Health Insurance Coverage
(Data are for the U.S.)
Persons under age 65
- Number uninsured at the time of interview: 43.6 million (2008)
- Percent uninsured at the time of interview: 17% (2008)
- Percent with private insurance at the time of interview: 65% (2008)
Source: Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, Tables 1.1a-b, 1.2b
Children under age 18
- Percent uninsured at the time of interview: 8.9% (2008)
- Percent with private insurance at the time of interview: 58% (2008)
- Percent with public health plan coverage at the time of interview: 34% (2008)
Source: Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, Tables 1.1b, 1.2a-b
More data
- Consumer-Directed Health Care for persons Under 65 Years of Age with Private Health Insurance: United States, 2007
- Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- Health Data Interactive
- Health, United States trend Tables with data on Medicaid
- Health, United States trend Tables with data on Medicare
- Health, United States trend Tables with data on private health insurance
- Health, United States trend Tables with data on the uninsured
- Marital Status is Associated With Health Insurance Coverage for Working-age Women at all Income Levels, 2007
- State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65 Years of Age: National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2006
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