Census Bureau publishes estimates of health insurance coverage for all counties

THE U.S. Census Bureau today published the 2007 estimates of health insurance coverage for each nation roughly 3,140 areas. Small Area Health Insurance estimates (SAHIE) is currently the only data source for each county estimates of health insurance coverage status of the nation.

SAHIE models are based on information from several different sources, such as the annual social economic supplement to the current Population Survey, 2000 Census, the Census Bureau Population estimates program, County Business patterns data set, and administrative records, such as combined federal tax returns and Medicaid participation records are combined.

Information on the coverage of health insurance SAHIE age, gender, race, Hispanic origin and income categories at State level and age, gender and income level Their classes in the County., enables you to determine the local designers, for example, to the land, are likely to be low-income children's health insurance coverage is missing. Information relating to their less than 65 years.

Joan Henneberry, Managing Director and Colorado health care policy funding "Colorado, as well as most of the variation in the Western States, province, region, the number of uninsured and the needs of the people who live in border areas or areas where rural or urban areas," says. "Can be region-level data according to the demographic characteristics of the sickness insurance really helps the right strategy, and the possibility that it may be more effective control of success."

SAHIE is used for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Breast and cervical cancer Early Detection Program.The program includes a free cancer screenings, uninsured low-income women.Health insurance estimates will help you set up breast and cervical cancer screening in communities nationwide.

In September, the Census Bureau Nursing Home Activities released estimates of health insurance coverage from 2009 American community survey (ACS) for a one-year estimates will be. regions and other geographical areas, with a total of at least lexical. sickness insurance question was added to the 2008 ACS to US Department of health, and Human understanding in greater detail the State of local and regional authorities in the health insurance needs. ultimately, ACS shall be three years and five years estimates of health insurance coverage information for smaller areas.