Table 14_1_1.1b
People under age 65 with health insurance,a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
| Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
| All races |
White |
Black |
| Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
| Total |
83.0 |
0.3 |
86.4 |
0.3 |
87.5 |
0.3 |
82.5 |
0.6 |
65.0 |
0.8 |
| Age |
0–17 |
90.5 |
0.3 |
93.0 |
0.4 |
93.8 |
0.4 |
92.2 |
0.7 |
80.7 |
0.9 |
| 18–44 |
75.4 |
0.4 |
80.5 |
0.4 |
81.7 |
0.5 |
75.2 |
0.9 |
51.6 |
1.1 |
| 45–64 |
86.8 |
0.3 |
88.6 |
0.3 |
89.9 |
0.4 |
82.4 |
0.9 |
68.8 |
1.2 |
| Gender |
Male |
81.2 |
0.3 |
85.2 |
0.3 |
86.4 |
0.4 |
80.5 |
0.8 |
61.2 |
0.9 |
| Female |
84.7 |
0.3 |
87.6 |
0.3 |
88.6 |
0.3 |
84.3 |
0.6 |
69.1 |
0.8 |
| Family incomeb |
Negative/poor |
69.8 |
0.8 |
75.6 |
0.9 |
74.6 |
1.2 |
77.7 |
1.2 |
55.7 |
1.4 |
| Near poor/low |
70.4 |
0.7 |
75.1 |
0.8 |
75.0 |
1.0 |
76.6 |
1.4 |
56.1 |
1.3 |
| Middle |
84.5 |
0.5 |
86.7 |
0.5 |
87.6 |
0.6 |
84.7 |
1.0 |
71.4 |
1.4 |
| High |
93.5 |
0.3 |
94.2 |
0.3 |
94.5 |
0.3 |
92.6 |
1.1 |
85.0 |
1.8 |
| Education, ages 25–64 |
Less than high school |
60.3 |
0.9 |
73.0 |
1.0 |
73.9 |
1.3 |
70.1 |
1.7 |
40.6 |
1.4 |
| High school graduate |
78.0 |
0.5 |
79.7 |
0.6 |
81.6 |
0.6 |
74.8 |
1.3 |
65.7 |
1.3 |
| At least some college |
89.1 |
0.3 |
90.1 |
0.3 |
91.0 |
0.3 |
85.2 |
0.8 |
76.8 |
1.1 |
| Residence locationc |
Metropolitan |
83.4 |
0.3 |
87.3 |
0.3 |
88.5 |
0.3 |
82.8 |
0.6 |
65.1 |
0.8 |
| Large central metro |
80.4 |
0.5 |
86.1 |
0.5 |
87.9 |
0.7 |
81.9 |
0.9 |
64.8 |
1.0 |
| Large fringe metro |
87.2 |
0.5 |
89.9 |
0.5 |
91.2 |
0.5 |
85.4 |
1.3 |
65.5 |
1.9 |
| Medium metro |
83.5 |
0.7 |
86.6 |
0.6 |
87.1 |
0.7 |
83.1 |
1.3 |
65.6 |
2.0 |
| Small metro |
83.1 |
1.1 |
85.3 |
1.1 |
86.1 |
1.2 |
80.0 |
2.0 |
64.3 |
4.0 |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) |
82.0 |
1.0 |
83.6 |
0.9 |
84.6 |
0.9 |
81.3 |
1.7 |
64.0 |
3.7 |
| Noncore (nonmetro) |
78.8 |
1.5 |
80.3 |
1.5 |
82.2 |
1.2 |
74.4 |
2.8 |
65.5 |
3.6 |
| Activity limitations,c ages 18–64 |
Basic activities |
84.4 |
0.8 |
85.5 |
0.8 |
85.4 |
1.0 |
85.7 |
1.6 |
75.4 |
2.3 |
| Complex activities |
83.5 |
0.7 |
84.6 |
0.8 |
84.8 |
0.9 |
83.8 |
1.5 |
73.3 |
2.0 |
| Neither basic nor complex activities |
80.1 |
0.4 |
83.5 |
0.4 |
84.9 |
0.5 |
77.1 |
0.9 |
56.1 |
1.2 |
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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