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Persons in the U.S. with private health insurance coverage 1984-2017 by location

Name: Persons in the U.S. with private health insurance coverage 1984-2017 by location
Creator: Statista

Published by Matej Mikulic, Nov 14, 2019

This statistic shows the percentage of persons under 65 years in the U.S. with private health insurance coverage from 1984 to 2017, by location of residence. In 2017, 66.7 percent of the U.S. population under 65 years of age within metropolitan statistical areas had private health insurance coverage.

Percentage of U.S. population with private health insurance coverage from 1984 to 2017, by location of residence

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October 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1984 to 2017

Age group

under 65 years

Supplementary notes

Any private health insurance coverage (both individual and insurance obtained through the workplace) at the time of interview; includes those who also had another type of coverage.
Data prior to 1997 are not strictly comparable with data for later years due to the 1997 questionnaire redesign.
Estimates for 2000-2002 were calculated using 2000-based sample weights and may differ from estimates in other reports that used 1990-based sample weights for 2000-2002 estimates.
Includes all other races not shown separately, those with unknown marital status, unknown disability status, and, in 1984 and 1989, persons with unknown poverty level.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.
* MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Starting with 2006 data, MSA status is determined using 2000 census data and the 2000 standards for defining MSAs.