Health Insurance Status of Hispanic Subpopulations in 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65. Statistical Brief No. 143

摘要

Government statistics on health insurance often present estimates for the Hispanic population as a whole. For many years, these estimates have revealed that the Hispanic population has the highest rate of being uninsured of all racial/ethnic subgroups in the United States. Using data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this Statistical Brief presents health insurance estimates for the Hispanic population by subgroups and U.S. citizenship status. An examination of these estimates reveals dramatic disparities in insurance coverage within the Hispanic population due to differences in eligibility for public programs and access to private coverage. All differences between estimates discussed in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level unless otherwise noted.