{"id":163,"date":"2011-10-24T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/10\/24\/the-uninsured-population-of-connecticut\/"},"modified":"2011-10-24T13:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T13:17:00","slug":"the-uninsured-population-of-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-dev.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/10\/24\/the-uninsured-population-of-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uninsured Population of Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lectIymK_fg\/TqHTzSn9pxI\/AAAAAAAAAOw\/VIPvL_FgqoY\/s1600\/CT_uninsured.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"308\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lectIymK_fg\/TqHTzSn9pxI\/AAAAAAAAAOw\/VIPvL_FgqoY\/s400\/CT_uninsured.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: left\">One of the variables measured in the 2010 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\/\">American Community Survey<\/a> is the number of people who do not have health insurance. In order to find statistics related to the uninsured population in Connecticut, I downloaded two tables from the <a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder2.census.gov\/\">American Fact Finder<\/a>: Health Insurance Coverage Status (<a href=\"http:\/\/factfinder2.census.gov\/faces\/help\/jsf\/pages\/metadata.xhtml?lang=en&amp;type=table&amp;id=table.en.ACS_10_1YR_S2701#main_content\">Table S2701<\/a>) by state and by Connecticut counties, respectively. Connecticut has a relatively low percentage of the population that is uninsured; it ranks fourth out of the fifty states in the country (<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3pAr8eU82sM\/TqHPLoXBRjI\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/iAvNdndyPQc\/s1600\/UninsuredByState.jpg%22%20imageanchor=%221%22%20style=%22margin-left%3A%20auto;%20margin-right%3A%20auto;%22%3E%3Cimg%20border=%220%22%20height=%22280%22%20src=%22http%3A\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3pAr8eU82sM\/TqHPLoXBRjI\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/iAvNdndyPQc\/s400\/UninsuredByState.jpg\">see table below<\/a>). Out of the counties in Connecticut (<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3ke5JaEo8tw\/TqHQ8yN_2LI\/AAAAAAAAAOo\/LJmIsG5rOss\/s1600\/CT_uninsured.jpg\">see map above<\/a>), Fairfield County has the highest percentage (11.7%) while Tolland County has the lowest percentage (5.1%).\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3pAr8eU82sM\/TqHPLoXBRjI\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/iAvNdndyPQc\/s1600\/UninsuredByState.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"280\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3pAr8eU82sM\/TqHPLoXBRjI\/AAAAAAAAAOQ\/iAvNdndyPQc\/s400\/UninsuredByState.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">Percentage of state populations that are uninsured from the 2010 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the variables measured in the 2010 American Community Survey is the number of people who do not have health insurance. 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