Persons without health care coverage by geographic division and State: United States, selected years 1987-94

(Data are based on household interviews of the civilian noninstitutionalized population)

		                    Number in	|					
		                    thousands   |           Percent of population				
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Geographic division and State	  1993 	  1994 	|  1987   1990 	1991 	1992 	1993 	1994 
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United States................	39,713 	39,718 	   12.9   13.9 	14.1 	15.0 	15.3 	15.2 
Mountain								
  Montana....................	   130 	   115 	   15.5   14.0 	12.7 	9.4 	15.3 	13.6 
  Idaho......................	   170 	   159 	   15.3   15.2 	17.8 	16.5 	14.8 	14.0 
  Wyoming....................	    73 	    75 	   11.4   12.5 	11.3 	11.7 	15.0 	15.4 
  Colorado...................	   449 	   466 	   13.8   14.7 	10.1 	12.7 	12.6 	12.4 
  New Mexico.................	   357 	   389 	   22.7   22.2 	21.5 	19.8 	22.0 	23.1 
  Arizona....................	   810 	   856 	   18.4   15.5 	16.9 	15.5 	20.2 	20.2 
  Utah.......................	   215 	   221 	   12.4    9.0 	13.8 	11.8 	11.3 	11.5 
  Nevada.....................	   262 	   240 	   15.9   16.5 	18.7 	23.0 	18.1 	15.7 
 

Notes: New health insurance questions were introduced for a quarter sample for 1993 data and the full sample for 1994 data. Starting with 1993 data, the collection method changed from paper and pencil to computer-assisted interviewing. 1990 census population controls were implemented starting with 1992 data. Estimates of the percent of persons under 65 years of age lacking health care coverage based on the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (table 134) are higher than estimates of the percent of persons who are uninsured based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS estimates are for the total population including those 65 years of age and over who are largely covered by Medicare. In addition, estimates of Medicaid participation based on the NHIS are lower than for the CPS due to different wording of the Medicaid questions in the two surveys.

Source: Table 148 on Health United States: 1995, CD-ROM, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.

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