1、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
2、 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 in
3、the 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
4、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
