Figure 1. Percent of persons of all ages without health insurance coverage: United States, 1997 - 2001

Figure 1.1. Percent of persons of all ages without health insurance coverage: United States, 1997 - 2001

 

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001 (Jan. - Sept.)

Percent

15.4

14.6

14.2

14.7

14.2

95% confidence interval

15.0-15.8

14.1-15.1

13.8-14.6

14.3-15.1

13.5-14.8

DATA SOURCE: Family Core component of the 1997-2001 National Health Interview Surveys. The estimate for the year 2001 was based on data collected from January-September.

NOTES: A person was defined as uninsured if he or she did not have any private health insurance, Medicaid, State-sponsored or other government-sponsored health plan, Medicare, or military health plan at the time of the interview. A person was also defined as uninsured if he or she had only Indian Health Service coverage or had only a private plan that paid for one type of service such as accidents or dental care. The analysis excluded persons with unknown health insurance status (about 1% of respondents). The data on health insurance status were cleaned and edited using an automated system based on logic checks and keyword searches. For comparability, the estimates for all years were created using these same procedures. The resulting estimates of persons not having health insurance coverage are generally 0.1% lower than those based on manual editing procedures used for the final data files.

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