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Uninsured Persons Under Age 65 by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2010 to 2022
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Why Is This Important?
Lack of health insurance is strongly associated with lack of access to health care services, particularly preventive and primary care. The uninsured are significantly more likely to be in fair or poor health, to have unmet medical needs or surgical care, not to have had a physician or other health professional visit, and to lack satisfaction in quality of care received.
Definition
Percentage of New Jersey residents under age 65 without health insurance coverage
Data Notes
Comparable data for Asians not available prior to 2021.Data Source
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE), U.S. Census Bureau(https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/sahie/#/?state_county=34000)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of persons under age 65 surveyed who did not have health insurance coverage at the time of the interviewDenominator:
Total number of persons under age 65 in the survey sample
Data Issues
The margins of error used in SAHIE are 90% confidence levels.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective AHS-01
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of persons under age 65 years with health insurance to 92.4 percent by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/health-care-access-and-quality/increase-proportion-people-health-insurance-ahs-01
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective AHS-1.1
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of persons under age 65 years with health insurance to 100 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/Access-to-Health-Services
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective AHS-1a
NJ Target: Increase health insurance coverage among persons under age 65 to 93.3 percent for the total population, 93.0% for Blacks, 75.5% for Hispanics, and 93.3% for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/access-to-health-services.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator SDH09
Description: Lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/sdoh.html
Health Initiative: EPHT
Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator PV-184
Description: Prevalence among adults of health insurance, dental visits, mammography, cervical cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening, cholesterol screening
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=13&selectedIndicatorId=184