Health Indicator Report of Health Insurance Coverage - BRFSS Survey Estimates
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 Insurance Coverage - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by County, 2013-2017
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.
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), BRFSS Prevalence and Trends Data, [https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/brfssprevalence].
- - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, New Mexico and U.S., 2004-2017
- - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by Age Group and Sex, New Mexico, 2017
- - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by Education Level, New Mexico, 2017
- - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by Income Level, New Mexico, 2017
- - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2015-2017
- - Percentage Uninsured, Age 18-64 Years, by by U.S. States, 2017
Definition
The percentage of New Mexicans without health insurance coverage at the time of the surveyNumerator
Number of persons in the survey sample who were uninsured at the time of the surveyDenominator
Total number of persons in the survey sampleHealthy People Objective: AHS-1, Increase the proportion of persons with health insurance
U.S. Target: Not applicable, see subobjectives in this category
Page Content Updated On 11/06/2018,
Published on 11/06/2018