This is a status report on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program’s research on estimating the number of women eligible to participate in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP). This report provides an assessment of which county-level estimates are feasible to produce and publish on the Census Bureau’s web site at the end of Phase Four of this study (Fall 2008).

Phase One dealt primarily with data acquisition and model development for the uninsured. Phase Two assessed the feasibility of producing estimates of the number of low-income, uninsured women by age, race, and ethnicity. Phase Three developed a state-level model. Early in Phase Four (July 2007), the SAHIE program published state-level estimates of the number of uninsured, low-income women by age, race, and ethnicity. Low-income is defined as ≤ 200% or ≤ 250% of the federal poverty threshold. We published estimates for both categories for each state. The age categories are 18-64 years, 40-64 years, and 50-64 years. The race and ethnicity categories are All Races, non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic.