Table 1.1. Number and percent of persons without health insurance coverage, by age group: United States, 1997–2002
NOTES: A person was
defined as uninsured if he or she did not have any private health insurance,
Medicare, Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program,
State-sponsored or other government-sponsored health plan, or military 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 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 without health insurance
coverage are generally 0.1 percentage point lower than those based on both
automated and manual editing procedures used for the final data files. The
number of uninsured was calculated as the percent of uninsured multiplied by
the total population including persons with unknown coverage. The
age-specific numbers of uninsured may not add to their respective totals due
to rounding error. Age-adjusted estimates for persons under 65 years old for
this Healthy People 2010 leading health indicator are adjusted to the 2000
U.S. standard population using three age groups: under 18 years, 18-44 years,
and 45-64 years. |
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From January through June 2002, the percent of uninsured persons was 15.9% (38.9 million) for persons under age 65 years, 18.5% (31.8 million) for persons aged 18-64 years, and 9.8% (7.2 million) for children under age 18 years. |
The percent of children under age 18 years who lacked health insurance coverage continued to decrease from 13.9% in 1997 to 10.8% in 2001 and 9.8% in January-June 2002 (with a small, insignificant increase in 2000). |
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