Health Insurance Coverage (Data are for U.S. for 2001) Persons under age 65 Number without health insurance: 39.2 million Percent without health insurance: 16.1 Percent with private insurance: 71.5 Children under age 18 Number without health insurance: 4.3 million Percent without health insurance: 11 Percent with private insurance: 66.7 Percent with Medicaid or SCHIP: 21.2 Source: Health, United States, 2003, tables 127-129 More data Health insurance coverage: estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2003 Trends in health insurance coverage by poverty status among persons under 65 years of age: 1997-2002 Health insurance coverage for persons 65 years and over: 1989-2001 Health, United States, 2003, table 130 Persons under 65 years of age without health insurance coverage by State: 1987-2001 Health, United States, 2003 table 151 Related Links National Health Interview Survey Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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