Unhealthy growth

Quick View. Oct. 14, 2002.

New government figures show that the ranks of uninsured Americans grew by 1.4 million people last year. The number of people with health coverage also increased -- by 1.2 million people to 240.9 million -- likely due to population growth. An estimated 14.6% of the population lacked insurance during all of 2001.

Note: In 1999, methodology change lowered the initial estimate of 42.5 million uninsured. This information and the accompanying full-text visual aids were drawn from the following source:

U.S. Census Bureau.