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 1998


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 1998
Population characteristic	Total population	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured

	Number in thousands

Total^a	268,297	226,032	184,144	41,888	42,264
Total under age 65^a	236,214	194,249	166,400	27,848	41,966
Age in years
Under 4	15,817	13,752	9,393	4,359	2,066
4-6	11,843	10,170	7,292	2,878	1,673
7-12	24,467	20,870	16,295	4,575	3,597
13-17	20,032	16,787	13,972	2,815	3,245
Total under 18	72,160	61,579	46,953	14,626	10,580
18	3,729	2,978	2,520	---^c	---^c
19-24	20,779	14,180	12,279	1,900	6,600
25-29	18,881	13,703	12,172	1,531	5,178
30-34	20,123	15,945	14,314	1,631	4,178
35-54	78,598	66,753	61,453	5,317	11,846
55-64	21,944	19,111	16,726	2,384	2,834
65 and over	32,082	31,783	17,744	14,040	---^c
Employment status^b
Employed	133,653	112,074	106,106	5,969	21,578
Not Employed	70,133	58,994	36,737	22,257	11,139
Sex
Male	130,999	108,235	90,260	17,975	22,764
Female	137,298	117,797	93,884	23,913	19,501
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	30,726	20,960	14,420	6,540	9,766
Total Black	33,643	26,724	16,897	9,827	6,919
Total White	193,489	169,915	146,461	23,454	23,573
Total Other	10,439	8,433	6,367	2,067	2,006
Census region
Northeast	51,205	44,703	36,257	8,446	6,502
Midwest	62,723	55,543	47,746	7,797	7,180
South	94,014	76,336	60,931	15,405	17,678
West	60,355	49,450	39,211	10,239	10,905

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^bFor individuals ages 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, 1998.


Table E. 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 5
Population characteristic	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured

	Standard Error (in thousands)

Total^a	5,654	5,221	1,447	1,469
Total under age 65^a	5,093	4,845	1,249	1,461
Age in years
Under 4	577	499	278	184
4-6	498	416	246	157
7-12	708	675	311	261
13-17	656	621	236	267
Total under 18	1,814	1,635	756	555
18	258	235
19-24	634	612	181	385
25-29	771	743	161	332
30-34	704	657	173	277
35-54	1,899	1,840	329	532
55-64	874	804	191	221
65 and over	1,149	822	632
Employment status^b
Employed	3,271	3,192	373	833
Not Employed	1,623	1,251	837	520
Sex
Male	2,905	2,723	783	812
Female	2,933	2,662	825	775
Race/Ethnicity
Total Hispanic	1,061	740	521	591
Total Black	1,669	1,089	867	579
Total White	5,216	4,689	1,080	1,122
Total Other	832	727	349	344
Census region
Northeast	2,921	2,506	699	644
Midwest	2,499	2,331	619	658
South	3,114	2,919	850	1,002
West	2,913	2,714	674	602

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^bFor individuals ages 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, 1998.