Table A Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Population estimates by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 1997

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 1997
Population characteristic	Total population	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured

	Number in thousands

Total^a	265,927	221,360	181,185	40,175	44,567
Total under age 65^a	234,049	189,808	161,887	27,920	44,242

Age in years
Under 4	15,467	13,205	8,790	4,415	2,261
4-6	12,432	10,725	7,624	3,101	1,707
7-12	23,745	20,123	15,770	4,353	3,622
13-17	19,791	16,495	13,618	2,877	3,296
Total under 18	71,436	60,549	45,803	14,746	10,887

18	3,716	2,841	2,386	455^c	876
19-24	20,952	13,704	11,576	2,128	7,248
25-29	19,049	13,538	11,951	1,586	5,512
30-34	20,817	16,515	14,856	1,659	4,302
35-54	76,675	64,372	59,237	5,135	12,302
55-64	21,403	18,289	16,078	2,211	3,115
65 and over	31,877	31,553	19,298	12,255	325^c

Employment status^b
Employed	131,931	108,895	103,290	5,604	23,036
Not employed	69,501	58,302	37,459	20,843	11,199

Sex
Male	129,842	105,809	88,927	16,882	24,034
Female	136,084	115,551	92,258	23,293	20,533

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	29,634	19,872	13,463	6,409	9,762
Total black	33,169	26,056	16,646	9,410	7,113
Total white	191,749	166,387	144,196	22,192	25,362
Total other	11,375	9,045	6,880	2,164	2,330

Census region
Northeast	51,435	44,133	36,143	7,991	7,302
Midwest	62,021	54,262	46,534	7,727	7,760
South	92,890	74,663	59,666	14,998	18,226
West	59,581	48,302	38,842	9,460	11,279

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.^bFor individuals age 16 and over. ^c Sample size too small to produce reliable estimates.

Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997.

Table F. 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 A
Population characteristic	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured

	Standard Error (in thousands)

Total^a	3,995	3,765	1,223	1,187
Total under age 65^a	3,661	3,501	1,140	1,185

Age in years
Under 4	484	389	278	173
4-6	421	365	219	134
7-12	647	600	256	222
13-17	525	493	185	205
Total under 18	1,492	1,322	707	448

18	192	185	59	91
19-24	502	489	172	345
25-29	527	522	148	296
30-34	610	592	129	222
35-54	1,459	1,415	278	425
55-64	584	572	147	195
65 and over	912	715	484	62

Employment status^b
Employed	2,254	2,238	284	683
Not employed	1,285	1,025	660	432

Sex
Male	2,080	1,962	621	700
Female	2,107	1,972	719	632

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	774	578	454	591
Total black	1,191	822	677	467
Total white	3,606	3,458	847	846
Total other	762	578	400	321

Census region
Northeast	1,765	1,708	465	435
Midwest	1,972	1,874	623	553
South	2,653	2,378	756	762
West	1,708	1,645	532	578

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.^bFor individuals age 16 and over. Sample size too small to produce reliable estimates.

Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1997.