EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, MAY 7, 1998 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB98-77 301-457-3030/301-457-3670(fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Robert Bennefield 301-457-3215 Children Without Health Insurance Focus of New Census Bureau Study The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released a new study, based on previously released data, focusing on the increasing number of children without health insurance. The two-page "census brief" is accessible on an embargoed basis on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. After the release time, it may be found at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html. The brief, titled Children Without Health Insurance, CENBRF/98-1, looks at the increasing number of children under age 18 who had no health insurance from about 8.2 million in 1987 to 10.6 million in 1996. Characteristics of these children, which are analyzed in the brief, include poverty status, race, Hispanic origin, age and, for those who did have insurance, whether the child had Medicaid or private insurance. Detailed supporting tables are available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/cover96.html.-X-Editor's Note: The Public Information Office now has a media-access server for embargoed news releases and data sets. It is available to accredited media representatives only. To gain access, please contact us for a username and password. The media-access server's Internet address is http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. We would appreciate any comments you may have about the site. The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
