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 2006

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


Total^a	292,947	242,560	184,682	57,878	50,387
Total under age 65^a	257,443	207,392	167,227	40,165	50,051

Age in years
Under 4	16,100	15,050	8,621	6,430	1,050
4-6	11,914	10,674	6,797	3,876	1,240
7-12	24,380	21,513	14,258	7,256	2,867
13-17	21,483	18,528	12,857	5,671	2,955
Total under 18	73,878	65,765	42,532	23,233	8,112
18	3,837	3,089	2,293	795	748
19-24	24,205	15,763	13,011	2,752	8,442
25-29	19,826	13,875	12,022	1,853	5,951
30-34	18,916	13,766	12,457	1,309	5,150
35-54	85,727	69,051	62,102	6,949	16,676
55-64	31,054	26,083	22,809	3,274	4,971
65 and over	35,505	35,168	17,455	17,713	337

Employment status^b
Employed	144,998	117,170	108,844	8,326	27,827
Not employed	81,908	66,951	38,613	28,339	14,956

Sex
Male	143,393	115,840	90,892	24,948	27,553
Female	149,555	126,720	93,790	32,930	22,835

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	43,077	28,317	16,219	12,098	14,760
Total black, single race	35,540	28,479	17,504	10,975	7,061
Total white, single race	193,917	169,113	138,312	30,801	24,804
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	13,477	11,150	9,076	2,074	2,327
Total other races/multiple races	6,937	5,502	3,571	1,930	1,435

Census region
Northeast	54,178	46,721	37,188	9,533	7,457
Midwest	64,867	56,899	46,168	10,732	7,968
South	106,015	84,481	62,148	22,333	21,534
West	67,886	54,459	39,178	15,281	13,428

^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, 2006.

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 2006 Corresponds to Table 5

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


Total^a	5,817	4,864	1,733	1,648
Total under age 65^a	5,253	4,576	1,406	1,638

Age in years
Under 4	568	413	344	102
4-6	474	388	228	128
7-12	792	626	371	224
13-17	679	562	291	221
Total under 18	1,971	1,494	922	473
18	193	176	89	83
19-24	765	695	195	410
25-29	681	632	165	369
30-34	624	600	126	295
35-54	1,874	1,790	328	660
55-64	850	798	211	266
65 and over	1,082	719	706	59

Employment status^b
Employed	3,053	2,896	403	955
Not employed	1,705	1,179	933	571

Sex
Male	2,910	2,506	814	896
Female	3,038	2,486	1,030	874

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,574	1,124	680	906
Total black, single race	1,626	1,089	679	416
Total white, single race	4,379	3,901	1,160	995
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	867	718	272	332
Total other races/multiple races	582	391	270	183

Census region
Northeast	2,065	1,888	727	484
Midwest	2,993	2,572	770	637
South	3,400	2,785	979	1,195
West	2,957	2,256	1,014	867

^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, 2006.

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