STATISTICAL BRIEF #422: The Uninsured in America, First Part of 2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65

STATISTICAL BRIEF #422: The Uninsured in America, First Part of 2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65

AHRQ Stats

Nearly 22 percent of Americans under age 65 were uninsured during the first part of 2012. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #422: The Uninsured in America, First Part of 2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65.)

Highlights

• During the first part of 2012, 21.6 percent of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65 was uninsured.
• More than one-third of adults ages 19 to 29 lacked health insurance in the first part of 2012.
• Hispanics accounted for 18.5 percent of the nonelderly population but 30.2 percent of the nonelderly uninsured in the first part of 2012.
• People living in the South accounted for 37.3 percent of the nonelderly population but 44.1 percent of the nonelderly uninsured in the first part of 2012.