Table 1. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population:

Population characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent Distribution
Table 1. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Percent distribution by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1997

Population characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Private	Public only	Uninsured

Total^a	265,927	68.1	15.1	16.8
Total under age 65^a	234,049	69.2	11.9	18.9
Age in years
Under 4	15,467	56.8	28.5	14.6
4-6	12,432	61.3	24.9	13.7
7-12	23,745	66.4	18.3	15.3
13-17	19,791	68.8	14.5	16.7
Total under 18	71,436	64.1	20.6	15.2
18	3,716	64.2	12.2	23.6
19-24	20,952	55.3	10.2	34.6
25-29	19,049	62.7	8.3	28.9
30-34	20,817	71.4	8.0	20.7
35-54	76,675	77.3	6.7	16.0
55-64	21,403	75.1	10.3	14.6
18-64	162,613	71.4	8.1	20.5
65 and over	31,877	60.5	38.4	1.0
Employment status^b
Employed	131,931	78.3	4.2	17.5
Not Employed	69,501	53.9	30.0	16.1
Sex
Male	129,842	68.5	13.0	18.5
Female	136,084	67.8	17.1	15.1
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	29,634	45.4	21.6	32.9
Total Black	33,169	50.2	28.4	21.4
Total White	191,749	75.2	11.6	13.2
Total Other	11,375	60.5	19.0	20.5
Hispanic male	15,173	44.2	18.9	36.9
Black male	15,448	51.1	25.6	23.3
White male	93,672	75.7	9.7	14.6
Other male	5,550	61.6	17.6	20.8
Hispanic female	14,461	46.7	24.5	28.7
Black female	17,721	49.4	30.8	19.8
White female	98,077	74.7	13.4	11.9
Other female	5,825	59.5	20.4	20.2
Marital status^b
Married	109,559	78.9	8.9	12.2
Widowed	14,004	54.1	39.4	6.5
Divorced	19,860	61.6	17.2	21.2
Separated	5,121	46.7	21.5	31.9
Never married	53,940	60.0	12.6	27.4
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	213,367	69.3	14.4	16.3
Non-MSA	52,560	63.3	18.0	18.7
Census region
Northeast	51,435	70.3	15.5	14.2
Midwest	62,021	75.0	12.5	12.5
South	92,890	64.2	16.1	19.6
West	59,581	65.2	15.9	18.9

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.
^bFor individuals ages 16 and over.
Note: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Household Component, 1997.

Population characteristic	Private	Public only	Uninsured
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 1997 Corresponds to Table 1


	Standard error

Total^a	0.63	0.43	0.39
Total under age 65^a	0.68	0.46	0.44
Age in years
Under 4	1.61	1.48	1.04
4-6	1.70	1.56	1.04
7-12	1.26	1.02	0.87
13-17	1.26	0.88	0.94
Total under 18	1.00	0.88	0.58
18	2.53	1.55	2.10
19-24	1.41	0.80	1.21
25-29	1.45	0.78	1.25
30-34	1.15	0.61	0.96
35-54	0.66	0.35	0.53
55-64	1.10	0.69	0.83
65 and over	1.20	1.19	0.19
Employment status^b
Employed	0.55	0.22	0.46
Not Employed	0.88	0.75	0.53
Sex
Male	0.70	0.44	0.47
Female	0.67	0.50	0.41
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	1.63	1.05	1.12
Total Black	1.53	1.42	0.99
Total White	0.63	0.43	0.39
Total Other	3.23	2.78	2.27
Hispanic male	1.79	1.06	1.39
Black male	1.75	1.51	1.30
White male	0.70	0.45	0.48
Other male	3.46	2.93	2.52
Hispanic female	1.71	1.27	1.19
Black female	1.70	1.62	1.11
White female	0.70	0.50	0.44
Other female	3.62	2.92	2.67
Marital status^b
Married	0.63	0.40	0.45
Widowed	1.51	1.37	0.63
Divorced	1.18	0.90	1.01
Separated	2.36	1.67	2.05
Never married	0.95	0.59	0.80
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	0.71	0.49	0.45
Non-MSA	1.48	0.96	0.95
Census region
Northeast	1.17	0.95	0.64
Midwest	1.31	0.94	0.73
South	1.11	0.69	0.75
West	1.33	0.88	0.92

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.
^bFor individuals ages 16 and over.
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Household Component, 1997.