Small Area Health Insurance Estimates: 2005 Release Lucinda Dalzell U.S. Census Bureau October 8, SDC/CIC Annual Training Conference

2 Outline Motivation for SAHIE program General Information about 2005 Release Frequently Asked Questions

3 CPS ASEC Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey National and state estimates of the number of uninsured women by Age, race, ethnicity, and income (national) Age and income (state) State-based design Limitation: wide margins of error

4 Motivation Potential uses for the CDC’s NBCCEDP Estimate screening rates Outreach Produce reliable estimates of uninsured, low-income people in all counties Add additional data sources Modeled estimates

5 Relevant Concepts Income-to-poverty ratios (IPRs) 200% or 250% Health insurance coverage Uninsured definition What counts as health insurance?

6 Other Surveys American Community Survey 2008 ACS data for 25% of counties in 2009 All counties will have health insurance estimates in year estimate All other national surveys lack direct estimates of health insurance for each small area

7 Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) An outgrowth of our successful modeling efforts of our SAIPE program Department of Education, in part, allocates Title I funds based on SAIPE estimates Estimates for children in poverty at the school district level

8 Data Inputs CPS ASEC Census 2000 Population Estimates Aggregated Administrative Records from: –Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax returns –Food Stamp Program participation –County Business Patterns –Medicaid –State Children’s Health Insurance Program participation

9 What We Are Releasing for 2005 COUNTY estimates of people with and without health insurance coverage by age, sex, and income STATE estimates of people with and without health insurance coverage by age, sex, race/Hispanic origin, and income

12 Contact Information U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Estimates Branch Phone: (301)