3 18.3 18.6 22.0
 Indiana 4,858 6,849 9,843 5.9 7.5 19.0 18.1 22.7
 Michigan 5,537 7,840 10,925 6.0 6.9 21.0 22.1 26.8
 Ohio 5,032 7,260 10,300 6.3 7.2 20.0 19.1 23.6
 Wisconsin 4,115 6,124 8,908 6.8 7.8 16.2 15.7 19.4
Plains $4,419 $6,412 $9,120 6.4% 7.3% 17.4% 17.2% 20.3%
 Iowa 3,962 5,704 8,461 6.3 8.2 17.2 17.3 20.8
 Kansas 4,647 6,830 9,423 6.6 6.6 18.2 18.4 21.0
 Minnesota 4,220 6,373 8,941 7.1 7.0 14.3 14.5 17.6
 Missouri 4,977 6,827 9,724 5.4 7.3 20.5 19.6 23.0
 Nebraska 4,063 6,401 9,138 7.9 7.4 16.9 17.0 19.9
 North Dakota 3,844 5,758 7,958 7.0 6.7 15.1 15.7 17.2
 South Dakota 3,844 5,628 8,148 6.6 7.7 16.6 16.4 19.2
Southeast 5,243 7,370 10,338 5.8 7.0 21.4 21.0 25.5
 Alabama 5,065 7,178 9,718 6.0 6.2 21.2 22.2 27.2
 Arkansas 4,629 6,528 8,949 5.9 6.5 22.7 22.4 26.2
 Florida 5,927 8,325 11,893 5.8 7.4 26.4 25.2 29.5
 Georgia 5,044 7,052 9,836 5.7 6.9 16.6 16.8 21.9
 Kentucky 4,724 6,794 9,634 6.2 7.2 20.0 20.1 25.2
 Louisiana 6,767 8,658 11,700 4.2 6.2 24.4 22.8 25.7
 Mississippi 5,392 7,521 10,667 5.7 7.2 23.4 22.8 26.9
 North Carolina 4,605 6,910 9,741 7.0 7.1 18.7 19.1 23.4
 South Carolina 4,785 6,919 9,632 6.3 6.8 19.3 19.9 25.0
 Tennessee 5,054 7,006 10,024 5.6 7.4 19.6 19.2 25.6
 Virginia 4,459 6,305 8,772 5.9 6.8 17.1 16.7 19.7
 West Virginia 4,649 6,512 9,333 5.8 7.5 21.2 20.9 25.2
Southwest 5,577 7,622 10,676 5.3 7.0 20.1 19.6 22.8
 Arizona 4,440 6,556 9,395 6.7 7.5 19.8 20.2 23.6
 New Mexico 4,032 5,656 8,120 5.8 7.5 15.7 15.9 18.5
 Oklahoma 5,303 7,356 10,000 5.6 6.3 23.0 22.3 24.6
 Texas 6,135 8,216 11,479 5.0 6.9 20.0 19.3 22.7
Rocky Mountains 4,301 6,148 8,331 6.1 6.3 15.3 15.2 17.7
 Colorado 4,636 6,543 8,727 5.9 5.9 15.1 14.9 17.5
 Idaho 4,070 5,638 7,880 5.6 6.9 17.1 16.7 20.0
 Montana 3,871 5,589 7,576 6.3 6.3 17.4 17.2 19.3
 Utah 4,087 6,082 8,326 6.8 6.5 13.5 13.9 16.3
 Wyoming 4,077 6,014 8,165 6.7 6.3 15.3 15.6 16.7
Far West 5,429 7,215 10,191 4.9 7.2 18.8 17.8 20.8
 Alaska 4,822 7,120 8,812 6.7 4.4 7.6 8.2 8.7
 California 5,933 7,650 10,954 4.3 7.4 20.1 18.6 22.0
 Hawaii 3,904 5,604 7,652 6.2 6.4 13.9 15.6 17.4
 Nevada 4,876 7,125 9,692 6.5 6.3 18.9 18.5 22.0
 Oregon 3,916 5,989 8,247 7.3 6.6 16.5 17.5 19.7
 Washington 4,329 6,170 8,497 6.1 6.6 15.7 15.5 17.6

NOTE: Medicare enrollment figures reflect point-in-time estimates.

SOURCE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group.