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 2002

Population characteristics	Total population (in thousands)	Private	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Total population (in thousands)	Percent distribution


Total^a	281,293	66.1	17.4	16.4
Total under age 65^a	247,523	67.9	13.5	18.5

Age in years
Under 4	15,585	56.6	32.0	11.4
4-6	11,408	57.8	31.1	11.1
7-12	24,797	60.9	25.6	13.5
13-17	20,953	65.4	20.4	14.1
Total under 18	72,743	60.8	26.3	12.9
18	3,868	59.5	18.5	22.0
19-24	23,040	55.7	9.4	34.9
25-29	18,306	61.8	7.6	30.6
30-34	19,764	71.5	6.8	21.7
35-54	83,879	75.9	7.2	16.9
55-64	25,922	75.8	10.4	13.8
18-64	174,781	70.9	8.2	20.9
65 and over	33,770	53.2	46.0	0.8

Employment status^b
Employed	137,952	78.2	4.5	17.4
Not employed	78,173	50.2	32.2	17.6

Sex
Male	137,177	67.1	15.2	17.7
Female	144,116	65.2	19.6	15.2

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	37,350	42.2	23.2	34.6
Total black	34,578	51.5	29.7	18.8
Total white	194,727	73.4	14.0	12.6
Total other	14,638	65.5	19.2	15.3
Hispanic male	19,060	43.3	19.6	37.1
Black male	15,961	52.6	26.5	20.9
White male	94,998	74.4	12.2	13.4
Other male	7,158	66.4	17.4	16.2
Hispanic female	18,290	41.1	26.9	32.0
Black female	18,617	50.6	32.5	16.9
White female	99,729	72.4	15.8	11.8
Other female	7,479	64.6	21.0	14.5

Marital status^b
Married	116,716	77.2	10.2	12.6
Widowed	14,549	46.6	47.4	6.0
Divorced	23,084	62.0	17.2	20.9
Separated	4,321	43.4	25.6	31.0
Never married	58,026	58.8	13.1	28.1

Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	228,322	67.1	16.5	16.4
Non-MSA	52,971	62.1	21.5	16.4

Census region
Northeast	53,247	70.7	17.4	11.9
Midwest	64,024	73.1	13.8	13.1
South	99,873	61.8	18.7	19.5
West	64,149	62.2	19.1	18.7

^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 Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2002.

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 2002 Corresponds to Table 1

Population characteristics	Private	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Standard error


Total^a	0.63	0.48	0.39
Total under age 65^a	0.67	0.47	0.44

Age in years
Under 4	1.54	1.36	0.85
4-6	1.78	1.55	0.83
7-12	1.33	1.29	0.78
13-17	1.27	1.01	0.86
Total under 18	1.03	0.92	0.54
18	2.36	1.90	1.94
19-24	1.20	0.65	1.16
25-29	1.28	0.73	1.23
30-34	1.16	0.58	1.00
35-54	0.68	0.37	0.54
55-64	1.02	0.64	0.74
18-64	0.58	0.32	0.49
65 and over	1.21	1.22	0.16

Employment status^b
Employed	0.52	0.22	0.46
Not employed	0.88	0.80	0.53

Sex
Male	0.67	0.48	0.49
Female	0.67	0.53	0.40

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	1.24	0.88	1.12
Total black	1.51	1.52	0.98
Total white	0.65	0.46	0.38
Total other	3.13	2.67	1.43
Hispanic male	1.34	0.94	1.28
Black male	1.58	1.57	1.30
White male	0.72	0.48	0.51
Other male	3.36	2.50	1.84
Hispanic female	1.39	1.00	1.22
Black female	1.72	1.71	0.99
White female	0.69	0.54	0.40
Other female	3.24	3.03	1.47

Marital status^b
Married	0.60	0.41	0.46
Widowed	1.49	1.55	0.59
Divorced	1.16	0.82	0.86
Separated	2.38	2.10	2.20
Never married	0.81	0.57	0.75

Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	0.72	0.52	0.44
Non-MSA	1.41	1.07	0.97

Census region
Northeast	1.27	1.03	0.66
Midwest	1.15	0.79	0.65
South	1.07	0.82	0.79
West	1.44	1.03	0.80

^{a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^bFor individuals age 16 and over. Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2002.}

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