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 2005

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


Total^a	290,286	240,294	183,607	56,688	49,992
Total under age 65^a	255,073	205,310	165,570	39,740	49,763

Age in years
Under 4	16,031	14,654	8,344	6,310	1,376
4-6	12,201	11,086	6,932	4,154	1,115
7-12	23,722	21,019	13,883	7,136	2,703
13-17	21,430	18,448	13,273	5,175	2,982
Total under 18	73,384	65,208	42,433	22,775	8,176
18	4,158	3,245	2,499	746	913
19-24	24,109	14,896	12,419	2,477	9,213
25-29	19,304	13,138	11,596	1,542	6,166
30-34	19,412	14,955	13,273	1,681	4,457
35-54	85,243	69,232	61,679	7,553	16,011
55-64	29,464	24,637	21,672	2,965	4,827
65 and over	35,213	34,984	18,036	16,948	229

Employment status^b
Employed	142,070	115,042	107,027	8,015	27,027
Not employed	82,067	66,672	38,925	27,747	15,395

Sex
Male	141,975	114,524	90,674	23,851	27,450
Female	148,312	125,770	92,933	32,837	22,542

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	41,767	27,113	15,310	11,803	14,654
Total black, single race	35,183	27,833	16,991	10,843	7,350
Total white, single race	193,510	169,225	139,368	29,857	24,284
Total Asian\Pacific Islander single race	13,161	10,947	8,633	2,314	2,214
Total other races/multiple race	6,665	5,176	3,305	1,871	1,489

Census region
Northeast	53,924	46,867	37,258	9,609	7,057
Midwest	64,728	55,682	44,888	10,794	9,045
South	104,552	83,408	61,564	21,844	21,145
West	67,082	54,337	39,897	14,440	12,745

^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, 2005.

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 2005 Corresponds to Table 5

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


Total^a	5,532	4,670	1,658	1,791
Total under age 65^a	4,910	4,295	1,359	1,784

Age in years
Under 4	554	407	315	153
4-6	480	373	228	113
7-12	692	562	335	208
13-17	646	542	271	206
Total under 18	1,858	1,414	835	489
18	197	175	79	97
19-24	622	574	187	445
25-29	634	598	135	329
30-34	589	563	135	263
35-54	1,697	1,595	389	663
55-64	842	799	189	297
65 and over	1,146	819	675	43

Employment status^b
Employed	2,819	2,707	384	1,056
Not employed	1,768	1,309	913	606

Sex
Male	2,783	2,432	767	1,036
Female	2,914	2,398	996	892

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,383	957	627	963
Total black, single race	1,467	988	665	501
Total white, single race	4,320	3,851	1,188	1,051
Total Asian\Pacific Islander, single race	806	656	323	304
Total other races/multiple race	485	344	231	262

Census region
Northeast	1,913	1,842	659	635
Midwest	2,544	2,276	743	594
South	3,468	2,831	1,003	1,256
West	2,972	2,346	895	903

^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, 2005.

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