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TABLE 1

Access to Health Care: Percentage of Children Under Age 18 Covered by Health Insurancea by Type of Health Insurance, Age,

Race, and Hispanic Origin, 1987–1998

Characteristic 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

All health insurance

Total 87 87 87 87 87 87 86 86 86 85 85 85

Age

Ages 0–5 88 87 87 898989888687868684

Ages 6– 11 87 87 87 87 88 88 87 87 87 85 86 85

Ages 12– 17 86 86 86 85 85 85 83 85 86 84 83 84

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 90 90 90 90 90 90 89 89 90 89 89 89

Black 8 3 8 4 8 4 8 5 8 5 8 6 8 4 8 3 8 5 8 1 8 1 8 0

Hispanicb 72 71 70 72 73 75 74 72 73 71 71 70

Private health insurance

Total 74 74 74 71 70 69 67 66 66 66 67 68

Age

Ages 0– 5 727171686665636060626364

Ages 6– 11 74 74 75 73 71 71 70 67 67 67 68 68

Ages 12– 17 75 76 76 73 72 71 69 70 71 70 70 65

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 83 83 83 81 80 80 78 77 78 78 78 79

Black 4 9 5 0 5 2 4 9 4 5 4 6 4 6 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 8 4 7

Hispanicb 48 48 48 45 43 42 42 38 38 40 42 43

Government health insurancec

Total 19 19 19 22 24 25 27 26 26 25 23 23

Age

Ages 0– 5 222324283033353333312927

Ages 6– 11 19 18 18 20 22 23 25 25 26 25 23 23

Ages 12– 17 16 16 15 18 19 19 20 20 21 19 19 19

Race and Hispanic origin

White, non-Hispanic 12 13 13 15 16 17 19 18 18 18 17 16

Black 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 5 4 8 4 9 5 0 4 8 4 9 4 5 4 0 4 2

Hispanicb 28 27 27 32 37 38 41 38 39 35 34 31

aChildren are considered to be covered by health insurance if they had public or private coverage at any time during the year. Some children are covered by both

types of insurance; hence, the sum of public and private is greater than the total.

bPersons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

cGovernment health insurance for children consists mostly of Medicaid, but also includes Medicare, SCHIP (the State Children’s Health Insurance Program), and

CHAMPUS (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services). CHAMPUS is being replaced by Tricare.

SOURCE:U.S. Census Bureau, unpublished tables based on analyses from the March Current Population Survey.

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