Table 1 –
Adjusteda prevalence (with standard error) of lack of health insurance among adults aged 18–64 years, by demographic characteristics and by survey year, BRFSS, 1993 through 2010.b
| Demographic characteristic | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | β | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| n | 89,765 | 144,176 | 257,231 | 284,702 | ||
| All | 16.3 (0.3) | 17.3 (0.2) | 19.1 (0.2) | 18.8 (0.2) | 0.0054 | <0.0001 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 19.6 (0.8) | 19.2 (0.5) | 20.8 (0.5) | 18.2 (0.5) | 0.0013 | 0.2677 |
| 25–44 | 16.6 (0.3) | 17.9 (0.3) | 20.6 (0.3) | 20.7 (0.2) | 0.0062 | <0.0001 |
| 45–64 | 10.7 (0.3) | 12.6 (0.3) | 15.1 (0.2) | 15.1 (0.2) | 0.0094 | <0.0001 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 16.3 (0.4) | 16.9 (0.3) | 19.9 (0.3) | 18.6 (0.2) | 0.0043 | <0.0001 |
| Women | 14.6 (0.3) | 15.9 (0.2) | 17.7 (0.2) | 17.6 (0.2) | 0.0069 | <0.0001 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 13.7 (0.2) | 13.2 (0.2) | 15.0 (0.2) | 14.9 (0.2) | 0.0042 | <0.0001 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 15.7 (0.5) | 16.8 (0.5) | 18.0 (0.4) | 19.0 (0.4) | 0.0092 | <0.0001 |
| Hispanic | 23.0 (1.0) | 27.2 (0.6) | 29.6 (0.6) | 27.1 (0.5) | 0.0067 | <0.0001 |
| Other | 18.2 (1.3) | 17.8 (0.9) | 20.5 (0.7) | 19.2 (0.6) | −0.0058 | 0.0067 |
| Education | ||||||
| <High school | 25.6 (0.8) | 29.7 (0.6) | 32.1 (0.6) | 30.1 (0.6) | 0.0049 | <0.0001 |
| High school graduate | 17.9 (0.4) | 19.9 (0.3) | 23.3 (0.3) | 23.6 (0.3) | 0.0114 | <0.0001 |
| Some college | 13.3 (0.4) | 13.4 (0.3) | 16.5 (0.3) | 17.6 (0.3) | 0.0069 | <0.0001 |
| ≥College | 8.7 (0.4) | 7.6 (0.2) | 8.6 (0.2) | 8.6 (0.2) | −0.0053 | 0.0001 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 11.4 (0.3) | 12.4 (0.2) | 14.4 (0.2) | 14.0 (0.2) | 0.0094 | <0.0001 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 21.1 (0.8) | 21.3 (0.5) | 23.5 (0.5) | 23.6 (0.4) | 0.0064 | <0.0001 |
| Other | 20.5 (0.6) | 21.1 (0.4) | 24.2 (0.4) | 23.2 (0.3) | 0.0037 | <0.0001 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Employed for wages | 12.4 (0.3) | 13.3 (0.2) | 15.7 (0.2) | 13.5 (0.2) | 0.0088 | <0.0001 |
| Self-employed | 29.5 (1.0) | 32.2 (0.8) | 32.0 (0.7) | 29.2 (0.6) | 0.0019 | 0.1077 |
| Unemployed | 27.5 (1.4) | 29.1 (0.9) | 32.6 (0.8) | 33.8 (0.5) | 0.0023 | 0.0293 |
| Other | 15.2 (0.5) | 16.7 (0.4) | 17.4 (0.3) | 16.0 (0.3) | 0.0022 | 0.0303 |
a
Adjusted for all other demographic variables listed. β: regression coefficient for survey year (continuous).
b
Although all years of data were included in the trend analyses, data are depicted only for selected years (1995, 2000, 2005, 2010) to reduce the size of the table. For all years (1993 through 2010), please see Appendix Table 1.