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, 2006

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


Total^a	299,267	261,617	201,276	60,341	37,650
Total under age 65^a	261,287	223,870	180,703	43,168	37,416

Age in years
Under 4	16,017	15,068	8,720	6,348	949
4-6	12,389	11,817	7,494	4,323	572
7-12	24,088	22,619	15,279	7,340	1,469
13-17	21,612	19,841	13,754	6,087	1,771
Total under 18	74,106	69,345	45,247	24,098	4,761
18	4,324	3,828	2,848	981	496
19-24	24,818	18,570	15,278	3,292	6,248
25-29	20,101	15,195	13,099	2,096	4,905
30-34	19,265	15,389	13,661	1,728	3,876
35-54	85,594	72,370	65,003	7,367	13,224
55-64	33,079	29,173	25,567	3,606	3,905
65 and over	37,980	37,747	20,573	17,174	234

Employment status^b
Employed	148,581	126,201	116,695	9,506	22,379
Not employed	86,171	74,962	45,662	29,300	11,209

Sex
Male	146,942	125,407	99,228	26,179	21,536
Female	152,325	136,210	102,048	34,162	16,115

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	45,161	32,870	19,080	13,790	12,291
Total black, single race	36,285	31,489	19,787	11,702	4,796
Total white, single race	197,070	179,075	148,432	30,643	17,995
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	14,075	12,421	10,212	2,210	1,653
Total other races/multiple races	6,676	5,761	3,765	1,996	914

Census region
Northeast	54,752	49,653	39,237	10,416	5,099
Midwest	65,960	59,945	48,963	10,983	6,015
South	109,032	92,467	69,366	23,101	16,564
West	69,523	59,551	43,709	15,842	9,972

^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, 2006.

Table E. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 2006 Corresponds to Table 5.a

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


Total^a	6,412	5,388	1,845	1,422
Total under age 65^a	5,782	5,026	1,545	1,414

Age in years
Under 4	627	452	367	139
4-6	512	432	252	91
7-12	862	673	398	159
13-17	750	626	314	170
Total under 18	2,129	1,602	1,004	367
18	217	187	101	72
19-24	795	736	216	358
25-29	778	730	183	333
30-34	723	693	148	246
35-54	1,977	1,887	351	587
55-64	930	890	233	239
65 and over	1,178	814	714	52

Employment status^b
Employed	3,342	3,164	462	895
Not employed	1,903	1,377	972	489

Sex
Male	3,215	2,782	896	843
Female	3,338	2,745	1,075	694

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,752	1,242	744	797
Total black, single race	1,828	1,271	711	323
Total white, single race	4,947	4,401	1,239	879
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	964	816	290	317
Total other races/multiple races	623	410	287	146

Census region
Northeast	2,346	2,119	780	454
Midwest	3,261	2,809	824	546
South	3,846	3,161	1,086	1,046
West	3,128	2,453	1,013	728

^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, 2006.

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