Women without Health Insurance
Without health insurance, most women cannot obtain appropriate health care. As noted in the National Report Card, almost 18 percent of women in the United States are uninsured. Although the lack of health insurance is a significant problem for both men and women, women face special challenges. On average, women have lower incomes than men and therefore have greater difficulty paying premiums. Women's reproductive health needs, their greater rate of health problems, and their longer life span when compared with men cause them to use more health care services than men do. (1) Uninsured women are likely to have difficulty obtaining these health care services. According to one study, significantly more uninsured women than men delayed or went without health care because they could not afford it.(2)
What percentage of women do not have health insurance?
The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 benchmark of 100% coverage for all people (when applied to women) [Healthy People 2010, Objective 1-1].
Data Source: Women without Health Insurance (%), 2004-2005.
EXPLANATION: This measure includes women ages 18-64 in the non-institutionalized civilian population who report that they do not have health insurance.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), “Annual Social and Economic Supplement” (ASEC) 2006, 2007 (databases) (unpublished data available at http://www.census.gov/cps/). The overall state data and the state data by age group are based on estimates of pooled 2005 and 2006 data from the 2006 and 2007 CPS ASEC. The overall U.S. data and U.S. data by age group are based on 2006 data from the 2007 CPS ASEC. Data by race/ethnicity at the state and national level are for 2005 to 2006 and are from the 2006 and 2007 CPS ASEC.
| ALABAMA |
18.9% |
F |
32 |
| ALASKA |
20.1% |
F |
40 |
| ARIZONA |
23.8% |
F |
46 |
| ARKANSAS |
23.5% |
F |
45 |
| CALIFORNIA |
21.0% |
F |
43 |
| COLORADO |
18.2% |
F |
31 |
| CONNECTICUT |
12.0% |
U |
9 |
| DELAWARE |
12.3% |
U |
13 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
12.0% |
U |
9 |
| FLORIDA |
24.1% |
F |
47 |
| GEORGIA |
20.0% |
F |
39 |
| HAWAII |
10.7% |
U |
4 |
| IDAHO |
17.6% |
F |
29 |
| ILLINOIS |
16.1% |
F |
26 |
| INDIANA |
15.0% |
F |
23 |
| IOWA |
11.8% |
U |
8 |
| KANSAS |
13.9% |
F |
19 |
| KENTUCKY |
17.8% |
F |
30 |
| LOUISIANA |
26.6% |
F |
49 |
| MAINE |
11.1% |
U |
6 |
| MARYLAND |
14.7% |
F |
22 |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
10.5% |
U |
3 |
| MICHIGAN |
13.3% |
F |
17 |
| MINNESOTA |
9.1% |
U |
1 |
| MISSISSIPPI |
21.2% |
F |
44 |
| MISSOURI |
16.5% |
F |
28 |
| MONTANA |
19.1% |
F |
34 |
| NEBRASKA |
12.6% |
U |
14 |
| NEVADA |
20.4% |
F |
42 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
12.8% |
F |
16 |
| NEW JERSEY |
16.4% |
F |
27 |
| NEW MEXICO |
26.7% |
F |
50 |
| NEW YORK |
15.4% |
F |
25 |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
19.5% |
F |
36 |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
10.9% |
U |
5 |
| OHIO |
12.6% |
U |
14 |
| OKLAHOMA |
24.6% |
F |
48 |
| OREGON |
20.2% |
F |
41 |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
11.3% |
U |
7 |
| RHODE ISLAND |
12.0% |
U |
9 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
19.7% |
F |
37 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
13.9% |
F |
19 |
| TENNESSEE |
15.1% |
F |
24 |
| TEXAS |
28.1% |
F |
51 |
| UTAH |
19.8% |
F |
38 |
| VERMONT |
12.0% |
U |
9 |
| VIRGINIA |
13.9% |
F |
19 |
| WASHINGTON |
13.7% |
F |
18 |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
19.4% |
F |
35 |
| WISCONSIN |
10.0% |
U |
2 |
| WYOMING |
18.9% |
F |
32 |
| |
| S (Satisfactory): |
0 |
|
| S- (Satisfactory Minus): |
0 |
|
| U (Unsatisfactory): |
15 |
|
| F (Fail): |
36 |
|