Health insurance coverage and population characteristic-population estimates

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 2002

Population characteristics	Total population	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Number in thousands


Total^a	281,293	235,130	186,071	49,059	46,163
Total under age 65^a	247,523	201,633	168,115	33,518	45,890

Age in years
Under 4	15,585	13,813	8,818	4,995	1,773
4-6	11,408	10,140	6,595	3,545	1,268
7-12	24,797	21,443	15,107	6,336	3,354
13-17	20,953	17,990	13,709	4,280	2,963
Total under 18	72,743	63,385	44,228	19,156	9,358
18	3,868	3,017	2,300	717	851
19-24	23,040	14,989	12,833	2,157	8,051
25-29	18,306	12,710	11,317	1,392	5,596
30-34	19,764	15,474	14,124	1,350	4,290
35-54	83,879	69,719	63,669	6,050	14,160
55-64	25,922	22,340	19,644	2,696	3,583
65 and over	33,770	33,497	17,956	15,541	274

Employment status^b
Employed	137,952	114,011	107,810	6,201	23,942
Not employed	78,173	64,424	39,260	25,164	13,749

Sex
Male	137,177	112,872	92,083	20,789	24,306
Female	144,116	122,258	93,988	28,270	21,858

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	37,350	24,422	15,772	8,650	12,928
Total black	34,578	28,082	17,808	10,274	6,497
Total white	194,727	170,232	142,910	27,322	24,496
Total other	14,638	12,395	9,581	2,814	2,243

Census region
Northeast	53,247	46,925	37,671	9,255	6,322
Midwest	64,024	55,629	46,783	8,846	8,395
South	99,873	80,419	61,726	18,693	19,454
West	64,149	52,157	39,891	12,265	11,992

^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 Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2002.

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 2002 Corresponds to Table 5

Population characteristics	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Standard error in thousands


Total^a	4,994	4,247	1,651	1,426
Total under age 65^a	4,556	4,054	1,368	1,421

Age in years
Under 4	543	436	264	151
4-6	367	275	238	112
7-12	712	594	373	212
13-17	557	476	248	192
Total under 18	1,702	1,317	876	475
18	159	148	77	91
19-24	517	479	156	395
25-29	570	535	139	305
30-34	573	562	116	225
35-54	1,693	1,609	334	487
55-64	714	688	172	202
65 and over	1,066	690	655	52

Employment status^b
Employed	2,642	2,566	320	800
Not employed	1,535	1,036	929	486

Sex
Male	2,497	2,168	791	839
Female	2,603	2,195	956	719

Race/ethnicity
Total hispanic	1,304	925	545	791
Total black	1,553	1,004	832	430
Total white	3,886	3,459	1,075	921
Total other	957	700	518	258

Census region
Northeast	1,873	1,670	627	381
Midwest	2,580	2,154	718	582
South	3,000	2,510	1,027	1,050
West	2,500	2,119	854	671

^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 Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2002.

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