Health insurance coverage and population characteristic-population estimates

Table 5. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Population estimates by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2003

Population characteristics	Total population	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Number in thousands


Total^a	285,077	237,755	185,802	51,953	47,322
Total under age 65^a	250,843	203,806	168,195	35,611	47,038

Age in years
Under 4	15,652	14,264	8,947	5,317	1,388
4-6	11,581	10,432	6,854	3,578	1,149
7-12	24,819	21,673	15,240	6,433	3,146
13-17	20,714	17,722	13,034	4,689	2,992
Total under 18	72,766	64,091	44,075	20,017	8,674
18	4,077	3,237	2,542	695	840
19-24	23,761	15,125	12,555	2,569	8,636
25-29	18,534	12,773	11,342	1,431	5,761
30-34	20,315	15,803	14,445	1,358	4,512
35-54	83,826	69,106	62,613	6,493	14,720
55-64	27,565	23,670	20,621	3,049	3,895
65 and over	34,234	33,949	17,607	16,342	285

Employment status^b
Employed	140,901	115,537	108,530	7,007	25,363
Not employed	79,172	64,957	38,250	26,707	14,215

Sex
Male	139,112	113,284	91,082	22,202	25,828
Female	145,965	124,471	94,720	29,751	21,495

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	39,273	25,884	16,030	9,854	13,389
Total black, single race	34,419	27,839	17,444	10,395	6,579
Total white, single race	193,559	169,492	141,470	28,022	24,067
Total other races/multiple race	17,826	14,540	10,857	3,682	3,287

Census region
Northeast	54,045	47,508	37,862	9,646	6,537
Midwest	64,416	56,186	46,527	9,659	8,231
South	101,617	81,171	61,433	19,737	20,447
West	64,999	52,891	39,980	12,911	12,108

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For 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, 2003.

Table E. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2003 Corresponds to Table 5

Population characteristics	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Standard error in thousands


Total^a	5,230	4,433	1,577	1,491
Total under age 65^a	4,770	4,235	1,275	1,479

Age in years
Under 4	491	400	262	147
4-6	451	376	198	108
7-12	774	634	335	219
13-17	596	504	268	206
Total under 18	1,787	1,427	771	444
18	193	175	82	94
19-24	622	583	175	425
25-29	535	517	121	335
30-34	637	620	127	269
35-54	1,722	1,629	360	521
55-64	868	795	219	239
65 and over	1,169	751	683	55

Employment status^b
Employed	2,789	2,663	409	865
Not employed	1,647	1,102	902	523

Sex
Male	2,575	2,199	789	924
Female	2,789	2,358	908	709

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,329	898	565	813
Total black, single race	1,377	990	676	400
Total white, single race	4,165	3,701	1,170	949
Total other races/multiple race	912	702	428	343

Census region
Northeast	1,933	1,796	644	497
Midwest	2,842	2,440	698	604
South	2,898	2,435	885	990
West	2,712	2,088	885	821

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For 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, 2003.

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