Children under age 19 without health insurance in Maine
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Why This Indicator Matters
For more information see: Health.gov Why Having Health Insurance Is Important
What the data shows
For 2020, the counties varied between 4.3% of children being uninsured to 10.2%, with the counties of Waldo, Lincoln, and Washington counties having the highest rate of uninsured children. Cumberland, Penobscot and Androscoggin had the lowest rates.
For the state as a whole, the rate of uninsured children ages 19 and under was nearly unchanged between 2018 when it as 5.7% and 2019 when it was 5.6% and 2020 when it was again 5.6%. This contrasts with 2016 when the rate was 4.8%.
Definitions:
Children under age 19 who were not covered by health insurance at any point during the year.
The numerator is children ages 0 - 18 who did not have health insurance at some point in time and the denominator is all children ages 0 - 18.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program produces timely estimates for all counties and states by detailed demographic and income groups. The SAHIE program produces single-year estimates of health insurance coverage for every county in the U.S. The estimates are model-based and consistent with the American Community Survey (ACS). They are based on an "area-level" model that uses survey estimates for domains of interest, rather than individual responses. The estimates are "enhanced" with administrative data, within a Hierarchical Bayesian framework.
Data Source:
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for counties and states
The SAHIE program models health insurance coverage by combining survey data from several sources, including: The American Community Survey (ACS),Demographic population estimates, Aggregated federal tax returns, Participation records for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
County Business Patterns, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) participation records.
Footnotes: Updated August 2022.