Table1

Table 1. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Percent by
type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2000

Population characteristic		Total population in thousands	Private	Public only	Uninsured
			Percent distribution
Total^a		273,310	67.8	16.1	16.1
Total under age 65^a		240,688	69.9	11.9	18.2
Age in years
Under 4		15,380	58.5	29.0	12.5
4-6		12,484	61.4	26.3	12.4
7-12		24,674	66.2	20.2	13.6
13-17		19,516	67.4	16.3	16.3
Total under 18		72,054	64.1	22.0	13.9

18		3,986	65.1	13.2	21.7
19-24		22,766	57.4	9.5	33.1
25-29		18,017	67.6	7.5	24.9
30-34		19,394	72.9	6.3	20.9
35-54		81,086	77.5	6.3	16.1
55-64		23,385	73.4	10.5	16.1

18-64		168,635	72.4	7.6	20.0
65 and over		32,621	52.2	47.2	0.5

Employment status^b
Employed		137,096	79.0	4.3	16.7
Not employed		71,171	50.4	32.9	16.7

Sex
Male		133,242	68.2	14.2	17.6
Female		140,068	67.4	18.0	14.6

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic		32,733	45.2	21.3	33.5
Total black		34,321	53.0	25.5	21.5
Total white		194,971	74.4	13.4	12.2
Total other		11,285	64.2	19.4	16.4

	Hispanic male	16,372	44.3	19.6	36.0
	Black male	15,952	54.7	22.0	23.3
	White male	95,766	74.7	11.7	13.6
	Other male	5,151	65.0	19.0	16.0

	Hispanic female	16,361	46.1	23.0	31.0
	Black female	18,369	51.5	28.6	19.9
	White female	99,204	74.0	15.1	10.8
	Other female	6,134	63.6	19.7	16.7

Marital status^b
Married		111,243	78.9	10.1	11.0
Widowed		13,917	44.8	48.3	6.9
Divorced		21,331	62.7	14.8	22.5
Separated		4,149	46.1	24.4	29.5
Never married		58,230	60.1	12.4	27.5

Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
MSA		221,168	68.5	15.8	15.7
Non-MSA		52,141	64.8	17.6	17.6

Census region
Northeast		51,908	72.0	16.5	11.5
Midwest		63,577	73.6	13.9	12.5
South		95,651	64.6	15.4	20.0
West		62,173	63.1	19.3	17.6

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^bFor individuals age 16 and over. Note: Percents may not add to 100 because of rounding Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2000.

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 2000
Corresponds to Table 1

Population
characteristic

Private

Public only

Uninsured

Standard error

Total^a

0.82

0.56

0.55

Total under age 65a

0.88

0.56

0.62

Age in years

Under 4

1.99

1.95

1.23

4-6

2.00

1.83

1.05

7-12

1.43

1.11

1.22

13-17

1.81

1.29

1.33

Total under 18

1.35

1.10

0.93

18

2.75

1.96

2.54

19-24

1.48

0.80

1.44

25-29

1.44

0.79

1.28

30-34

1.32

0.78

1.15

35-54

0.90

0.38

0.74

55-64

1.30

0.84

1.02

18-64

0.78

0.36

0.60

65 and over

1.33

1.31

0.13

Employment status^b

Employed

0.68

0.29

0.56

Not employed

1.05

0.81

0.70

Sex

Male

0.87

0.56

0.62

Female

0.86

0.67

0.59

Race/ethnicity

Total hispanic

1.52

1.02

1.24

Total black

2.22

1.57

1.59

Total white

0.85

0.64

0.49

Total other

3.80

3.05

1.97

    Hispanic male

1.66

1.13

1.37

    Black male
2.27

1.51

1.77

    White male
0.95

0.61

0.59

    Other male
3.93

3.37

2.33

    Hispanic female
1.70

1.23

1.43

    Black female
2.49

1.88

1.70

    White female
0.88

0.78

0.55

    Other female
4.40

3.15

2.46

Marital status^b

Married

0.83

0.54

0.57

Widowed

1.84

2.00

0.79

Divorced

1.35

0.88

1.44

Separated

3.36

2.40

2.93

Never married

1.05

0.66

0.88

Metropolitan
statistical area (MSA)

MSA

0.89

0.59

0.58

Non-MSA

1.92

1.30

1.32

Census region

Northeast

1.57

1.26

0.82

Midwest

1.38

1.13

0.94

South

1.81

0.88

1.23

West

1.62

1.43

0.88

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.
^bFor individuals age 16 and over.
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2000.