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HEALTH CARE ACCESS MODULE

R1: At Risk For No Health Insurance

Respondent Who Do Not Have Health Insurance, 2005

Population Subgroups

Number of Respondents

Number at Risk

Percent of Respondents at Risk

% Confidence Interval Lower Limit

% Confidence Interval Upper Limit

Totals

4002

418

11.5

10.2

12.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Age Group (years)

18-24

209

44

20.0

14.1

25.9

25-34

498

66

13.2

9.9

16.4

35-44

719

102

13.9

11.2

16.6

45-54

873

91

10.4

8.1

12.6

55-64

650

77

11.0

8.5

13.6

65+

1015

35

3.0

1.9

4.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex

Female

2377

223

10.0

8.5

11.5

Male

1625

195

13.0

11.0

15.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race

White

3802

365

10.6

9.3

11.9

American Indian

113

40

34.9

23.9

45.9

Other

61

10

13.7

4.6

22.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Less than H.S.

353

51

19.1

12.5

25.7

H.S. Grad

1158

162

15.2

12.6

17.8

Some College

1250

136

11.8

9.5

14.0

College Grad

1234

66

5.7

4.1

7.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Income

0-14,999

345

83

25.6

19.4

31.7

15,000-24,999

633

119

22.2

18.1

26.4

25,000-49,999

1247

114

10.3

8.0

12.6

50,000-74,999

661

29

4.9

2.9

7.0

75,000+

585

21

4.3

2.0

6.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marital Status

Divorced

395

75

21.3

16.6

25.9

Married

2424

173

7.4

6.2

8.5

Never Married

538

112

22.5

17.6

27.3

Separated

39

7

19.4

4.7

34.2

Unmarried Couple

65

16

24.9

12.8

37.0

Widowed

529

31

5.6

3.6

7.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

Employed

2594

289

12.2

10.6

13.8

Retired/Disabled

919

45

5.2

3.4

7.1

Student/Homemaker

383

50

12.8

8.7

16.8

Unemployed

93

31

29.3

18.2

40.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asthma

No

3702

387

11.2

10.0

12.5

Yes

279

30

15.9

8.5

23.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diabetes

No

3664

386

11.6

10.3

13.0

Yes

310

29

10.2

6.1

14.3

Yes, but only during pregnancy

27

3

9.8

0.0

23.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Activity

Insufficient PA

1506

154

12.1

9.8

14.4

Meet PA

1721

175

10.4

8.7

12.2

No PA

471

58

13.9

10.0

17.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hypertension

No

2871

319

12.3

10.7

13.8

Yes

1125

99

9.1

7.2

11.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Cholesterol

No

2015

179

9.1

7.7

10.6

Yes

1238

86

7.1

5.5

8.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Health

Excellent, Very Good, Good

3433

336

11.1

9.7

12.5

Fair, Poor

559

82

14.7

11.3

18.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can’t Afford Health Care

No

3728

311

9.1

7.8

10.3

Yes

265

104

43.0

35.6

50.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overweight/Obese

No

1311

140

12.3

9.9

14.7

Yes

2526

253

10.9

9.4

12.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Provider

No

757

175

24.9

21.1

28.7

Yes, more than one

399

23

6.1

3.2

9.0

Yes, only one

2833

216

7.8

6.5

9.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Smokers

No

3223

265

9.0

7.8

10.3

Yes

764

153

21.5

17.7

25.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disability

No

3266

340

11.3

9.9

12.7

Yes

683

73

12.5

9.2

15.9


Percent of Respondents With No Health Insurance, 1996-2004

Characteristics

# of
respondents

# with
no health
insurance

Percent of
respondents with
no health insurance

%
Confidence
Interval

Total

17808

1893

11.4

10.8-11.9

 

Race

White

16975

1666

10.4

9.8-10.9

Amer. Indian

528

167

34.5

29.6-39.5

Other

247

53

24.4

17.7-31.0


Table Type

Percentage with risk factor

Definition:

R1: At Risk For No Health Insurance: Respondents With No Health Insurance

Denominator:

All Respondents

 Abbreviations:

# at risk = Number within subpopulation with the risk factor

 

Percent at risk = Percentage of subpopulation with the risk factor

 

% Confidence interval = 95% confidence interval

 



 

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