Table 1.a Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Percent by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, all of 2005


Population characteristics

Total population 
(in thousands)

Private any time in year

Public only any time in year

Uninsured all year


Percent distribution


 

Totala

292,359

69.9

18.2

12.0

Total under age 65a

256,360

71.2

15.2

13.6

 

Age in years

Under 4

15,489

59.3

37.4

3.3

4-6

11,812

61.5

33.7

4.8

7-12

23,715

64.4

30.0

5.6

13-17

21,723

67.8

24.8

7.5

Total under 18

72,739

63.9

30.6

5.5

18

3,844

65.3

24.3

10.5

19-24

24,682

64.1

11.3

24.6

25-29

19,523

66.6

8.5

24.9

30-34

19,129

73.4

8.8

17.8

35-54

84,919

77.5

8.1

14.4

55-64

31,524

79.0

8.8

12.2

18-64 years

183,621

74.1

9.1

16.8

65 and over

35,998

60.4

39.3

*0.3

 

Employment statusb

Employed

145,738

80.5

5.0

14.5

Not employed

85,211

56.1

31.6

12.3

 

Sex

Male

144,025

70.5

15.8

13.7

Female

150,485

68.9

21.0

10.1

 

Race/ethnicity

Total Hispanic or Latino

42,912

44.1

30.0

25.9

Total black, single race

35,662

55.3

31.3

13.3

Total white, single race

195,865

78.3

13.3

8.4

Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race

13,519

71.1

17.0

11.9

Total other races/multiple races

6,551

56.5

28.7

14.8

 

Race/ethnicity and Sex

Hispanic or Latino Male

22,014

44.6

26.1

29.4

Black Male, single race

16,547

56.3

26.2

17.5

White Male, single race

95,687

79.4

11.1

9.5

Asian/Pacific Islander male, single race

6,538

71.2

15.8

13.0

Other races/multiple race male

3,239

56.9

28.5

14.6

Hispanic or Latino Female

20,898

43.5

34.2

22.3

Black Female, single race

19,116

54.6

35.7

9.7

White Female, single race

100,178

77.2

15.4

7.4

Asian/Pacific Islander female, single race

6,981

71.0

18.1

10.9

Other races/multiple race female

3,312

56.1

28.9

15.0

 

Marital statusb

Married

122,882

80.5

9.3

10.1

Widowed

15,824

53.8

42.3

3.9

Divorced

24,994

62.3

19.3

18.4

Separated

3,955

47.8

28.7

23.6

Never married

63,366

63.4

15.9

20.7

 

Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)

MSA

245,593

70.2

18.0

11.8

Non-MSA

48,917

67.3

20.6

12.0

 

Census region

Northeast

54,369

73.1

18.0

8.9

Midwest

65,476

74.3

16.1

9.7

South

106,463

67.1

18.9

14.1

West

68,202

66.7

20.4

12.9


a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.

b For individuals age 16 and over.

Note: Percents may not add to 100 because of rounding

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2005

 

Table A. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, all of 2005
Corresponds to Table 1.a


Population characteristics

Private any time in year

Public only any time in year

Uninsured all year


Standard error


 

Totala

0.60

0.46

0.33

Total under age 65a

0.65

0.47

0.37

 

Age in years

Under 4

1.70

1.64

0.65

4-6

1.65

1.58

0.70

7-12

1.24

1.18

0.51

13-17

1.26

1.07

0.72

Total under 18

1.00

0.94

0.41

18

2.59

2.25

1.69

19-24

1.32

0.76

1.15

25-29

1.45

0.65

1.41

30-34

1.28

0.73

1.03

35-54

0.65

0.41

0.53

55-64

0.99

0.58

0.78

18-64 years

0.59

0.34

0.46

65 and over

1.26

1.25

*0.11

 

Employment statusb

Employed

0.54

0.23

0.47

Not employed

0.84

0.76

0.45

 

Sex

Male

0.67

0.45

0.42

Female

0.64

0.54

0.34

 

Race ethnicity

Total Hispanic or Latino

1.31

1.13

0.85

Total black, single race

1.23

1.18

0.69

Total white, single race

0.62

0.49

0.31

Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race

2.45

1.90

1.70

Total other races/multiple races

3.15

2.46

1.71

 

Race ethnicity and Sex

Hispanic or Latino Male

1.38

1.09

1.05

Black Male, single race

1.45

1.25

1.19

White Male, single race

0.70

0.49

0.42

Asian/Pacific Islander male, single race

2.58

1.77

2.03

Other races/multiple race male

4.04

3.52

2.20

Hispanic or Latino Female

1.53

1.43

1.01

Black Female, single race

1.39

1.38

0.69

White Female, single race

0.69

0.57

0.35

Asian/Pacific Islander female, single race

2.93

2.38

1.74

Other races/multiple race female

3.36

2.69

2.40

 

Marital statusb

Married

0.60

0.41

0.43

Widowed

1.53

1.50

0.49

Divorced

1.07

0.88

0.89

Separated

3.12

2.38

2.39

Never married

0.97

0.63

0.68

 

Metropolitan statistical area (MSA)

MSA

0.70

0.52

0.38

Non-MSA

1.26

1.06

0.64

 

Census region

Northeast

1.61

1.26

0.75

Midwest

1.09

0.96

0.58

South

1.00

0.72

0.57

West

1.16

0.87

0.69


a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status.

b For individuals age 16 and over.

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2005

Return to Summary Data Tables Search