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Uninsured Persons Under Age 19 by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 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 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 interviewDenominator:
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 2020.0https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/access-to-health-services.shtml