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 1998


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 1998
Population Characteristic	Total population (in thousands)	Percent Distribution

		Private	Public only	Uninsured

Total^a	268,297	68.6	15.6	15.8
Total under age 65^a	236,214	70.4	11.8	17.8
Age in years
Under 4	15,817	59.4	27.6	13.1
4-6	11,843	61.6	24.3	14.1
7-12	24,467	66.6	18.7	14.7
13-17	20,032	69.7	14.1	16.2
Total under 18	72,160	65.1	20.3	14.7
18	3,729	67.6	12.3	20.1
19-24	20,779	59.1	9.1	31.8
25-29	18,881	64.5	8.1	27.4
30-34	20,123	71.1	8.1	20.8
35-54	78,598	78.2	6.8	15.1
55-64	21,944	76.2	10.9	12.9
18-64	164,055	72.8	8.1	19.1
65 and over	32,082	55.3	43.8	0.9
Employment status^b
Employed	133,653	79.4	4.5	16.1
Not Employed	70,133	52.4	31.7	15.9
Sex
Male	130,999	68.9	13.7	17.4
Female	137,298	68.4	17.4	14.2
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	30,726	46.9	21.3	31.8
Total Black	33,643	50.2	29.2	20.6
Total White	193,489	75.7	12.1	12.2
Total Other	10,439	61.0	19.8	19.2
Hispanic male	15,700	47.1	19.0	33.9
Black male	15,679	50.0	26.8	23.2
White male	94,638	76.1	10.4	13.6
Other male	4,983	61.0	19.3	19.7
Hispanic female	15,026	46.7	23.7	29.6
Black female	17,964	50.4	31.3	18.3
White female	98,851	75.4	13.8	10.9
Other female	5,456	60.9	20.3	18.8
Marital status^b
Married	110,197	78.8	9.6	11.6
Widowed	13,544	50.7	43.1	6.2
Divorced	20,859	62.2	18.2	19.6
Separated	4,900	50.6	22.1	27.2
Never married	54,933	61.6	12.8	25.7
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	215,524	69.8	15.0	15.3
Non-MSA	52,772	64.0	18.2	17.8
Census region
Northeast	51,205	70.8	16.5	12.7
Midwest	62,723	76.1	12.4	11.4
South	94,014	64.8	16.4	18.8
West	60,355	65.0	17.0	18.1

^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 Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Household Component, 1998.


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 1998 Corresponds to Table 1
Population characteristic	Private	Public only	Uninsured

	Standard error

Total^a	0.71	0.51	0.46
Total under age 65^a	0.74	0.51	0.51
Age in years
Under 4	1.78	1.55	1.12
4-6	1.87	1.79	1.17
7-12	1.44	1.24	0.98
13-17	1.65	1.12	1.27
Total under 18	1.10	0.97	0.71
18	3.03	2.00	2.46
19-24	1.60	0.85	1.40
25-29	1.65	0.82	1.31
30-34	1.28	0.81	1.18
35-54	0.76	0.40	0.59
55-64	1.20	0.78	0.96
65 and over	1.39	1.38	0.18
Employment status^b
Employed	0.63	0.27	0.54
Not Employed	1.04	0.91	0.64
Sex
Male	0.78	0.57	0.50
Female	0.75	0.55	0.49
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	1.52	1.13	1.31
Total Black	1.59	1.60	0.98
Total White	0.68	0.46	0.51
Total Other	3.59	3.02	2.80
Hispanic male	1.67	1.26	1.42
Black male	2.15	1.94	1.25
White male	0.76	0.52	0.56
Other male	4.03	3.40	3.13
Hispanic female	1.80	1.37	1.51
Black female	1.61	1.65	1.24
White female	0.77	0.55	0.56
Other female	3.90	3.32	2.99
Marital status^b
Married	0.77	0.44	0.56
Widowed	1.82	1.75	0.81
Divorced	1.27	1.10	1.11
Separated	3.00	2.18	2.39
Never married	1.09	0.71	0.87
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA	0.82	0.57	0.52
Non-MSA	1.54	0.97	1.23
Census region
Northeast	1.47	0.97	0.90
Midwest	1.49	0.88	0.96
South	1.22	0.90	0.85
West	1.44	1.15	0.90

^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 Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Household Component, 1998.