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Publication Date: December 2007
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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Research Area: Health
Type: Report
Coverage: Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Texas Texas Texas
Abstract:
Commissioned by the Foundation, this report by the Southern Institute on Children and Families provides state-by-state estimates of uninsured children in the southern region of the country, which contains 17 states and the District of Columbia. The report contains fact sheets showing estimates of uninsured children for each of these states and shows that nearly half (46%) of the over nine million uninsured children in the United States resided in the southern region.
The percentage of uninsured children in the South is disproportionately high since only 38% of all children in the United States live in the 17 southern states and the District of Columbia.