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Health Insurance Coverage: 1997
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 Table 1. Type of Health Insurance and Coverage Status: 1997

 (Numbers in thousands.)

 ALL PERSONS

                                     Number           Percent

 Total                              269,094             100.0

 Total covered                      225,646              83.9

 Private                            188,533              70.1

 Employment-based                   165,092              61.4

 Government                          66,685              24.8

 Medicare                            35,590              13.2

 Medicaid                            28,956              10.8

 Military                             8,527               3.2

 Not covered                         43,448              16.1

 POOR PERSONS

                                     Number           Percent

 Total                               35,574             100.0

 Total covered                       24,336              68.4

 Private                              8,264              23.2

 Employment-based                     5,521              15.5

 Government                          18,585              52.2

 Medicare                             4,637              13.0

 Medicaid                            15,386              43.3

 Military                               541               1.5

 Not covered                         11,238              31.6

 Note: The estimates by type of coverage are not mutually
 exclusive; in other words, persons can be covered by more
 than one type of health insurance during the year.

 SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, March 1998 Current Population
 Survey.

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