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Uninsured Persons Under Age 19 by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2010 to 2022

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Year20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120220.0%1.0%2.0%3.0%4.0%5.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%9.0%Estimated PercentageUninsured Persons Under Age 19 by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2010 to 2022New JerseyUnited States
New Jersey, United StatesYearEstimated Percentage90% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit90% Confidence Interval, Lower LimitEstimated Number of Uninsured Persons

New Jersey

 34000New Jersey201020106.3%5.7%6.9%135,419
 34000New Jersey201120115.6%5.1%6.1%118,972
 34000New Jersey201220125.4%4.9%5.9%113,855
 34000New Jersey201320135.6%5.2%6.0%117,912
 34000New Jersey201420144.9%4.6%5.2%102,337
 34000New Jersey201520153.9%3.6%4.2%81,582
 34000New Jersey201620163.6%3.3%3.9%74,707
 34000New Jersey201720173.6%3.3%3.9%73,490
 34000New Jersey201820183.8%3.5%4.1%76,784
 34000New Jersey201920194.2%3.8%4.6%84,987
 34000New Jersey202020203.9%3.5%4.3%77,631
 34000New Jersey202120213.5%3.2%3.8%72,108
 34000New Jersey202220223.8%3.4%4.2%78,405

United States

 100000United States201020108.5%8.4%8.6%
 100000United States201120117.9%7.8%8.0%
 100000United States201220127.5%7.4%7.6%
 100000United States201320137.5%7.4%7.6%
 100000United States201420146.3%6.2%6.4%
 100000United States201520155.0%4.9%5.1%
 100000United States201620164.7%4.6%4.8%
 100000United States201720175.0%4.9%5.1%
 100000United States201820185.2%5.1%5.3%
 100000United States201920195.6%5.5%5.7%
 100000United States202020205.4%5.4%5.4%
 100000United States202120215.3%5.2%5.4%
 100000United States202220225.1%5.0%5.2%

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 19 without health insurance coverage

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 19 who did not have health insurance coverage at the time of the interview

  • Denominator:

    Total number of persons under age 19 in the survey sample

Data Issues

The margins of error used in SAHIE are 90% confidence levels.

Related Health Objectives and Indicators


Healthy NJ 2020 Objective AHS-1b

NJ Target: Increase health insurance coverage among persons under age 19 years to 95 percent by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/access-to-health-services.shtml


Related Health Care System Factors Indicators:

Health Topic Pages Related to: Health Insurance Coverage, Under Age 19

Indicator Data Last Updated On 07/26/2024, Published on 09/05/2024
NJ State Health Assessment Data, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 (https://nj.gov/health/shad)