Table 4. Percent distribution of uninsured persons under age 65 by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1998

Population Characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent Distribution of Population	Percent Uninsured	Percent Distribution of Uninsured Population
Table 4. Percent distribution of uninsured persons under age 65 by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1998


Total^a	236,214	100	17.8	100
Age in years
< 4	15,817	6.7	13.1	4.9
4-6	11,843	5.0	14.1	4.0
7-12	24,467	10.4	14.7	8.6
13-17	20,032	8.5	16.2	7.7
Total under 18	72,160	30.5	14.7	25.2
18	3,729	1.6	20.1	1.8
19-24	20,779	8.8	31.8	15.7
25-29	18,881	8.0	27.4	12.3
30-34	20,123	8.5	20.8	10.0
35-54	78,598	33.3	15.1	28.2
55-64	21,944	9.3	12.9	6.8
Sex
Male	117,475	49.7	19.3	54.0
Female	118,740	50.3	16.3	46.0
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	29,108	12.3	33.3	23.1
Total Black	30,999	13.1	22.1	16.3
Total White	166,299	70.4	14.1	55.9
Total Other	9,808	4.2	20.1	4.7
Hispanic male	15,019	6.4	35.3	12.6
Black male	14,623	6.2	24.6	8.6
White male	83,064	35.2	15.4	30.5
Other male	4,768	2.0	20.2	2.3
Hispanic female	14,089	6.0	31.2	10.5
Black female	16,375	6.9	19.9	7.8
White female	83,235	35.2	12.8	25.4
Other female	5,040	2.1	19.9	2.4
Marital status^b
Married	92,575	39.2	13.7	30.3
Widowed	3,071	1.3	23.1	1.7
Divorced	18,655	7.9	21.7	9.7
Separated	4,638	2.0	28.8	3.2
Never married	53,414	22.6	26.3	33.5
Census region
Northeast	44,517	18.8	14.3	15.2
Midwest	55,004	23.3	13.0	17.0
South	82,594	35.0	21.4	42.0
West	54,100	22.9	20.0	25.8
Perceived health status
Excellent	88,319	37.4	15.9	33.5
Very good	74,463	31.6	16.3	29.0
Good	52,443	22.2	20.8	26.0
Fair	15,459	6.6	23.2	8.6
Poor	5,283	2.2	22.8	2.9

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status ^b For individuals age 16 and over. Excludes unknown marital status. As a result, percents do not sum to 100. Note: Percent distributions may not add to 100 due to rounding. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998.

Population Characteristic	Percent Distribution of Population	Percent Uninsured	Percent Distribution of Uninsured Population
Table D. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Standard errors by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1998 Corresponds to Table 4


	Standard error

Total^a	--	0.51	--
Age in years
< 4	0.20	1.12	0.39
4-6	0.17	1.17	0.32
7-12	0.24	0.98	0.54
13-17	0.23	1.27	0.58
Total under 18	0.39	0.71	0.89
18	0.12	2.46	0.24
19-24	0.26	1.40	0.75
25-29	0.31	1.31	0.65
30-34	0.26	1.18	0.57
35-54	0.40	0.59	0.79
55-64	0.35	0.96	0.52
Sex
Male	0.33	0.55	.72
Female	0.33	0.55	.72
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	0.57	1.37	1.32
Total Black	0.82	1.04	1.24
Total White	0.99	0.58	1.62
Total Other	0.38	2.89	0.76
Hispanic male	0.31	1.47	0.77
Black male	0.39	1.35	0.73
White male	0.58	0.62	1.09
Other male	0.22	3.48	0.41
Hispanic female	0.28	1.60	0.67
Black female	0.46	1.30	0.69
White female	0.59	0.66	1.00
Other female	0.20	3.10	0.44
Marital status^b
Married	0.45	0.65	1.00
Widowed	0.10	2.88	0.23
Divorced	0.26	1.22	0.65
Separated	0.14	2.50	0.33
Never married	0.39	0.88	1.05
Census region
Northeast	1.09	1.01	1.37
Midwest	0.96	1.11	1.42
South	1.22	0.91	1.78
West	1.08	0.98	1.33
Perceived health status
Excellent	0.64	0.67	1.16
Very good	0.51	0.76	1.07
Good	0.48	0.88	1.09
Fair	0.19	1.56	0.64
Poor	0.12	2.09	0.31

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status ^b For individuals age 16 and over. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998.