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, 2007

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


Total^a	301,309	261,158	197,770	63,388	40,151
Total under age 65^a	262,616	222,734	178,468	44,265	39,882

Age in years
Under 4	16,233	15,081	8,485	6,596	1,152
4-6	12,177	11,548	7,223	4,325	629
7-12	24,233	22,248	14,413	7,835	1,986
13-17	21,266	19,166	13,271	5,896	2,099
Total under 18	73,909	68,043	43,392	24,651	5,866
18	4,383	3,769	2,666	1,104	614
19-24	23,786	17,261	13,883	3,378	6,525
25-29	21,899	16,324	14,169	2,155	5,575
30-34	19,241	15,286	13,533	1,753	3,955
35-54	84,660	71,623	63,952	7,671	13,037
55-64	34,738	30,428	26,874	3,554	4,310
65 and over	38,694	38,424	19,302	19,123	269

Employment status^b
Employed	150,228	127,509	117,771	9,738	22,719
Not employed	85,910	73,555	42,385	31,170	12,355

Sex
Male	147,629	124,690	96,867	27,823	22,939
Female	153,680	136,469	100,903	35,565	17,212

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	46,390	33,359	18,860	14,499	13,030
Total black, single race	36,704	31,564	19,511	12,053	5,140
Total white, single race	197,611	177,772	145,140	32,632	19,838
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	14,026	12,563	10,378	2,185	1,463
Total other races/multiple races	6,578	5,900	3,881	2,019	679

Census region
Northeast	54,616	49,518	37,689	11,829	5,098
Midwest	66,113	59,379	48,054	11,324	6,734
South	110,460	91,901	67,669	24,232	18,559
West	70,121	60,361	44,358	16,003	9,760

^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, 2007.

Table E. Health insurance coverage of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: Standard errors by type of coverage and selected population characteristics, United States, 2007 Corresponds to Table 5.a

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


Total^a	5,022	4,283	1,704	1,415
Total under age 65^a	4,662	4,075	1,491	1,411

Age in years
Under 4	607	483	345	167
4-6	484	400	254	101
7-12	800	641	391	202
13-17	666	578	342	201
Total under 18	1,845	1,425	956	448
18	242	206	115	98
19-24	660	588	229	365
25-29	749	713	176	376
30-34	662	626	150	263
35-54	1,744	1,662	385	560
55-64	921	872	224	266
65 and over	1,096	779	708	61

Employment status^b
Employed	2,737	2,621	471	868
Not employed	1,577	1,135	900	544

Sex
Male	2,574	2,238	855	869
Female	2,635	2,228	999	693

Race/ethnicity
Total Hispanic or Latino	1,501	997	761	930
Total black, single race	1,444	976	683	333
Total white, single race	4,213	3,764	1,268	889
Total Asian/Pacific Islander, single race	900	772	275	199
Total other races/multiple races	529	397	253	102

Census region
Northeast	1,946	1,829	824	386
Midwest	2,479	2,144	704	542
South	2,668	2,300	920	1,047
West	2,178	1,822	788	590

^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, 2007.

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