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 2004

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


Total^a	287,368	239,033	183,903	55,130	48,335
Total under age 65^a	252,709	204,613	166,192	38,421	48,096

Age in years
Under 4	15,851	14,289	8,440	5,849	1,562
4-6	11,773	10,511	6,619	3,893	1,261
7-12	24,224	21,418	14,770	6,649	2,805
13-17	21,095	18,177	13,117	5,060	2,917
Total under 18	72,942	64,396	42,945	21,451	8,546
18	4,155	3,280	2,618	662	875
19-24	24,024	15,610	12,865	2,745	8,415
25-29	18,918	13,285	11,745	1,540	5,633
30-34	19,887	14,968	13,533	1,435	4,919
35-54	84,496	69,237	61,716	7,520	15,259
55-64	28,287	23,838	20,770	3,068	4,449
65 and over	34,659	34,420	17,711	16,709	239

Employment status^b
Employed	141,314	115,350	107,468	7,882	25,964
Not employed	80,964	66,229	38,539	27,690	14,735

Sex
Male	140,414	114,231	90,330	23,901	26,183
Female	146,955	124,802	93,573	31,229	22,152

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	40,323	26,378	15,407	10,971	13,945
Total black, single race	34,810	27,756	17,254	10,502	7,054
Total white, single race	193,034	169,096	139,861	29,236	23,938
Total other races/multiple race	19,202	15,803	11,381	4,422	3,399

Census region
Northeast	53,544	47,313	37,301	10,013	6,230
Midwest	64,582	55,648	45,593	10,055	8,934
South	103,238	82,770	61,372	21,398	20,468
West	66,005	53,302	39,637	13,664	12,703

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For 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, 2004.

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 2004 Corresponds to Table 5

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


Total^a	5,243	4,312	1,801	1,657
Total under age 65^a	4,724	4,061	1,498	1,649

Age in years
Under 4	587	449	321	151
4-6	404	325	215	140
7-12	761	608	347	224
13-17	645	543	281	203
Total under 18	1,835	1,432	900	520
18	209	186	75	97
19-24	706	634	206	385
25-29	583	570	121	303
30-34	594	572	122	274
35-54	1,669	1,523	411	595
55-64	835	791	220	258
65 and over	1,175	804	647	47

Employment status^b
Employed	2,705	2,542	456	911
Not employed	1,691	1,161	911	571

Sex
Male	2,746	2,304	919	961
Female	2,654	2,153	1,031	826

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,377	919	679	857
Total black, single race	1,570	1,145	659	526
Total white, single race	4,218	3,680	1,227	944
Total other races/multiple race	908	720	394	340

Census region
Northeast	2,025	1,823	674	423
Midwest	2,608	2,268	715	637
South	3,097	2,518	1,125	1,164
West	2,684	2,045	1,018	922

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For 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, 2004.

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