Table 1_A Health insurance coverage and population characteristics-all ages

Table 1. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Percent by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2001
Population characteristics	Total population in thousands	Private	Public only	Uninsured

		Percent distribution
Total^a	275,740	67.1	16.3	16.7
Total under age 65^a	242,762	69.1	12.1	18.8
Age in years
Under 4	15,821	58.2	28.8	12.9
4-6	12,169	59.4	27.3	13.3
7-12	24,510	62.7	22.8	14.5
13-17	20,150	67.1	16.3	16.6
Total under 18	72,650	62.4	23.1	14.5
18	4,025	62.2	13.4	24.4
19-24	22,699	57.5	8.6	33.9
25-29	17,649	63.7	7.0	29.2
30-34	19,385	72.6	6.4	21.0
35-54	82,589	76.8	6.5	16.7
55-64	23,765	75.9	9.7	14.4
18-64	170,112	71.9	7.4	20.7
65 and over	32,978	52.5	46.8	0.7
Employment status^b
Employed	136,453	78.6	4.2	17.1
Not employed	74,162	50.8	31.5	17.6
Sex
Male	134,527	67.8	14.4	17.8
Female	141,213	66.4	18.1	15.6
Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	33,802	43.0	21.1	35.9
Total black	34,669	52.5	28.9	18.7
Total white	193,490	74.0	13.2	12.9
Total other	13,779	66.1	16.3	17.6
Hispanic male	16,884	44.0	17.8	38.2
Black male	16,164	53.9	26.1	19.9
White male	94,881	74.6	11.6	13.8
Other male	6,598	65.3	15.8	18.9
Hispanic female	16,918	42.0	24.3	33.7
Black female	18,505	51.2	31.3	17.6
White female	98,609	73.4	14.6	12.0
Other female	7,181	66.9	16.7	16.4
Marital status^b
Married	113,686	78.1	9.9	12.0
Widowed	14,425	46.7	47.1	6.2
Divorced	21,256	62.1	15.6	22.3
Separated	4,579	47.5	22.5	30.0
Never married	57,351	59.8	12.0	28.2
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	223,821	67.9	15.5	16.7
Non-MSA	51,919	63.7	19.7	16.6
Census region
Northeast	52,296	70.7	17.2	12.1
Midwest	63,626	73.0	13.8	13.2
South	96,657	63.9	16.4	19.7
West	63,162	62.9	17.8	19.3

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.
^bFor individuals age 16 and over.
Note: Percents may not add to 100 because of rounding

Table A. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2001 Corresponds to Table 1
Population characteristics	Private	Public only	Uninsured

	Standard error
Total^a	0.63	0.46	0.43
Total under age 65^a	0.65	0.45	0.48
Age in years
Under 4	1.48	1.46	0.87
4-6	1.63	1.44	0.91
7-12	1.31	1.27	0.87
13-17	1.20	1.04	0.89
Total under 18	0.97	0.91	0.60
18	2.55	1.74	2.24
19-24	1.33	0.67	1.29
25-29	1.32	0.75	1.27
30-34	1.32	0.67	1.09
35-54	0.67	0.33	0.58
55-64	1.04	0.63	0.79
18-64	0.61	0.30	0.53
65 and over	1.25	1.23	0.13
Employment status^b
Employed	0.54	0.22	0.49
Not employed	0.86	0.74	0.56
Sex
Male	0.69	0.47	0.50
Female	0.66	0.52	0.44
Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	1.41	1.04	1.12
Total black	1.78	1.54	0.98
Total white	0.66	0.42	0.44
Total other	2.66	2.21	1.80
Hispanic male	1.56	1.02	1.34
Black male	2.12	1.64	1.27
White male	0.73	0.44	0.54
Other male	3.03	2.22	2.18
Hispanic female	1.52	1.25	1.18
Black female	1.81	1.70	1.04
White female	0.70	0.50	0.45
Other female	2.76	2.43	1.94
Marital status^b
Married	0.60	0.37	0.44
Widowed	1.44	1.46	0.59
Divorced	1.28	0.90	1.07
Separated	2.35	1.78	2.23
Never married	0.91	0.62	0.85
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	0.70	0.50	0.50
Non-MSA	1.48	1.12	0.83
Census region
Northeast	1.24	0.99	0.79
Midwest	1.09	0.85	0.65
South	1.06	0.79	0.87
West	1.67	1.08	0.90

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.
^bFor individuals age 16 and over.
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey