Table 4.a Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Percent by selected population characteristics, United States, all of 2005


Population characteristics

Total population in thousands

Percent distribution of population

Percent uninsured all year

Percent distribution of uninsured population


 

Totala

256,360

100.0

13.6

100.0

 

Age in years

Under 4

15,489

6.0

3.3

1.5

4-6

11,812

4.6

4.8

1.6

7-12

23,715

9.3

5.6

3.8

13-17

21,723

8.5

7.5

4.7

Total under 18

72,739

28.4

5.5

11.6

18

3,844

1.5

10.5

1.2

19-24

24,682

9.6

24.6

17.4

25-29

19,523

7.6

24.9

14.0

30-34

19,129

7.5

17.8

9.8

35-54

84,919

33.1

14.4

35.1

55-64

31,524

12.3

12.2

11.1

 

Employment statusb

Employed

140,422

72.8

15.0

67.0

Not employed

52,479

27.2

19.9

33.0

 

Sex

Male

127,634

49.8

15.4

56.5

Female

128,726

50.2

11.8

43.5

 

Race/ethnicity

Total Hispanic or Latino

40,385

15.8

27.4

31.7

Total black, single race

32,431

12.7

14.6

13.6

Total white, single race

165,544

64.6

10.0

47.3

Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race

11,979

4.7

13.3

4.6

Total other races/multiple races

6,021

2.4

16.1

2.8

 

Race/ethnicity and Sex

Hispanic or Latino Male

20,907

8.2

30.8

18.5

Black Male, single race

15,263

6.0

18.9

8.3

White Male, single race

82,651

32.2

11.0

26.0

Asian/Pacific Islander male, single race

5,775

2.3

14.4

2.4

Other races/multiple race male

3,039

1.2

15.6

1.4

Hispanic or Latino Female

19,479

7.6

23.7

13.3

Black Female, single race

17,168

6.7

10.8

5.3

White Female, single race

82,893

32.3

9.0

21.3

Asian/Pacific Islander female, single race

6,205

2.4

12.2

2.2

Other races/multiple race female

2,982

1.2

16.7

1.4

 

Marital statusb

Married

102,777

53.3

12.1

39.2

Widowed

3,350

1.7

17.4

1.8

Divorced

21,303

11.0

21.5

14.5

Separated

3,599

1.9

25.9

3.0

Never married

61,936

32.1

21.1

41.5

 

Census region

Northeast

46,834

18.3

10.3

13.8

Midwest

57,021

22.2

11.1

18.2

South

92,389

36.0

16.1

42.8

West

60,117

23.5

14.6

25.2

 

Perceived health status, under age 65

Excellent

84,615

33.0

11.1

26.8

Very good

86,438

33.7

13.1

32.4

Good

63,301

24.7

16.1

29.3

Fair

16,748

6.5

19.2

9.2

Poor

5,258

2.1

15.5

2.3


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 because of rounding.

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2005.

 

Table D. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Standard errors by selected population characteristics, United States, all of 2005
Corresponds to Table 4.a


Population characteristics

Percent distribution of population

Percent uninsured all year

Percent distribution of uninsured population


Standard error


 

Totala

b

0.37

b

 

Age in years

Under 4

0.16

0.65

0.29

4-6

0.14

0.70

0.23

7-12

0.22

0.51

0.33

13-17

0.20

0.72

0.42

Total under 18

0.34

0.41

0.74

18

0.09

1.69

0.19

19-24

0.25

1.15

0.74

25-29

0.26

1.41

0.79

30-34

0.21

1.03

0.52

35-54

0.34

0.53

0.92

55-64

0.32

0.78

0.65

 

Employment statusc

Employed

0.45

0.49

0.90

Not employed

0.45

0.67

0.90

 

Sex

Male

0.31

0.46

0.88

Female

0.31

0.39

0.88

 

Race/ethnicity

Total Hispanic or Latino

0.75

0.88

1.58

Total black, single race

0.60

0.76

0.91

Total white, single race

0.98

0.37

1.52

Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race

0.34

1.88

0.75

Total other races/multiple races

0.23

1.84

0.48

 

Race/ethnicity and Sex

Hispanic or Latino Male

0.38

1.07

0.96

Black Male, single race

0.31

1.27

0.68

White Male, single race

0.57

0.49

1.05

Asian/Pacific Islander male, single race

0.19

2.24

0.44

Other races/multiple race male

0.13

2.32

0.26

Hispanic or Latino Female

0.40

1.06

0.81

Black Female, single race

0.32

0.78

0.43

White Female, single race

0.53

0.42

0.95

Asian/Pacific Islander female, single race

0.17

1.95

0.39

Other races/multiple race female

0.12

2.64

0.31

 

Marital statusc

Married

0.57

0.51

1.08

Widowed

0.11

2.00

0.23

Divorced

0.37

0.99

0.78

Separated

0.12

2.57

0.32

Never married

0.46

0.69

0.95

 

Census region

Northeast

0.82

0.82

1.23

Midwest

0.99

0.65

1.30

South

1.24

0.64

1.94

West

1.07

0.77

1.59

 

Perceived health status, under age 65

Excellent

0.56

0.55

1.11

Very good

0.51

0.59

1.23

Good

0.47

0.63

1.06

Fair

0.20

1.12

0.57

Poor

0.10

1.58

0.26


a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.

b Not applicable.

c 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, 2005.

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