The new Small Area Health Insurance Estimates or SAHIE are out for 2010 for each county and state in the US. The overall uninsured rate for Pennsylvania is 12.1% (with a margin of error or MOE of +/- 0.2%), up from 11.7% in 2009 and 10.6% in 2008. The total uninsured is estimated to be 1,250,000 (MOE +/- 20,000) up from 1,080,000 (MOE +/-18,800) in 2008 when the recession began.
The Census Bureau provides gender level estimates at the state and county level for Pennsylvania and the US. The male and female rates are summarized at the state level for Pennsylvania. While the male rates was unchanged from 2009, the female rate increased by 0.8% (outside the MOE of +/- 0.3%). Male uninsured rates are still well ahead of female in PA.
| gender |
%2010
|
MOE +/- %
|
% 2009
|
MOE +/- %
|
% 2008
|
MOE +/- %
|
Male
|
13.3
|
0.3
|
13.3
|
0.3
|
11.7
|
0.3
|
Female
|
10.8
|
0.3
|
10.0
|
0.2
|
9.5
|
0.2
|
The Census Bureau provides gender level estimates at the state and county level for Pennsylvania and the US. The male and female rates are summarized at the state level for Pennsylvania. While the male rates was unchanged from 2009, the female rate increased by 0.8% (outside the MOE of +/- 0.3%). Male uninsured rates are still well ahead of female in PA.
year
|
%
uninsured White
|
MOE
+/- %
|
%
uninsured Black
|
MOE
+/- %
|
%
uninsured Hispanic
|
MOE
+/- %
|
2010
|
10.40
|
0.20
|
16.10
|
0.70
|
23.00
|
1.00
|
2009
|
10.10
|
0.20
|
16.20
|
0.70
|
22.60
|
1.00
|
2008
|
9.10
|
0.20
|
15.10
|
0.70
|
21.50
|
1.00
|
Above is an updated graphic on where the states stand on Medicaid expansion. The ones that are definitely not participating have some of the highest rates in the deep south such as Texas at 26.3% and Florida at 25.3% (also with high Hispanic populations). Wisconsin previously stated they were definitely not participating but now are listed as undecided. Pennsylvania is still mum and probably won't decide until after the election. The Census Bureau has an interactive data and mapping tool that you can use for all counties and states in the US.
I will have county level gender and overall analysis in upcoming posts to try to tease some of these gender and racial trends apart. Some counties are almost all white in PA. I'll leave you now with this video clip from the Daily Show which reported on Mexico's healthcare system in 2008 which shows that healthcare is not the reason why they come here. I posted this in the first PUSH blog post and it seems just as relevant now.
Paul,
ReplyDeleteThanks for providing the analysis as well as the raw data. The data, and the human stories underlying the data, continue to support the desparate need for a single payer solution.
Thanks for the data Paul. It is truly tragic when, during an economic downturn, an individual not only loses his or her job, but his or her health care as well. We MUST continue to work towards a single payer system that covers everyone with only funding based on employment or income, not whether or not an individual is working to receive needed care. And thank you for pointing out the lie about immigrants using up limited resources. The right needs a scapegoat to defend its inhumane policies.
ReplyDeleteThanks Scott and Bob. Mexico does have us beat on universal care.
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