Table 121b: People under age 65 with public health insurance only^a, by ethnicity, United States, 2001

					Non-Hispanic
	Total		Hispanic*		Total**		Black or African American		White
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	11.2	0.2	15.6	0.4	10.4	0.3	21.4	0.7	8.1	0.2
Age
0-17	22.3	0.5	34.3	0.9	19.9	0.5	41.1	1.3	14.6	0.5
18-44	7.7	0.2	9.1	0.4	7.4	0.2	15.1	0.7	6.0	0.2
45-64	9.2	0.3	13.4	0.8	8.8	0.3	16.8	0.8	7.5	0.3
Gender
Female	12.4	0.3	17.7	0.6	11.5	0.3	23.7	0.8	8.8	0.3
Male	10.0	0.2	13.6	0.4	9.3	0.3	18.7	0.6	7.4	0.3
Family income
< 100% of poverty level	39.4	1.0	34.7	1.4	40.9	1.3	47.6	2.0	37.5	1.6
100-199% of poverty level	19.4	0.6	15.7	0.9	20.4	0.7	25.5	1.4	18.8	0.9
200-399% of poverty level	6.2	0.3	5.9	0.6	6.2	0.3	9.4	0.8	5.4	0.3
≥ 400% of poverty level	2.4	0.2	2.7	0.5	2.3	0.2	4.0	0.7	2.2	0.2
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school graduate	18.4	0.5	13.7	0.6	21.1	0.7	29.0	1.5	18.3	0.8
High school graduate	8.6	0.3	8.9	0.7	8.6	0.3	15.2	0.8	7.3	0.3
At least some college	4.7	0.2	6.6	0.5	4.6	0.2	8.5	0.5	4.0	0.2
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	11.7	0.3	15.7	0.4	10.8	0.3	21.7	0.7	7.9	0.3
Rural (Non-MSA)	9.8	0.4	15.4	1.3	9.5	0.4	19.8	1.7	8.5	0.4

^aPercents are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^*Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

^**Includes persons of other races not shown.

Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

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