AHRQ Stats

Among young adults age 19 to 25, nearly 43 percent were uninsured at some point in 2012 while almost 25 percent were uninsured for the entire year. For this same age group in 2009, nearly 48 percent were uninsured at some point while almost 28 percent were uninsured for the entire year. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #437: Health Insurance Status of Young Adults Ages 19-25, 2012.)

STATISTICAL BRIEF #437:
Health Insurance Status of Young Adults Ages 19-25, 2012

May 2014

Jeffrey A. Rhoades, Ph.D.

Highlights

Among young adults ages 19-25, 42.7 percent were uninsured at some point in 2012 and 24.6 percent were uninsured for the entire year. For this same population, 47.9 percent were uninsured at some point in 2009 and 27.5 percent were uninsured for the entire year (2009 estimates not shown).
For young adults ages 19-25, Hispanics were substantially more likely than black non-Hispanics, white non-Hispanics, Asian non-Hispanics, or other non-Hispanics to lack health insurance during 2012.
Young adult males were more likely than their female counterparts to lack health insurance for all of 2012.
Full time students were the least likely to be uninsured for the entire year or any part of the year in 2012.
Young adults living in the South were the most likely to be uninsured for all of 2012.