Table 4 Percent distribution of uninsured persons under age 65 by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1997

Population Characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent Distribution of Population	Percent Uninsured	Percent Distribution of Uninsured Population
Table 4. Percent distribution of uninsured persons under age 65 by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1997

Total^a	234,049	100	18.9	100

Age in years
< 4	15,467	6.6	14.6	5.1
4-6	12,432	5.3	13.7	3.9
7-12	23,745	10.1	15.3	8.2
13-17	19,791	8.5	16.7	7.5
18	3,716	1.6	23.6	2.0
19-24	20,952	9.0	34.6	16.4
25-29	19,049	8.1	28.9	12.5
30-34	20,817	8.9	20.7	9.7
35-54	76,675	32.8	16.0	27.8
55-64	21,403	9.1	14.6	7.0
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	28,118	12.0	34.6	22.0
Total Black	30,616	13.1	23.0	15.9
Total White	164,751	70.4	15.3	57.0
Total Other	10,565	4.5	21.5	5.1
Hispanic male	14,533	6.2	38.5	12.6
Black male	14,460	6.2	24.8	8.1
White male	82,268	35.2	16.6	30.8
Other male	5,177	2.2	21.5	2.2
Hispanic female	13,585	5.8	30.4	9.3
Black female	16,156	6.9	21.4	7.8
White female	82,482	35.2	14.0	26.2
Other female	5,387	2.3	21.4	2.6
Marital status^b
Married	92,087	39.4	14.4	30.1
Widowed	3,404	1.5	22.1	1.7
Divorced	17,624	7.5	23.5	9.4
Separated	4,862	2.1	33.5	3.7
Never married	52,633	22.5	28.1	33.4
Perceived health status
Excellent	87,698	37.5	16.3	32.4
Very good	74,056	31.7	18.1	30.3
Good	51,741	22.1	22.9	26.8
Fair	15,118	6.5	23.4	8.0
Poor	5,184	2.2	21.2	2.5
Census region
Northeast	44,775	19.1	16.1	16.3
Midwest	54,359	23.2	14.2	17.5
South	81,565	34.8	22.2	40.9
West	53,350	22.8	21.0	25.3

^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 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	Percent Distribution of Population	Percent Uninsured	Percent Distribution of Uninsured Population
Table D. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Standard errors by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1997 Corresponds to Table 4

	Standard error
Total^a	--	0.44	--
Age in years
< 4	0.19	1.04	0.36
4-6	0.16	1.04	0.29
7-12	0.22	0.87	0.42
13-17	0.19	0.94	0.41
18	0.09	2.10	0.20
19-24	0.23	1.21	0.67
25-29	0.25	1.25	0.57
30-34	0.24	0.96	0.44
35-54	0.34	0.53	0.64
55-64	0.24	0.83	0.41
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	0.49	1.15	1.16
Total Black	0.58	1.06	0.95
Total White	0.74	0.44	1.31
Total Other	0.35	2.45	0.70
Hispanic male	0.28	1.42	0.75
Black male	0.28	1.37	0.57
White male	0.43	0.54	0.89
Other male	0.20	2.69	0.37
Hispanic female	0.24	1.24	0.53
Black female	0.33	1.22	0.53
White female	0.45	0.52	0.84
Other female	0.18	2.88	0.42
Marital status^b
Married	0.44	0.52	0.80
Widowed	0.09	2.12	0.18
Divorced	0.22	1.12	0.49
Separated	0.11	2.16	0.28
Never married	0.38	0.81	0.93
Census region
Northeast	0.70	0.72	0.90
Midwest	0.80	0.82	1.11
South	0.91	0.83	1.33
West	0.68	1.02	1.14
Perceived health status
Excellent	0.50	0.59	0.93
Very good	0.43	0.61	0.80
Good	0.39	0.78	0.83
Fair	0.18	1.11	0.42
Poor	0.11	1.87	0.27

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status
^b For individuals age 16 and over.
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997.