Health insurance coverage and population characteristic-population estimates

Table 5.a Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Population estimates by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 2005

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


Total^a	296,185	259,556	200,969	58,587	36,629
Total under age 65^a	258,708	222,262	180,068	42,194	36,445

Age in years
Under 4	16,095	14,984	8,966	6,019	1,111
4-6	11,826	11,249	7,184	4,065	577
7-12	23,788	22,440	15,040	7,400	1,348
13-17	21,854	20,165	14,461	5,705	1,689
Total under 18	73,563	68,839	45,651	23,188	4,724
18	3,925	3,498	2,491	1,008	427
19-24	25,086	18,678	15,372	3,306	6,408
25-29	19,754	14,703	12,968	1,734	5,052
30-34	19,255	15,731	13,941	1,789	3,524
35-54	85,331	72,946	65,029	7,917	12,385
55-64	31,794	27,868	24,616	3,252	3,926
65 and over	37,477	37,294	20,901	16,393	183

Employment status^b
Employed	145,980	124,606	115,842	8,764	21,374
Not employed	85,963	74,694	45,715	28,979	11,269

Sex
Male	145,116	124,272	99,520	24,752	20,844
Female	151,069	135,284	101,449	33,835	15,785

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	43,576	31,786	18,555	13,231	11,790
Total black, single race	35,880	30,906	19,249	11,657	4,974
Total white, single race	196,514	179,376	150,195	29,181	17,138
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	13,607	11,906	9,432	2,474	1,701
Total other races/multiple races	6,607	5,581	3,538	2,043	1,026

Census region
Northeast	54,614	49,535	39,517	10,018	5,079
Midwest	65,761	59,135	48,085	11,050	6,626
South	107,124	91,493	69,048	22,446	15,630
West	68,686	59,393	44,320	15,073	9,294

^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, 2005.

Table E. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 2005 Corresponds to Table 5.a

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


Total^a	6,182	5,261	1,805	1,372
Total under age 65^a	5,522	4,822	1,523	1,361

Age in years
Under 4	591	457	329	133
4-6	503	390	240	82
7-12	804	641	353	135
13-17	715	602	304	171
Total under 18	2,062	1,569	947	344
18	248	216	101	72
19-24	785	709	237	352
25-29	737	702	128	333
30-34	663	645	143	227
35-54	1,886	1,767	419	543
55-64	958	904	203	262
65 and over	1,229	894	708	47

Employment status^b
Employed	3,233	3,098	423	863
Not employed	1,966	1,464	960	495

Sex
Male	3,112	2,724	840	816
Female	3,251	2,707	1,074	699

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,716	1,237	733	825
Total black, single race	1,679	1,135	740	340
Total white, single race	4,784	4,330	1,206	776
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	900	729	343	283
Total other races/multiple races	532	334	291	174

Census region
Northeast	2,115	1,999	722	486
Midwest	2,837	2,474	805	462
South	3,837	3,237	1,080	983
West	3,260	2,614	944	677

^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, 2005.

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