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Tracking Report No. 11
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Insurance Coverage Among Nonelderly Blacks, Latinos and Whites, 2001-2003 |
Children
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Working-Age Adults
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2001
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2003
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2001
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2003
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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance |
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Black |
47.6%
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46.9%
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61.0%
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57.1%
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Latino |
43.3
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34.5*
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50.2
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43.5*
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White |
73.3
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70.9*
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75.9
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74.5*
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Public Health Insurance1 | ||||
Black |
36.4
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41.7
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12.0
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13.8
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Latino |
29.7
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43.6*
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8.0
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11.7*
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White |
11.8
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17.1*
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3.5
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4.6*
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Other Health Insurance2 |
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Black |
4.9
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2.7*
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5.5
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5.6
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Latino |
5.0
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3.6
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4.9
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4.7
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White |
8.9
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7.1*
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8.2
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7.7
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Uninsured |
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Black |
11.1
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8.7
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21.6
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23.5
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Latino |
22.1
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18.3
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36.9
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40.2
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White |
6.0
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4.9
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12.5
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13.3
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1 Public coverage includes Medicaid,SCHIP and other state
programs. 2 Other coverage includes private nongroup insurance, private insurance obtained from someone outside the family, Indian Health Service and other miscellaneous coverage. Military insurance and Medicare for disabled persons are excluded from this analysis. *Change from 2001 is statistically significant at p <.05. Note: Bold text shows statistically significant differences from whites. Source:Community Tracking Study Household Survey |