Table 24: Cost-Effectiveness Ratio for Five Fiscal Years

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Table 24
Cost-Effectiveness Ratio for Five Fiscal Years
STATES	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
ALABAMA	$3.66	$4.01	$3.64	$3.78	$3.95
ALASKA	3.89	4.14	4.49	4.24	4.50
ARIZONA	3.72	4.12	4.25	4.47	4.42
ARKANSAS	3.28	2.83	2.66	3.12	3.88
CALIFORNIA	3.23	2.61	1.91	2.31	2.12
COLORADO	3.23	3.58	3.66	3.22	3.55
CONNECTICUT	3.75	3.86	3.76	4.04	3.20
DELAWARE	3.19	2.93	3.66	3.03	3.01
DIST. OF COL.	2.64	2.26	2.69	2.09	3.14
FLORIDA	3.45	3.60	4.03	4.39	4.50
GEORGIA	3.72	3.96	4.24	4.47	4.67
GUAM	2.67	1.33	1.64	2.10	2.26
HAWAII	4.54	6.16	6.53	5.08	8.70
IDAHO	4.32	4.62	5.29	5.70	5.94
ILLINOIS	2.42	2.50	2.80	2.64	3.22
INDIANA	7.69	6.34	7.80	7.91	7.04
IOWA	4.24	5.27	5.63	5.52	5.59
KANSAS	2.91	2.51	2.61	3.12	3.15
KENTUCKY	4.02	4.08	4.71	4.88	5.95
LOUISIANA	4.92	4.38	4.87	5.11	5.04
MAINE	4.90	6.01	4.28	4.99	4.35
MARYLAND	3.60	4.22	4.19	4.53	4.57
MASSACHUSETTS	3.50	5.14	5.77	5.46	4.88
MICHIGAN	5.52	4.82	4.59	4.79	5.42
MINNESOTA	4.11	4.13	4.05	4.05	4.10
MISSISSIPPI	4.92	5.96	7.12	7.50	7.96
MISSOURI	3.37	3.81	4.63	4.95	5.40
MONTANA	3.58	3.91	4.10	3.63	3.94
NEBRASKA	3.78	3.35	2.87	3.22	3.63
NEVADA	2.52	3.24	2.87	3.12	3.31
NEW HAMPSHIRE	4.82	5.40	4.37	4.72	5.27
NEW JERSEY	4.60	5.27	4.83	5.06	4.89
NEW MEXICO	1.31*	1.07*	1.46	1.57	1.87
NEW YORK	4.90	5.07	4.49	5.00	4.31
NORTH CAROLINA	3.86	4.04	4.43	4.99	5.01
NORTH DAKOTA	4.61	4.19	4.71	5.10	5.37
OHIO	4.82	4.23	4.81	4.91	5.46
OKLAHOMA	2.83	2.90	2.80	3.12	3.64
OREGON	5.54	6.63	5.85	5.60	6.17
PENNSYLVANIA	6.05	6.98	6.85	6.80	7.01
PUERTO RICO	6.31	5.51	6.27	5.67	7.88
RHODE ISLAND	4.44	4.23	4.52	4.63	5.01
SOUTH CAROLINA	5.08	4.60	5.87	6.32	7.00
SOUTH DAKOTA	6.95	7.72	7.59	7.80	7.49
TENNESSEE	4.85	4.99	4.50	5.47	5.16
TEXAS	4.96	5.23	5.41	5.63	5.95
UTAH	3.47	3.69	3.89	4.13	4.08
VERMONT	4.02	3.90	3.93	3.78	4.22
VIRGIN ISLANDS	1.63	1.12	1.58	1.84	1.83
VIRGINIA	5.00	6.12	6.34	6.52	6.33
WASHINGTON	4.53	4.55	4.95	4.54	4.52
WEST VIRGINIA	4.15	4.64	4.87	4.54	4.42
WISCONSIN	6.51	6.06	6.11	5.95	5.91
WYOMING	4.33	4.09	5.00	5.57	5.16
TOTALS	$4.23	$4.21	$4.13	$4.32	$4.38
Source: Form OCSE-34A, lines 5 + 8 +13 / OCSE-396A line 9 (A+C) - 1b (A+C).
* Not reliable. All states' cost effectiveness ratios were reliable in Fiscal Years 2002, 2003 and 2004.