Table 177a
People under age 65 with public health insurance onlya, by race, United States, 2003
Population group Total Single race Multiple races
White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                               
Total   14.5 0.3 12.6 0.3 25.0 0.7 10.6 1.1 * * 18.7 2.7 23.1 1.7
                               
Age (not age adjusted) 0-17 27.0 0.6 23.4 0.6 44.8 1.4 19.7 2.4 * * 33.3 6.8 37.5 2.8
18-44 8.7 0.2 7.6 0.2 15.9 0.7 5.9 0.9 * * 9.1 2.0 15.2 1.9
45-64 10.1 0.3 9.0 0.3 18.0 0.9 8.6 1.2 * * 18.9 4.4 20.2 3.5
                               
Gender Female 15.9 0.3 13.8 0.3 27.3 0.9 11.3 1.2 * * 22.7 3.2 26.6 2.2
Male 13.0 0.3 11.5 0.3 22.2 0.8 9.9 1.2 * * 14.9 2.9 18.3 1.8
                               
Family incomeb Negative or poor 44.8 0.9 42.6 1.1 54.1 1.8 28.1 5.0 * * 52.8 6.8 49.6 5.1
Near poor/low 25.5 0.7 24.4 0.8 30.5 1.5 22.1 3.8 * * * * 39.2 4.7
Middle 8.2 0.3 7.7 0.4 11.1 1.0 8.5 1.9 * * * * 12.3 2.5
High 2.5 0.2 2.3 0.2 4.9 1.1 * * * * * * * *
                               
Education (age 25 and over) Less than high school 20.1 0.6 18.1 0.7 32.8 1.8 17.0 3.4 * * 22.9 6.0 34.2 5.7
High school graduate 10.6 0.3 9.2 0.4 17.7 1.0 11.4 2.0 * * 15.6 4.2 14.4 3.8
At least some college 5.5 0.2 5.0 0.2 10.3 0.7 3.4 0.6 * * * * 13.1 2.3
                               
Residence location Urban 15.2 0.3 13.2 0.3 25.1 0.8 10.3 1.1 * * 21.0 3.2 23.1 1.9
Rural 12.6 0.5 11.4 0.5 23.9 1.8 * * * * * * 23.7 3.4
                               

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

b Negative or poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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