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Table 211b
People under age 65 with any private health insurance,a by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   68.2 0.4 73.0 0.4 77.3 0.4 53.1 0.9 42.4 0.8
Age 0-17 62.1 0.6 68.2 0.6 75.0 0.7 42.3 1.3 36.8 1.0
18-44 66.6 0.4 71.6 0.5 75.1 0.5 55.7 1.0 42.5 0.8
45-64 76.9 0.4 79.1 0.4 81.9 0.4 63.9 1.1 54.2 1.1
Gender Male 68.0 0.4 72.9 0.4 77.1 0.5 52.7 1.0 42.2 0.8
Female 68.4 0.4 73.0 0.4 77.4 0.5 53.5 1.0 42.6 0.8
Family incomeb Negative/poor 21.4 0.9 25.4 1.2 31.5 1.7 14.1 1.2 11.8 1.0
Near poor/low 44.7 0.8 49.1 1.0 51.4 1.2 42.6 1.7 31.5 1.2
Middle 74.8 0.5 77.8 0.6 79.5 0.6 70.6 1.4 57.9 1.3
High 90.6 0.3 91.3 0.3 92.1 0.3 85.9 1.2 82.0 1.6
Education, ages 25-64 Less than high school 39.0 0.8 45.3 1.0 48.9 1.3 34.0 1.7 30.2 1.1
High school graduate 68.3 0.6 70.4 0.6 73.9 0.7 58.0 1.3 52.3 1.3
At least some college 83.4 0.3 84.5 0.3 86.3 0.3 73.1 1.0 69.6 1.1
Residence locationc Large central metro 63.3 0.6 71.0 0.7 79.6 0.8 52.1 1.3 43.1 1.1
Large fringe metro 77.2 0.7 81.1 0.6 84.1 0.6 63.9 1.9 46.9 1.9
Medium metro 67.0 1.0 71.2 1.1 75.1 1.2 45.5 2.1 39.0 1.7
Small metro 67.0 1.6 69.7 1.5 73.6 1.5 45.7 2.9 40.2 2.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 65.8 1.4 68.5 1.5 70.9 1.5 50.6 4.1 37.5 4.0
Noncore (nonmetro) 63.2 1.6 64.9 1.5 67.0 1.6 48.0 2.7 24.9 4.4

a Estimates are not adjusted.

b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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