An estimated 44.3 million people in the United States, or 16.3 percent of the population, were without health insurance coverage during the entire 1998 calendar year. This number was up about 1 million from the previous year; statistically, the proportion was not different than the 1997 value.

The estimates in this report are based on interviewing a sample of the population. Respondents provided answers to the survey questions to the best of their ability. As with all surveys, the estimates differed from the actual values.

Tables

Table 1. Type of Health Insurance and Coverage Status [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Persons Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Table 3. Persons Without Health Insurance Coverage by Household Income [<1.0 MB]

Table 4. Workers Covered by Their Own Employment-Based Health Insurance, by Firm Size [<1.0 MB]

Table 5. Uninsured Children by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]

Table 6. Children by Type of Health Insurance and Coverage Status [<1.0 MB]

Table 7. Children Covered by Health Insurance, Private, and Medicaid; by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin [<1.0 MB]

Table 8. Persons Covered and Not Covered by Health Insurance by State [<1.0 MB]

Percent of People Without Health Insurance Coverage Throughout the Year by State: 1996 to 1998 [<1.0 MB]

Others in Series

Publication

Money Income in the United States: 1998

September 01, 1999

This report examines annual changes in income and earnings and compares these changes with historical trends.

Publication

Poverty in the United States: 1998

September 1999

This illustrates how official poverty rates vary by characteristics, age, race, Hispanic origin, nativity, family composition, work experience, and geography.

Publication

Money Income in the United States: 1999

September 01, 2000

This report examines annual changes in income and earnings and compares these changes with historical trends.

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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage: 1998 - Detailed Tables

PUBLICATION

Health Insurance Publications

Current Population Survey Publications

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