Health insurance coverage and population characteristic-population estimates

Table 5. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Population estimates by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2008

Population characteristics	Total population	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Number in thousands


Total^a	298,215	240,549	176,911	63,638	57,666
Total under age 65^a	261,426	203,997	161,363	42,633	57,430

Age in years
Under 4	17,023	14,976	8,368	6,608	2,046
4-6	11,777	10,335	6,153	4,182	1,443
7-12	24,321	20,732	13,226	7,506	3,589
13-17	20,606	16,987	11,195	5,792	3,619
Total under 18	73,727	63,030	38,942	24,088	10,698
18	4,588	3,411	2,344	1,066	1,177
19-24	24,399	15,214	12,245	2,969	9,185
25-29	20,756	13,788	11,874	1,914	6,968
30-34	19,050	13,905	12,131	1,774	5,145
35-54	85,600	66,936	59,720	7,216	18,664
55-64	33,307	27,713	24,107	3,606	5,594
65 and over	36,789	36,552	15,548	21,004	237

Employment status^b
Employed	146,692	116,025	107,476	8,550	30,667
Not employed	84,786	67,733	34,608	33,125	17,054

Sex
Male	146,048	115,019	87,256	27,763	31,029
Female	152,167	125,530	89,655	35,874	26,637

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	45,949	29,261	16,055	13,206	16,688
Total black, single race	36,260	28,172	16,639	11,533	8,088
Total white, single race	195,006	165,700	130,794	34,906	29,306
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	13,719	11,566	9,577	1,989	2,153
Total other races/multiple races	7,282	5,850	3,846	2,004	1,431

Census region
Northeast	53,868	46,053	33,368	12,686	7,815
Midwest	65,405	54,765	41,851	12,914	10,641
South	109,271	84,584	61,062	23,523	24,686
West	69,671	55,146	40,631	14,515	14,525

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For individuals age 16 and over. – Sample size too small to produce reliable estimates. Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2008

Table E. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, first half of 2008 Corresponds to Table 5

Population characteristics	Any coverage	Any private coverage	Public only	Uninsured
Population characteristics	Standard error in thousands


Total^a	6,911	5,554	2,330	2,316
Total under age 65^a	6,140	5,253	1,818	2,310

Age in years
Under 4	666	487	395	215
4-6	492	372	264	155
7-12	924	720	429	306
13-17	706	561	376	313
Total under 18	2,233	1,614	1,189	746
18	274	222	133	143
19-24	770	683	225	453
25-29	693	660	168	422
30-34	613	569	167	340
35-54	2,208	2,051	361	833
55-64	1,143	1,058	245	322
65 and over	1,488	786	980	52

Employment status^b
Employed	3,588	3,423	422	1,191
Not employed	2,245	1,308	1,322	805

Sex
Male	3,471	2,849	1,124	1,312
Female	3,580	2,822	1,353	1,128

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,903	991	1,111	1,604
Total black, single race	1,676	1,009	892	619
Total white, single race	5,499	4,667	1,657	1,302
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	1,142	938	283	220
Total other races/multiple races	531	419	237	257

Census region
Northeast	2,315	1,957	1,037	614
Midwest	2,352	2,013	930	839
South	3,164	2,638	1,146	1,562
West	2,823	2,395	1,041	865

^a Includes persons with unknown employment status and marital status. ^b For individuals age 16 and over. – Sample size too small to produce reliable estimates. Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 2008

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