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Health Insurance, 1991 to 1993


Table 1. All Persons, by Sex, Race, Hispanic Origin, and  Health Insurance Coverage: 1991 and 1992 Calendar Years
 (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                               White        
                                                                                     Not of                        Not of 
 Health insurance coverage                                                         Hispanic            Hispanic  Hispanic 
                                         Both Sexes      Male    Female     Total    origin     Black    origin1   origin 


 1992                                                                                          
      All persons.........................   250020    121572    128448    208483    188798     31237     24442    225578 

 Covered by private or 
         government health insurance:                             

 Less than 12 months......................    50681     26762     23919     39399     30818      8710     10113     40568 
   No months..............................    18117     10152      7965     14092     10735      3099      3780     14338 
   1 to 11 months.........................    32564     16610     15954     25306     20083      5611      6333     26231 
     1 to 4 months........................    10494      5436      5058      8194      6052      1609      2484      8010 
     5 to 8 months........................    12186      6160      6026      9495      7548      2132      2393      9792 
     9 to 11 months.......................     9884      5015      4869      7618      6482      1870      1456      8428 
 12 months................................   199339     94810    104529    169084    157980     22526     14329    185010 
 1 to 12 months...........................   231903    111420    120482    194391    178063     28137     20662    211240 
                                                                                                
 Covered by private health insurance:                
                                                            
 Less than 12 months......................    78015     37798     40217     57750     45791     16464     14391     63624 
   No months..............................    43081     20131     22950     30540     22753     10526      9159     33923 
   1 to 11 months.........................    34934     17667     17267     27210     23038      5937      5232     29702 
     1 to 4 months........................    12865      6518      6346      9613      7554      2284      2498     10366 
     5 to 8 months........................    12966      6501      6466     10364      9030      2092      1737     11229 
     9 to 11 months.......................     9103      4648      4455      7233      6453      1562       997      8106 
 12 months................................   172004     83774     88230    150732    143008     14773     10051    161954 
 1 to 12 months...........................   206938    101441    105497    177943    166045     20710     15283    191655 
                                                                                                 
 Covered by Medicaid:                       
                         
 Less than 12 months......................   232754    115286    117468    198044    181158     25380     20998    211756 
   No months..............................   219590    109882    109708    188702    174116     22108     18075    201515 
   1 to 11 months.........................    13164      5404      7760      9343      7042      3272      2923     10241 
     1 to 4 months........................     6013      2435      3578      4497      3420      1274      1320      4693 
     5 to 8 months........................     4382      1759      2623      3046      2294      1139      1003      3379 
     9 to 11 months.......................     2769      1210      1559      1800      1328       858       600      2169 
 12 months................................    17266      6286     10980     10438      7640      5856      3444     13822 
 1 to 12 months...........................    30429     11690     18739     19781     14683      9129      6367     24063 

                                                                        
 1991
                       
      All persons.........................   247187    120193    126994    205820    187357     30878     22885    224301 

 Covered by private or 
         government health insurance:

 Less than 12 months......................    50885     27166     23719     38715     30602      9240      9559     41326 
   No months..............................    17359      9567      7792     13635     10391      2711      3568     13792 
   1 to 11 months.........................    33526     17599     15927     25081     20211      6529      5991     27534 
     1 to 4 months........................    10063      5434      4630      7477      5762      1860      2113      7951 
     5 to 8 months........................    12946      7061      5885      9455      7478      2707      2394     10553 
     9 to 11 months.......................    10516      5104      5412      8148      6971      1962      1485      9031 
 12 months................................   196301     93026    103275    167105    156756     21637     13326    182975 
 1 to 12 months...........................   229827    110625    119202    192186    176966     28167     19318    210510 
                                                                                               
 Covered by private health insurance:                     
                                      
 Less than 12 months......................    76631     37529     39102     55755     44565     16557     13589     63042 
   No months..............................    40982     19125     21857     29033     21691      9723      8403     32579 
   1 to 11 months.........................    35650     18404     17245     26721     22873      6834      5187     30463 
     1 to 4 months........................    12234      6244      5990      8726      7115      2730      2164     10070 
     5 to 8 months........................    13381      7112      6269      9949      8544      2556      1923     11458 
     9 to 11 months.......................    10034      5048      4986      8046      7215      1548      1100      8935 
 12 months................................   170555     82663     87892    150066    142793     14320      9296    161260 
 1 to 12 months...........................   206205    101068    105137    176787    165666     21154     14483    191722 
                                                                                                
 Covered by Medicaid:     
                           
 Less than 12 months......................   231312    114389    116923    196585    180594     25271     19753    211559 
   No months..............................   218852    109026    109826    187995    174090     21937     17115    201737 
   1 to 11 months.........................    12460      5363      7097      8590      6504      3334      2637      9822 
     1 to 4 months........................     5149      2285      2864      3531      2819      1410       968      4181 
     5 to 8 months........................     4365      1893      2472      3049      2114      1111      1121      3244 
     9 to 11 months.......................     2945      1184      1761      2010      1571       813       548      2397 
 12 months................................    15875      5804     10071      9235      6763      5607      3132     12742 
 1 to 12 months...........................    28334     11167     17168     17825     13267      8941      5770     22564 
 
    1Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.  The information on the Hispanic population was collected in the
50 States and the District of Columbia, and therefore, does not include residents of Puerto Rico.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division