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Health Insurance Coverage for Children up in 2004; Number of Uninsured Adults StableHealth insurance coverage for children showed continued improvement in 2004, and the percentage of working-age adults without insurance coverage, which had been climbing in recent years, did not increase last year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data, based on CDCs National Health Interview Survey, provides estimates of insurance coverage for the United States in 2004. For the first time, the latest survey also includes statistics on insurance coverage for the nations 10 largest states. The report, which tracks insurance coverage since 1997, finds that the improvement in coverage for children reflects an increase in public coverageincluding the State Childrens Health Insurance Program--for poor and near-poor children. Highlights of the report include:
These findings appear in Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2004, gathered from the annual household survey with a sample of the nations civilian non-institutionalized population. In 2004, the survey, conducted by CDCs National Center for Health Statistics, added questions to improve the accuracy of the estimates on insurance coverage. In addition to insurance coverage, the survey collects data on a wide
range of health indicators, including measures of health care utilization,
health habits and health status. The findings are on the CDC website at
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