Table 4. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Percent by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2007


Population characteristics

Total population in thousands

Percent distribution of population

Percent uninsured

Percent distribution of uninsured population


Totala

260,022

100.0

20.6

100.0

Age in years

Under 4

16,145

6.2

10.5

3.2

4-6

12,097

4.7

11.0

2.5

7-12

24,011

9.2

12.8

5.8

13-17

21,719

8.4

16.2

6.6

Total under 18

73,973

28.4

13.0

18.0

18

4,081

1.6

21.4

1.6

19-24

24,141

9.3

37.7

17.0

25-29

20,684

8.0

33.3

12.9

30-34

19,024

7.3

26.5

9.4

35-54

85,805

33.0

19.7

31.6

55-64

32,315

12.4

15.6

9.4

Sex

Male

129,541

49.8

22.7

54.9

Female

130,481

50.2

18.5

45.1

Race/ethnicity

Total Hispanic or Latino

42,345

16.3

37.2

29.5

Total black, single race

32,882

12.6

21.1

13.0

Total white, single race

165,782

63.8

16.7

51.8

Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race

12,730

4.9

16.5

3.9

Total other races/multiple races

6,283

2.4

15.2

1.8

Race/ethnicity and Sex

Hispanic or Latino Male

21,957

8.4

39.9

16.4

Black Male, single race

15,510

6.0

23.9

6.9

White Male, single race

83,098

32.0

18.2

28.3

Asian/Pacific Islander male, single race

6,143

2.4

18.7

2.2

Other races/multiple race male

2,834

1.1

21.2

1.1

Hispanic or Latino Female

20,388

7.8

34.3

13.1

Black Female, single race

17,372

6.7

18.6

6.1

White Female, single race

82,685

31.8

15.2

23.5

Asian/Pacific Islander female, single race

6,587

2.5

14.3

1.8

Other races/multiple race female

3,450

1.3

10.3

0.7

Marital statusb

Married

101,001

38.9

17.1

32.4

Widowed

3,269

1.3

25.6

1.6

Divorced

21,832

8.4

25.5

10.4

Separated

4,222

1.6

37.8

3.0

Never married

64,651

24.9

30.9

37.4

Census region

Northeast

46,832

18.0

15.6

13.7

Midwest

57,449

22.1

16.5

17.7

South

94,237

36.2

25.1

44.2

West

61,503

23.7

21.2

24.4

Perceived health status, under age 65

Excellent

92,335

35.5

18.0

31.2

Very good

81,976

31.6

19.1

29.4

Good

60,731

23.4

24.0

27.4

Fair

19,086

7.3

26.6

9.5

Poor

5,646

2.2

23.4

2.5


a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.

b For individuals age 16 and over. Excludes unknown marital status. As a result, percents do not sum to 100.

Note: Percent distributions may not add to 100 because of rounding.

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2007

 

Table D. Total population and uninsured persons under age 65: Standard errors by selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2007
Corresponds to Table 4


Population characteristics

Percent distribution of population

Percent uninsured

Percent distribution of uninsured population


Standard error


Totala

b

0.45

b

Age in years

Under 4

0.18

0.92

0.29

4-6

0.14

1.12

0.25

7-12

0.22

0.91

0.39

13-17

0.19

1.07

0.40

Total under 18

0.35

0.63

0.72

18

0.08

2.11

0.18

19-24

0.26

1.38

0.66

25-29

0.25

1.41

0.61

30-34

0.22

1.22

0.44

35-54

0.39

0.61

0.79

55-64

0.31

0.73

0.47

Sex

Male

0.26

0.54

0.66

Female

0.26

0.47

0.66

Race/ethnicity

Total Hispanic or Latino

0.70

1.04

1.42

Total black, single race

0.55

0.91

0.72

Total white, single race

0.87

0.51

1.37

Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race

0.33

1.50

0.43

Total other races/multiple races

0.21

1.72

0.24

Race/ethnicity and Sex

Hispanic or Latino Male

0.38

1.29

0.86

Black Male, single race

0.28

1.15

0.45

White Male, single race

0.49

0.66

0.95

Asian/Pacific Islander male, single race

0.17

1.87

0.26

Other races/multiple race male

0.11

3.07

0.20

Hispanic or Latino Female

0.34

1.20

0.73

Black Female, single race

0.29

1.07

0.39

White Female, single race

0.48

0.54

0.79

Asian/Pacific Islander female, single race

0.17

1.65

0.23

Other races/multiple race female

0.13

1.62

0.12

Marital statusc

Married

0.43

0.54

0.76

Widowed

0.08

2.91

0.21

Divorced

0.25

1.27

0.57

Separated

0.09

2.72

0.26

Never married

0.42

0.81

0.94

Census region

Northeast

0.60

0.85

0.84

Midwest

0.83

0.95

1.14

South

0.92

0.83

1.51

West

0.75

0.73

1.09

Perceived health status, under age 65

Excellent

0.50

0.69

1.07

Very good

0.43

0.66

0.86

Good

0.40

0.74

0.83

Fair

0.22

1.18

0.47

Poor

0.10

1.89

0.23


a Total includes persons with unknown perceived health status and marital status.

b Not applicable.

c For individuals age 16 and over.

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2007

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