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QuickStats: Percentage* of Uninsured Persons Aged <65 Years With No Health Insurance Coverage Because of Cost,† by Race/Ethnicity§ — National Health Interview Survey,¶ United States, 2004 and 2014
* With 95% confidence intervals.
† Based on the family respondent's response to a survey question that asked about uninsured family members, "Which of these are reasons (person) stopped being covered or does not have health insurance?" Reasons included lost job or change in employment, change in marital status or death of a parent, ineligible because of age or left school, employer didn't offer or insurance company refused, cost, Medicaid stopped, and other reason. More than one reason could be provided.
§ Persons of Hispanic ethnicity might be of any race or combination of races.
¶ Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived from the National Health Interview Survey Family core component. Unknowns were excluded from the denominators when calculating percentages.
From 2004 to 2014, the percentage of uninsured persons aged <65 years for whom cost was a reason for not having health insurance coverage decreased from 60.9% to 51.4% among uninsured Hispanic persons, from 49.5% to 38.0% among non-Hispanic white persons, and from 47.4% to 34.0% among non-Hispanic black persons. In 2004 and 2014, uninsured Hispanic persons aged <65 years were more likely than uninsured non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black persons to lack health insurance coverage because of cost.
Sources: Adams PF, Barnes PM. Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2004. Vital Health Stat 10(229) 2006. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_229.pdf. National Health Interview Survey, 2014 data. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
Reported by: Patricia F. Adams; Michael E. Martinez, MPH, MHSA, bmd7@cdc.gov, 301-458-4758.
Alternate Text: The figure above is a bar chart showing that from 2004 to 2014, the percentage of uninsured persons aged <65 years for whom cost was a reason for not having health insurance coverage decreased from 60.9% to 51.4% among uninsured Hispanic persons, from 49.5% to 38.0% among non-Hispanic white persons, and from 47.4% to 34.0% among non-Hispanic black persons. In 2004 and 2014, uninsured Hispanic persons aged <65 years were more likely than uninsured non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black persons to lack health insurance coverage because of cost.
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