Child Health USA 2002

Text: Maternal and Child Health
STATE-SPECIFIC DATA

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HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS OF CHILDREN THROUGH AGE 18: 2000
Source (IV.4): American Academy of Pediatrics' Analysis of 2001 Current Survey



State

 

Percent with
Private/Employer-Based
Insurance

 


Percent Enrolled
in Medicaid/CHIP

 



Percent Unisured*


United States

67.6

20.6

11.8

Alabama

 

65.5

26.0

8.6

Alaska

 

52.4

34.6

13.0

Arizona

 

64.1

23.8

12.1

Arkansas

 

62.4

26.3

11.3

California

 

60.4

24.2

15.4

Colorado

 

74.1

11.2

14.6

Connecticut

 

84.7

11.9

3.4**

Deleware

 

70.9

21.5

7.6

DC

 

59.1

30.5

10.4

Florida

 

62.8

20.3

17.0

Georgia

 

74.0

17.3

8.7

Hawaii

 

69.6

19.6

10.8

Idaho

 

64.0

22.2

13.7

Illinois

 

70.5

18.8

10.7

Indiana

 

74.2

12.3

13.4

Iowa

 

83.6

9.7

6.7

Kansas

 

77.2

11.7

11.1

Kentucky

 

72.7

19.2

8.1

Louisiana

 

54.5

29.0

16.4

Maine

 

70.5

20.4

9.1**

Maryland

 

82.3

9.9

7.8**

Massachusetts

 

64.8

26.9

8.3

Michigan

 

72.7

20.6

6.7

Minnesota

 

78.0

13.5

8.5

Mississippi

 

61.0

29.2

9.8

Missouri

 

71.5

19.3

9.2

Montana

 

57.2

29.2

13.6

Nebraska

 

73.9

17.9

8.2

Nevada

 

67.9

17.7

14.4

New Hampshire

 

75.1

17.6

7.3**

New Jersey

 

74.9

15.8

9.4

New Mexico

 

46.4

34.5

19.1

New York

 

63.4

25.9

10.7

North Carolina

 

68.9

20.9

10.2

North Dakota

 

70.0

21.8

8.2

Ohio

 

73.2

17.2

9.6

Oklahoma

 

55.6

31.5

12.9

Oregon

 

68.0

19.0

13.0

Pennsylvania

 

78.0

17.0

5.0

Rhode Island

 

80.0

17.1

2.9**

South Carolina

 

70.6

20.4

9.0

South Dakota

 

73.5

17.4

9.0

Tennessee

 

64.4

30.2

5.4

Texas

 

61.3

17.2

21.5

Utah

 

73.2

16.4

10.4

Vermont

 

54.0

37.0

9.0

Virginia

 

78.7

8.7

12.6

Washington

 

67.2

24.0

8.8

West Virginia

 

57.9

31.0

11.1

Wisconsin

 

79.3

17.3

3.5**

Wyoming

 

69.5

18.4

12.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* See map on next page
** Standard error is greator than 20 percent of estimate due to small state sample size.
Note: Estimates for 2000 should not be compared directly with estimates from previous years due to changes in survey design that decreased the uninsured estimate by about 8 percent.

 


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