Denied Claims Accuracy Rates -- CY 2002
| ST | Samp Type |
Sample * | Population | Improper Denial |
95% C.I. (+/‑) |
Adjusted Improper Denial # |
95% C.I. (+/‑) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | MON | 149 | 7,458 | 5.03% | 2.91 | 4.41% | 2.79 |
| SEP | 151 | 11,454 | 19.90% | 7.14 | 18.23% | 6.83 | |
| NS | 151 | 15,818 | 12.63% | 5.40 | 11.42% | 5.24 | |
| AL | MON | 152 | 29,421 | 5.12% | 4.04 | 3.44% | 3.86 |
| SEP | 159 | 23,073 | 1.39% | 1.66 | 0.27% | .52 | |
| NS | 154 | 35,591 | 11.34% | 5.38 | 8.55% | 4.81 | |
| AZ | MON | 150 | 16,070 | 12.55% | 5.56 | 6.38% | 4.38 |
| SEP | 154 | 19,601 | 4.34% | 3.37 | 2.00% | 2.41 | |
| NS | 156 | 27,701 | 5.02% | 3.28 | 3.18% | 2.52 | |
| CT | MON | 153 | 9,500 | 15.03% | 5.89 | 5.29% | 3.44 |
| SEP | 153 | 17,042 | 3.53% | 2.52 | 0.59% | 1.16 | |
| NS | 150 | 21,054 | 15.01% | 6.02 | 13.42% | 5.77 | |
| DC | MON | 137 | 3,557 | 13.34% | 7.63 | 2.41% | 1.69 |
| SEP | 150 | 4,219 | 11.42% | 5.15 | 2.01% | 2.31 | |
| NS | 150 | 2,778 | 5.16% | 3.91 | 2.98% | 2.98 | |
| DE | MON | 133 | 698 | 44.85% | 8.55 | 13.59% | 6.46 |
| SEP | 136 | 5,304 | 0.80% | 1.56 | 0.80% | 1.56 | |
| NS | 135 | 2,497 | 3.11% | 2.75 | 2.64% | 2.60 | |
| FL | MON | 116 | 16,516 | 1.40% | 1.94 | 0.71% | 1.39 |
| SEP | 117 | 65,769 | 8.62% | 4.79 | 5.33% | 4.32 | |
| NS | 117 | 27,913 | 5.43% | 4.36 | 4.48% | 3.93 | |
| GA | MON | 152 | 33,317 | 10.93% | 5.52 | 5.87% | 3.87 |
| SEP | 152 | 69,330 | 4.00% | 3.21 | 4.00% | 3.21 | |
| NS | 152 | 33,882 | 4.66% | 3.33 | 4.66% | 3.33 | |
| HI | MON | 146 | 1,948 | 1.01% | 1.36 | 0.62% | 1.16 |
| SEP | 150 | 7,389 | 4.09% | 3.28 | 3.25% | 2.85 | |
| NS | 148 | 16,087 | 1.84% | 2.09 | 1.84% | 2.09 | |
| IA | MON | 146 | 5,585 | 19.09% | 6.86 | 13.28% | 5.59 |
| SEP | 150 | 25,592 | 14.78% | 5.39 | 12.40% | 5.28 | |
| NS | 150 | 12,613 | 21.27% | 6.59 | 17.14% | 6.08 | |
| ID | MON | 110 | 1,164 | 1.55% | 2.12 | 1.55% | 2.12 |
| SEP | 122 | 4,944 | 3.55% | 3.53 | 2.72% | 3.14 | |
| NS | 123 | 4,560 | 9.36% | 6.15 | 7.61% | 5.66 | |
| IL | MON | 149 | 45,442 | 11.37% | 5.98 | 9.74% | 5.49 |
| SEP | 151 | 89,622 | 11.93% | 5.37 | 6.57% | 4.07 | |
| NS | 151 | 94,918 | 13.50% | 5.34 | 11.31% | 4.98 | |
| IN | MON | 154 | 29,369 | 5.01% | 3.52 | 2.69% | 2.68 |
| SEP | 154 | 39,407 | 5.19% | 3.65 | 5.19% | 3.65 | |
| NS | 154 | 38,354 | 6.30% | 3.78 | 5.96% | 3.72 | |
| KS | MON | 151 | 15,190 | 2.81% | 2.92 | 2.81% | 2.92 |
| SEP | 154 | 21,638 | 0.00% | .00 | 0.00% | .00 | |
| NS | 150 | 26,295 | 5.89% | 2.99 | 5.89% | 2.99 | |
| KY | MON | 125 | 811 | 6.88% | 4.09 | 0.74% | .87 |
| SEP | 137 | 27,383 | 2.58% | 2.22 | 1.22% | 1.69 | |
| NS | 135 | 9,599 | 6.70% | 4.49 | 4.59% | 3.81 | |
| LA | MON | 146 | 3,773 | 21.37% | 7.42 | 17.11% | 6.83 |
| SEP | 156 | 29,584 | 7.77% | 3.96 | 3.87% | 3.11 | |
| NS | 156 | 30,228 | 11.39% | 5.08 | 8.61% | 4.29 | |
| MA | MON | 113 | 9,998 | 18.98% | 9.14 | 15.79% | 8.40 |
| SEP | 88 | 27,879 | 6.16% | 5.51 | 2.45% | 3.39 | |
| NS | 86 | 30,328 | 10.13% | 7.64 | 6.90% | 6.68 | |
| MD | MON | 147 | 13,026 | 14.12% | 5.47 | 8.62% | 4.19 |
| SEP | 154 | 50,260 | 5.46% | 3.67 | 3.74% | 3.06 | |
| NS | 152 | 44,178 | 12.07% | 4.44 | 7.66% | 4.28 | |
| ME | MON | 151 | 5,068 | 10.31% | 5.63 | 4.50% | 3.75 |
| SEP | 158 | 5,525 | 4.84% | 3.56 | 3.32% | 3.12 | |
| NS | 158 | 9,515 | 1.18% | .68 | 1.18% | .68 | |
| MI | MON | 151 | 45,484 | 23.24% | 9.83 | 18.26% | 8.84 |
| SEP | 150 | 68,881 | 5.15% | 3.61 | 3.38% | 2.99 | |
| NS | 148 | 71,030 | 10.35% | 4.50 | 8.58% | 3.99 | |
| MN | MON | 146 | 10,428 | 24.78% | 7.08 | 20.55% | 6.67 |
| SEP | 150 | 32,999 | 17.08% | 6.26 | 14.12% | 5.89 | |
| NS | 150 | 56,060 | 12.51% | 6.10 | 10.84% | 5.83 | |
| MO | MON | 151 | 2,736 | 52.01% | 9.39 | 41.64% | 8.96 |
| SEP | 150 | 34,735 | 6.46% | 4.48 | 3.30% | 3.40 | |
| NS | 150 | 94,055 | 35.55% | 8.35 | 19.46% | 6.56 | |
| MS | MON | 148 | 13,635 | 6.41% | 5.03 | 2.54% | 2.51 |
| SEP | 151 | 31,926 | 5.61% | 3.70 | 3.58% | 2.89 | |
| NS | 151 | 11,526 | 1.45% | 2.00 | 0.67% | 1.30 | |
| MT | MON | 107 | 1,302 | 10.78% | 8.20 | 5.71% | 4.26 |
| SEP | 111 | 4,636 | 1.75% | 2.43 | 0.00% | .00 | |
| NS | 107 | 3,269 | 9.71% | 5.92 | 3.83% | 3.32 | |
| NC | MON | 152 | 32,577 | 18.23% | 6.83 | 11.33% | 5.87 |
| SEP | 155 | 67,027 | 6.35% | 3.97 | 6.35% | 3.97 | |
| NS | 146 | 58,667 | 14.75% | 5.99 | 14.24% | 5.90 | |
| ND | MON | 144 | 1,856 | 3.45% | 3.54 | 2.16% | 2.96 |
| SEP | 151 | 2,530 | 7.98% | 4.55 | 2.77% | 2.67 | |
| NS | 147 | 4,811 | 12.24% | 5.16 | 10.99% | 5.02 | |
| NE | MON | 151 | 4,110 | 5.39% | 3.41 | 4.43% | 2.85 |
| SEP | 147 | 63,281 | 1.84% | 2.13 | 1.40% | 1.95 | |
| NS | 148 | 21,368 | 7.77% | 4.53 | 6.94% | 4.22 | |
| NH | MON | 126 | 1,866 | 12.45% | 5.25 | 9.26% | 4.54 |
| SEP | 114 | 4,196 | 5.57% | 3.66 | 2.19% | 2.13 | |
| NS | 113 | 11,037 | 7.99% | 5.38 | 6.31% | 4.86 | |
| NJ | MON | 102 | 49,004 | 7.24% | 7.45 | 7.24% | 7.45 |
| SEP | 96 | 43,712 | 6.65% | 4.67 | 5.69% | 4.27 | |
| NS | 95 | 22,434 | 6.71% | 6.29 | 6.02% | 6.14 | |
| NM | MON | 151 | 8,089 | 10.75% | 4.75 | 6.80% | 4.11 |
| SEP | 161 | 4,689 | 2.40% | 2.44 | 1.09% | 1.48 | |
| NS | 157 | 812 | 6.36% | 5.82 | 3.69% | 2.79 | |
| NV | MON | 141 | 4,375 | 8.70% | 3.76 | 3.82% | 2.53 |
| SEP | 149 | 25,677 | 3.55% | 2.93 | 2.12% | 2.16 | |
| NS | 149 | 19,778 | 10.20% | 5.25 | 6.26% | 4.11 | |
| NY | MON | 144 | 95,255 | 37.88% | 8.52 | 25.45% | 7.55 |
| SEP | 148 | 100,910 | 7.91% | 4.13 | 5.25% | 3.47 | |
| NS | 140 | 75,176 | 6.61% | 4.10 | 6.61% | 4.10 | |
| OH | MON | 154 | 44,213 | 10.85% | 4.85 | 10.30% | 4.73 |
| SEP | 152 | 55,690 | 3.21% | 2.82 | 3.21% | 2.82 | |
| NS | 152 | 35,979 | 7.72% | 4.13 | 7.23% | 4.13 | |
| OK | MON | 150 | 13,979 | 3.18% | 2.47 | 2.50% | 2.48 |
| SEP | 156 | 22,387 | 5.55% | 3.62 | 0.87% | 1.70 | |
| NS | 156 | 21,926 | 12.13% | 5.34 | 10.21% | 4.86 | |
| OR | MON | 157 | 8,606 | 7.37% | 4.65 | 6.17% | 4.54 |
| SEP | 157 | 32,457 | 9.67% | 4.86 | 5.00% | 3.70 | |
| NS | 157 | 23,511 | 7.69% | 4.25 | 6.52% | 3.92 | |
| PA | MON | 146 | 48,818 | 28.58% | 7.63 | 5.94% | 4.02 |
| SEP | 156 | 10,457 | 19.95% | 12.16 | 19.07% | 12.16 | |
| NS | 153 | 9,015 | 10.33% | 6.28 | 10.33% | 6.28 | |
| PR | MON | 104 | 3,655 | 67.72% | 8.72 | 17.87% | 9.09 |
| SEP | 103 | 2,089 | 21.42% | 15.03 | 8.69% | 8.79 | |
| NS | 103 | 6,520 | 8.24% | 6.65 | 8.24% | 6.65 | |
| RI | MON | 154 | 4,714 | 6.42% | 4.32 | 5.49% | 4.42 |
| SEP | 149 | 8,463 | 3.89% | 2.79 | 2.63% | 2.19 | |
| NS | 143 | 8,842 | 0.00% | .00 | 0.00% | .00 | |
| SC | MON | 121 | 1,199 | 8.09% | 4.52 | 7.46% | 4.36 |
| SEP | 118 | 36,418 | 4.24% | 4.20 | 1.95% | 2.70 | |
| NS | 117 | 10,952 | 5.18% | 4.14 | 3.31% | 3.23 | |
| SD | MON | 150 | 2,493 | 9.34% | 5.86 | 4.07% | 4.07 |
| SEP | 150 | 3,995 | 4.26% | 3.13 | 3.57% | 3.13 | |
| NS | 150 | 7,788 | 13.31% | 6.57 | 9.98% | 5.97 | |
| TN | MON | 147 | 25,917 | 4.58% | 4.01 | 4.16% | 3.96 |
| SEP | 150 | 35,429 | 2.96% | 2.97 | 1.41% | 1.95 | |
| NS | 150 | 5,554 | 8.44% | 4.64 | 5.87% | 4.16 | |
| TX | MON | 151 | 89,675 | 5.67% | 3.45 | 3.95% | 3.01 |
| SEP | 151 | 190,703 | 14.39% | 6.01 | 13.52% | 5.87 | |
| NS | 148 | 217,568 | 11.29% | 5.73 | 10.47% | 5.50 | |
| UT | MON | 138 | 4,135 | 24.18% | 5.76 | 19.13% | 5.81 |
| SEP | 149 | 16,273 | 5.78% | 4.05 | 4.10% | 3.27 | |
| NS | 150 | 28,207 | 6.42% | 3.34 | 5.87% | 3.34 | |
| VA | MON | 148 | 22,026 | 11.57% | 5.14 | 7.20% | 4.38 |
| SEP | 156 | 30,980 | 4.89% | 3.21 | 4.89% | 3.21 | |
| NS | 154 | 25,391 | 5.29% | 3.49 | 5.29% | 3.49 | |
| VT | MON | 145 | 1,280 | 5.52% | 3.55 | 5.52% | 3.55 |
| SEP | 135 | 4,529 | 1.95% | 2.19 | 1.35% | 1.85 | |
| NS | 146 | 3,686 | 7.21% | 4.76 | 6.20% | 4.35 | |
| WA | MON | 139 | 4,696 | 4.04% | 3.19 | 1.33% | 1.81 |
| SEP | 138 | 39,214 | 6.19% | 3.92 | 4.54% | 3.15 | |
| NS | 140 | 76,845 | 8.91% | 4.70 | 6.12% | 4.16 | |
| WI | MON | 155 | 34,304 | 7.05% | 4.10 | 3.96% | 3.32 |
| SEP | 156 | 56,386 | 13.51% | 5.57 | 9.69% | 4.82 | |
| NS | 155 | 75,817 | 20.75% | 6.77 | 14.86% | 6.18 | |
| WV | MON | 146 | 3,919 | 12.85% | 5.60 | 6.42% | 3.73 |
| SEP | 150 | 10,645 | 2.94% | 2.94 | 2.94% | 2.94 | |
| NS | 150 | 7,525 | 6.17% | 3.68 | 6.17% | 3.68 | |
| WY | MON | 118 | 1,606 | 23.75% | 8.14 | 17.78% | 6.90 |
| SEP | 129 | 2,501 | 5.58% | 4.54 | 3.85% | 4.08 | |
| NS | 127 | 4,846 | 5.74% | 4.21 | 5.03% | 3.98 |
Footnotes
* Excludes cases not meeting DCA definition for inclusion in population, withdrawn claims, and claims for which monetary eligibility was established upon receipt of CWC, UCFE, and/or UCX wage credits.
# Adjusted rate excludes erroneous denials that were corrected by agency and claims for which eligibility was established through appeal prior to DCA case completion.
Report Date: 04 Jun 03
U.S. Department of Labor ETA OWS Division of Performance Management