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Family Planning in Texas

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The Texas uninsured

Percentage of Texans under 65 years of age who were uninsured at the time of interview, for at least part of the year, or for more than a year (2004–2006)

• uninsured at the time of interview: Texas 27%; U.S. 17%
• uninsured or at least part of the year: Texas 32%; U.S. 20%
• uninsured for more than a year: Texas 20%; U.S. 12%

Percentage of Texas children under 18 years of age who were uninsured, covered by private health insurance, or covered by Medicaid or SCHIP at the time of interview (2004–2006)

• uninsured at the time of interview: Texas 19%; U.S. 9%
• had private insurance: Texas 51%; U.S. 62%
• Medicaid or SCHIP: Texas 29%; U.S. 28%
  • • uninsured at the time of interview: Texas 31%; U.S. 20%
    • had private insurance: Texas 62%; U.S. 70%
    • Medicaid or SCHIP: Texas 4%; U.S. 7%

  Percentage of Texans 18-64 years of age who were uninsured, covered by private health insurance, or covered by Medicaid or SCHIP at the time of interview (2004–2006)

  Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr001.pdf and http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_07.pdf