[20021119]96-979EPW_健康保险：2001年各州未参保.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code 96-979 EPWUpdated November 19, 2002Health Insurance: Uninsured by State, 2001Paulette C. MorganAnalyst in Social LegislationDomestic Science Policy DivisionSummaryAn estimated 14.6% of the U.S. population lacked health insurance coverage in2001, up from 14.2% in 2000. When examined by state, estimates of the percentuninsured ranged from a low of 7.5% in Iowa to a high of 23.5% in Texas. Generally,states in the Midwest and New England have lower rates of uninsured, while states inthe Southwestern and Southern portions of the nation have higher shares of theirpopulations without coverage.These state-level estimates are based on the March 2002 Current Population Survey(CPS), and must be interpreted with caution because they are based on a survey sample.When sampling variation is taken into account, to allow one to say with 90% reliabilitythat the percent uninsured in the state lies between specified low and high estimates, theuninsured rate in 3 states is not different statistically from the uninsured rate nationwide.The uninsured rate is statistically lower than the nat