Table 1_A Health insurance coverage and population characteristics-all ages

Table 4. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Percent by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2001
Population characteristics	Total population in thousands	Percent distribution of population	Percent uninsured	Percent distribution of uninsured population

Total^a	242,762	100.0	18.8	100
Age in years
under 4	15,821	6.5	12.9	4.5
4-6	12,169	5.0	13.3	3.5
7-12	24,510	10.1	14.5	7.8
13-17	20,150	8.3	16.6	7.3
Total under 18	72,650	29.9	14.5	23.1
18	4,025	1.7	24.4	2.1
19-24	22,699	9.4	33.9	16.8
25-29	17,649	7.3	29.2	11.3
30-34	19,385	8.0	21.0	8.9
35-54	82,589	34.0	16.7	30.2
55-64	23,765	9.8	14.4	7.5
Sex
Male	120,349	49.6	19.9	52.3
Female	122,413	50.4	17.8	47.7
Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	31,920	13.1	37.7	26.3
Total black	31,927	13.2	20.2	14.1
Total white	166,133	68.4	14.9	54.3
Total other	12,781	5.3	18.9	5.3
Hispanic male	16,107	6.6	39.9	14.0
Black male	15,070	6.2	21.3	7.0
White male	83,050	34.2	15.7	28.5
Other male	6,122	2.5	20.4	2.7
Hispanic female	15,813	6.5	35.5	12.3
Black female	16,857	6.9	19.2	7.1
White female	83,084	34.2	14.2	25.8
Other female	6,659	2.7	17.4	2.5
Marital status^b
Married	95,685	39.4	14.3	29.9
Widowed	3,295	1.4	22.4	1.6
Divorced	18,829	7.8	25.2	10.4
Separated	4,248	1.8	32.3	3.0
Never married	56,263	23.2	28.7	35.3
Census region
Northeast	45,539	18.8	13.8	13.8
Midwest	56,150	23.1	14.9	18.3
South	84,588	34.8	22.4	41.4
West	56,485	23.3	21.5	26.6
Perceived health status
Excellent	86,204	35.6	16.5	31.2
Very good	78,520	32.4	17.0	29.3
Good	55,965	23.1	23.2	28.4
Fair	16,253	6.7	24.1	8.6
Poor	5,511	2.3	20.6	2.5

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.
^bFor individuals age 16 and over. Excludes unknown marital status. As a result, percents do not sum up to 100.
Note: Percents distributions 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

Table D. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Standard errors by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2001 Corresponds to Table 4
Population characteristics	Percent distribution of population	Percent uninsured	Percent distribution of uninsured population

	Standard error
Total^a	^b	0.48	^b
Age in years
under 4	0.17	0.87	0.29
4-6	0.15	0.91	0.25
7-12	0.22	0.87	0.43
13-17	0.20	0.89	0.37
Total under 18	0.36	0.60	0.74
18	0.08	2.24	0.22
19-24	0.24	1.29	0.64
25-29	0.25	1.27	0.55
30-34	0.20	1.09	0.46
35-54	0.35	0.58	0.73
55-64	0.25	0.79	0.40
Sex
Male	0.29	0.56	0.65
Female	0.29	0.50	0.65
Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	0.59	1.18	1.25
Total black	0.56	1.06	0.89
Total white	0.80	0.52	1.43
Total other	0.39	1.92	0.60
Hispanic male	0.30	1.40	0.69
Black male	0.28	1.37	0.54
White male	0.50	0.61	0.93
Other male	0.20	2.32	0.35
Hispanic female	0.31	1.27	0.68
Black female	0.31	1.13	0.47
White female	0.45	0.54	0.85
Other female	0.21	2.08	0.34
Marital status^c
Married	0.37	0.51	0.71
Widowed	0.08	2.25	0.19
Divorced	0.23	1.18	0.53
Separated	0.11	2.36	0.29
Never married	0.42	0.87	0.93
Census region
Northeast	0.71	0.91	0.94
Midwest	0.84	0.73	1.10
South	0.99	0.98	1.70
West	1.06	1.03	1.34
Perceived health status
Excellent	0.57	0.58	0.96
Very good	0.50	0.67	0.96
Good	0.40	0.75	0.73
Fair	0.19	1.17	0.45
Poor	0.11	1.89	0.24

^a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.
^b Not applicable.
^c For individuals age 16 and over.
Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey