Health insurance coverage and population characteristic-population estimates

Table 5.a. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Population estimates by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, all of 2005

Population characteristics	Total population	Any coverage any time in year	Any private coverage any time in year	Public only any time in year	Uninsured all year
Population characteristics	Number in thousands


Total^a	292,359	257,405	204,284	53,121	34,954
Total under age 65^a	256,360	221,520	182,547	38,973	34,841

Age in years
Under 4	15,489	14,975	9,190	5,785	514
4-6	11,812	11,244	7,266	3,978	568
7-12	23,715	22,392	15,268	7,124	1,323
13-17	21,723	20,101	14,724	5,378	1,622
Total under 18	72,739	68,713	46,447	22,265	4,027
18	3,844	3,442	2,508	934	402
19-24	24,682	18,616	15,819	2,797	6,065
25-29	19,523	14,663	13,006	1,657	4,861
30-34	19,129	15,728	14,038	1,690	3,401
35-54	84,919	72,690	65,833	6,857	12,229
55-64	31,524	27,668	24,895	2,773	3,856
65 and over	35,998	35,885	21,737	14,148	*113

Employment status^b
Employed	145,738	124,606	117,328	7,278	21,132
Not employed	85,211	74,694	47,778	26,916	10,517

Sex
Male	144,025	124,272	101,592	22,680	19,752
Female	150,485	135,284	103,673	31,611	15,201

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	42,912	31,786	18,908	12,878	11,126
Total black, single race	35,662	30,906	19,736	11,170	4,756
Total white, single race	195,865	179,376	153,310	26,067	16,489
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	13,519	11,906	9,610	2,297	1,612
Total other races/multiple races	6,551	5,581	3,701	1,879	970

Census region
Northeast	54,369	49,535	39,726	9,809	4,834
Midwest	65,476	59,135	48,626	10,510	6,341
South	106,463	91,493	71,429	20,065	14,970
West	68,202	59,393	45,485	13,908	8,809

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For individuals age 16 and over. * Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30 percent. 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, all of 2005 Corresponds to Table 5.a

Population characteristics	Any coverage any time in year	Any private coverage any time in year	Public only any time in year	Uninsured all year
Population characteristics	Standard error in thousands


Total^a	6,136	5,245	1,738	1,343
Total under age 65^a	5,513	4,834	1,490	1,334

Age in years
Under 4	591	462	324	102
4-6	503	392	242	81
7-12	803	644	355	134
13-17	716	599	284	168
Total under 18	2,060	1,567	943	322
18	241	211	96	71
19-24	781	724	202	348
25-29	736	701	127	325
30-34	663	645	141	226
35-54	1,886	1,779	372	548
55-64	950	910	190	261
65 and over	1,191	892	614	*38

Employment status^b
Employed	3,233	3,115	359	864
Not employed	1,966	1,476	908	484

Sex
Male	3,112	2,733	809	803
Female	3,251	2,701	1,054	676

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,716	1,243	734	790
Total black, single race	1,679	1,155	726	331
Total white, single race	4,784	4,363	1,093	760
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	900	745	324	269
Total other races/multiple races	532	341	282	171

Census region
Northeast	2,115	2,012	716	468
Midwest	2,837	2,463	775	460
South	3,837	3,225	1,065	978
West	3,260	2,657	905	642

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For individuals age 16 and over. * Relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30 percent. Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, all of 2005.

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