As reported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, from 2001 to 2005 health care premiums increased at a rate 10 times that of the median income. The disparity was even more acute in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia tri-state area, where incomes either fell or rose at a rate less than the national average. The tri-state breakdown:

Other of-note findings:

• The employer share of health insurance premium costs has increased by 28% nationally
• Americans with private health insurance fell about 6%

Read the full report for national totals and state-by-state breakdowns.