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- Estimates for 1993 show that 19.4 (+/-1.1) million people were uninsured over that 12-month period. That estimate was not significantly higher than the 1992 estimate of 19.0 (+/-1.0) million uninsured people.
- Nearly 4 out of 5 people--78.8 (+/-0.6) percent of all people--had continuous health insurance coverage all months of 1993. Thus, 21.2 (+/-0.6) percent, or 53.6 (+/-1.6) million people, lacked insurance for at least 1 month. This percentage was not significantly different from the 21.6 (+/-0.6) percent who experienced a lapse in coverage during calendar year 1992.
- Over a 28-month period during 1992 to 1994, 73.0 (+/-0.8) percent of all people had continuous health insurance coverage; therefore, 27.0 (+/-0.8) percent, or 66.6 (+/-1.7) million people, lacked insurance for at least 1 of those 28 months-4.8 percent (+/-0.4) or 11.9 (+/-0.8) million were uninsured for the full 28-month period from early 1992 to mid-1994.
- Young adults (those between the ages of 18 and 24 years old) were the most likely of any age group to lack insurance for at least 1 month--over one-half, or 51.5 percent(+/-2.5) were not continuously insured during the 28-month period.
- Work experience has a significant effect on health insurance coverage: 86.5 (+/-1.1) percent of people who worked full-time for the entire period were covered continuously by health insurance, compared with 73.5 (+/-4.7) percent for full-period, part-time workers, and 58.1 (+/-1.4) percent for workers with one or more job interruptions.
- Those who were poor or near poor were less likely to have continuous health insurance coverage than others: 82.5 (+/-0.7) percent of those with an income-to-poverty ratio of 2.0 or greater had continuous coverage, compared with 52.8 (+/-1.4) percent of those with an income-to-poverty ratio below 2.0.
- Twenty-seven (+/-0.8) percent of all people experienced at least one period of time without health insurance coverage during the 28-month survey period. Of all observed spells without health insurance, half lasted for 5.7 months or longer. This estimate was significantly shorter than the 7.1 months of noncoverage for the 1991-1993 period.
Go to Health Insurance Historical Tables, 1992 to 1993