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New Reports Examine Health Insurance Coverage in 2022

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NCHS has released two new National Health Statistics Reports, “Geographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States 2022,” and “Demographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States 2022,” that describe the national estimates of different types of health insurance coverage and estimates of being uninsured. Estimates are presented by selected sociodemographic and geographic characteristics. Overall, Read More >

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U.S. Uninsured Rate Hits Record Low in First Quarter of 2023

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The overall number of Americans without health insurance dropped to a record low of 7.7% in the first three months of 2023, according to analysis by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). This marks the first time the uninsured rate has dropped below 8% since NHIS began tracking health insurance in 2001. The findings are Read More >

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U.S. Uninsured Rate Dropped 18% During Pandemic

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The overall number of Americans without health insurance dropped by 5.6 million from 2019 to 2022. These findings are included in a new report released by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The findings are featured in the report, “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2022.” It Read More >

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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18–64 Years Who Used Telemedicine in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Health Insurance Coverage — National Health Interview Survey, United States 2021

Overall, in 2021, 35.3% of adults aged 18–64 years had a telemedicine visit with a health care professional in the past 12 months. The percentage was higher among women than men overall (41.7% versus 28.8%). Women were also more likely than were men to have had a telemedicine visit among those with private health insurance Read More >

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New Detailed Race and Ethnicity Data Query System

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NCHS has released a new interactive data query system that allows users to search for data on adults about selected health topics by detailed race and ethnicity groups and subgroups in the United States. The new system provides estimates as three-year averages based on 2019-2021 final data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The three-year averages Read More >

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New Studies: Geographic and Demographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage

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Nearly 25 million working age adults in the United States (ages 18-64) were without health insurance in 2021, according to new data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina had the highest rates of uninsured among this group. The data are captured in two new reports using data from the Read More >

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QuickStats: Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18−64 Years, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Selected Asian Subgroups — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019−2020

During 2019–2020, the percentage of U.S. adults aged 18–64 years who were uninsured was 14.4%. Among all race and Hispanic origin groups, non-Hispanic Asian adults (7.8%) were the least likely to be uninsured followed by non-Hispanic White (9.7%), non-Hispanic Black (14.6%), and Hispanic adults (30.4%). Among the non-Hispanic Asian subgroups shown, adults of Korean (14.3%) Read More >

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QuickStats: Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18–64 Years, by Race and Selected Hispanic Origin Subgroup — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019−2020

During 2019–2020, the percentage of U.S. adults aged 18–64 years who were uninsured was 14.4%. Among all race and Hispanic origin subgroups, those most likely to be uninsured were Hispanic adults (30.4%) followed by non-Hispanic Black (14.6%), non-Hispanic White (9.7%), and non-Hispanic Asian (7.8%) adults. Among the Hispanic origin subgroups included, those most likely to Read More >

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PODCAST – Q & A on 2020 Maternal Mortality Data

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220223/20220223.htm HOST: NCHS kicked off the month of February with the latest annual report on Births in the country, using final data from 2020.  Most of the data were already reported in the provisional 2020 report last May, but there are a few topics that did not appear in that report. For example, cigarette smoking during pregnancy.  The Read More >

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New NCHS Reports Released This Week

Exploring the Decline in the Singleton Preterm Birth Rate in the United States, 2019–2020Data Brief No. 430   (January 21, 2022)Key Finding:  The preterm birth rate for single deliveries declined slightly in 2020 after increasing by an average rate of 2% per year from 2014 through 2019. Fetal Mortality in the United States: Trends From 2014 Read More >

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NCHS Releases Latest NHIS Early Release Data

The Early Release (ER) Program of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides estimates, analytic reports, and preliminary microdata files on an expedited schedule. NHIS data users can have access to these very timely estimates, reports, and microdata files without having to wait for the release of the final annual NHIS microdata files by selected Read More >

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National Health Interview Survey Releases 7 New Early Release Products

The National Health Interview Survey Early Release Program has released 7 new products that include data on health insurance, key health indicators and wirless phone use. The new products include a report that presents estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population based on data from the 2020 National Health Interview Survey. Read More >

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Geographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States, 2019

NCHS releases a new report that presents state, regional, and national estimates of the percentage of persons who were uninsured, had private health insurance coverage, and had public health insurance coverage at the time of the interview. Key Findings:  In 2019, among persons under age 65, 12.0% were uninsured, 64.3% had private coverage, and 25.9% Read More >

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Demographic Variation in Health Insurance Coverage: United States, 2019

New NCHS report presents national estimates of different types of health insurance coverage and lack of coverage (uninsured). Estimates are presented by selected sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, poverty status, education level, employment status, and marital status. Findings: In 2019, 33.0 million (10.2%) persons of all ages were uninsured at the Read More >

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National Health Interview Survey Early Release Updates

The Early Release Program of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) publishes selected health estimates from an expedited schedule. New Interactive quarterly and biannual early release estimates provide health statistics based on data from the 2019-June 2020 NHIS for selected health topics for adults aged 18 years and over. New report on health insurance coverage Read More >

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Reasons for Being Uninsured Among Adults Aged 18–64 in the United States, 2019

Questions for Amy Cha, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Reasons for Being Uninsured Among Adults Aged 18–64 in the United States, 2019.” Q: Why did you decide to do a report on this topic? AC: In 2019, 14.5% of adults aged 18–64 were uninsured in the United States. Individuals without health insurance experience barriers Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–June 2019

Questions for Robin Cohen, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–June 2019.” Has the percentage of people without health insurance changed much in recent years? RC: This most recent release from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) includes estimates for January through Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2018

Questions for Emily P. Terlizzi, M.P.H., Associate Service Fellow and Lead Author on “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2018” Q; How did the uninsured vary by age groups and compare to last year in this report? ET: In 2018, 9.4% of persons of all ages, 11.1% of Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–September 2018

Questions for Emily P. Terlizzi, M.P.H., Health Statistician and Lead Author on “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–September 2018” Q: How did the uninsured vary by age groups in this report? ET: In the first 9 months of 2018, 9.2% of persons of all ages, 10.8% of Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–June 2018

A new report from NCHS presents selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population based on data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey, along with comparable estimates from previous calendar years. Estimates for the first 6 months of 2018 are based on data for 39,112 persons. Key Findings: In the Read More >

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High-deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 With Employment-based Insurance Coverage

Questions for Robin Cohen, Ph.D. and Lead Author of “High-deductible Health Plan Enrollment Among Adults Aged 18-64 With Employment-based Insurance Coverage” Q: What made you decide to put together a report about high and low deductible health plans for adults with employment-based coverage? RC: We decided to produce an analysis focusing on high-deductible health plans Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2017

Questions for Robin Cohen, Ph.D., Health Statistician and Lead Author on “Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2017” Q: What were some of the major findings in your full-year 2017 health insurance estimates? RC: In 2017, 29.3 million persons were uninsured at the time of interview. This is 19.3 Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January–September 2017

A new NCHS report provides updated health insurance estimates from selected states using 2017 National Health Interview Survey data. In the first 9 months of 2017, 28.9 million (9.0%) persons of all ages were uninsured at the time of interview—not significantly different from 2016, but 19.7 million fewer persons than in 2010. In the first 9 months Read More >

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Problems Paying Medical Bills Among Persons Under Age 65: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2011-June 2017

Questions for Robin Cohen, Ph.D., Health Statistician and Lead Author on “Problems Paying Medical Bills Among Persons Under Age 65: Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2011-June 2017” Q: What made you decide to focus on this special topic of Americans having problems paying medical bills? RC: This report is the Read More >

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Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2017

Questions for Emily P. Zammitti, M.P.H., Associate Service Fellow and Lead Author on “Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2017” Q: What is new in this report? EZ: What’s new in this report is that we are putting out estimates based on data collected from January through June of 2017. Read More >

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