Health Insurance Coverage - BRFSS Survey Estimates
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Health Insurance Coverage (BRFSS): Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by County,
Health Insurance Coverage (BRFSS): Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by by U.S. States, 2021
Why Is This Important?
Lack of health insurance coverage has been associated with delayed access to health care and increased risk of chronic disease and mortality. People without health insurance are much less likely than those with insurance to receive recommended preventive health care.
Definition
The percentage of New Mexicans without health insurance coverage at the time of the survey
Data Sources
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, together with New Mexico Department of Health, Injury and Behavioral Epidemiology Bureau.
(https://www.nmhealth.org/about/erd/ibeb/brfss/) - U.S. data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence and Trends Data.
(https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence)
How the Measure is Calculated
| Numerator: | Number of persons in the survey sample who were uninsured at the time of the survey |
| Denominator: | Total number of persons in the survey sample |