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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: World Med Health Policy. 2022 Sep 12;15(4):336–355. doi: 10.1002/wmh3.549

TABLE 4.

Characteristics of noninstitutionalized US individuals by health coverage, 2018

Total Medicaid or CHIP (% of total) Private (% of total) Uninsured (% of total) Medicare (% of total)
Age (years)
 0–18 24 50.3 21.2 13.3 0.7
 19–64 60 42.4 66.3 85.8 13.8
 65+ 16 7.3 12.5 0.9 85.5
Gender
 Male 48.9 44.3 49 55.1 45.6
 Female 51.1 55.7 51 44.9 54.4
Race
 Hispanic 18.4 32.1 13.1 37.1 9.3
 White, non-Hispanic 61.3 38.9 68.7 41.9 75
 Black, non-Hispanic 12.6 21.2 10.1 14.1 10.3
 Other non-White, non-Hispanic 7.7 7.8 8.1 7 5.4

Note: MACPAC, analysis of NHIS data.

Abbreviations: MACPAC, Medicaid and CHIP Payment Access Commission; NHIS, National Health Interview Survey.