As I said in my last post the new Small Area Health Insurance Estimates are out for every county in the US. The overall trend for the state can be seen below since 2008 for those between the ages of 18 and 65. The change in the rate has leveled off from 2010 to 2011 as parts of the ACA or Obamacare have come into effect like letting parents keep their kids on their insurance until age 26.
|
Year
|
Uninsured
% |
Uninsured
MOE |
|
2008
|
10.6
|
.2
|
|
2009
|
11.7
|
.2
|
|
2010
|
12.1
|
.2
|
|
2011
|
12.0
|
.2
|
The top 10 counties in the state are presented below and blow that the rates for the top 10 in 2010 are shown. I added a map to show there they are located. While there is hardly any change in the rates for Philadelphia there is some decrease for the other counties which are mostly within the margin of error (MOE). Counties with larger populations have larger MOE’s.
|
|
county
|
%
Uninsured 2011 |
MOE
Uninsured 2011 (+/- %) |
|
1
|
Philadelphia
|
16.30
|
.20
|
|
2
|
Mifflin
|
14.90
|
1.40
|
|
3
|
Snyder
|
14.90
|
1.30
|
|
4
|
Crawford
|
14.80
|
1.20
|
|
5
|
Franklin
|
14.60
|
1.20
|
|
6
|
Juniata
|
14.40
|
1.30
|
|
7
|
Monroe
|
14.40
|
1.10
|
|
8
|
Perry
|
14.40
|
.70
|
|
9
|
Sullivan
|
14.30
|
1.40
|
|
10
|
Bedford
|
14.30
|
1.20
|
Portions of the ACA have been implemented with full implementation originally scheduled for next year but other portions of it such as the employer mandate delayed. It still remains to be seen what impact full implementation will have on the state and the rest of the nation. Below is a table with all 67 counties in alphabetical order plus the state rate at the top from 2008-2011 so you can see how your county’s rate has changes over this period. I added the MOE for 2011 for comparison purposes.
|
county
|
%
Uninsured 2008 |
%
Uninsured 2009 |
%
Uninsured 2010 |
%
Uninsured 2011 |
MOE
Uninsured 2011 (+/- %) |
|
Pennsylvania
|
10.60
|
11.70
|
12.10
|
12.00
|
.20
|
|
Adams
|
11.60
|
12.40
|
12.40
|
12.50
|
1.00
|
|
Allegheny
|
9.10
|
10.40
|
10.40
|
10.30
|
.60
|
|
Armstrong
|
12.20
|
11.80
|
12.10
|
12.10
|
1.00
|
|
Beaver
|
9.70
|
9.90
|
10.20
|
10.90
|
.90
|
|
Bedford
|
12.80
|
12.80
|
14.40
|
14.30
|
1.20
|
|
Berks
|
10.40
|
12.40
|
12.40
|
12.70
|
.80
|
|
Blair
|
10.30
|
11.80
|
12.20
|
11.20
|
1.00
|
|
Bradford
|
11.60
|
12.90
|
13.80
|
13.40
|
1.10
|
|
Bucks
|
7.60
|
8.00
|
8.80
|
8.70
|
.60
|
|
Butler
|
8.70
|
9.80
|
9.70
|
9.60
|
.80
|
|
Cambria
|
11.10
|
12.10
|
12.00
|
11.20
|
.90
|
|
Cameron
|
12.50
|
13.00
|
13.10
|
12.40
|
1.30
|
|
Carbon
|
11.60
|
11.90
|
13.40
|
12.40
|
1.20
|
|
Centre
|
10.60
|
11.20
|
12.60
|
11.80
|
1.20
|
|
Chester
|
7.90
|
8.50
|
9.50
|
9.50
|
.70
|
|
Clarion
|
12.70
|
13.60
|
13.80
|
13.50
|
1.30
|
|
Clearfield
|
12.60
|
13.50
|
13.20
|
12.70
|
1.10
|
|
Clinton
|
11.50
|
12.60
|
13.40
|
13.80
|
1.30
|
|
Columbia
|
11.30
|
11.90
|
12.00
|
11.90
|
1.10
|
|
Crawford
|
13.20
|
14.10
|
14.60
|
14.80
|
1.20
|
|
Cumberland
|
9.30
|
9.90
|
9.70
|
9.70
|
.80
|
|
Dauphin
|
10.20
|
11.80
|
11.70
|
11.70
|
.90
|
|
Delaware
|
9.10
|
10.00
|
10.90
|
10.20
|
.70
|
|
Elk
|
9.90
|
10.70
|
10.80
|
11.30
|
1.10
|
|
Erie
|
11.00
|
11.30
|
11.90
|
12.50
|
.90
|
|
Fayette
|
12.10
|
13.80
|
13.50
|
13.30
|
1.10
|
|
Forest
|
13.40
|
15.10
|
14.20
|
13.90
|
1.40
|
|
Franklin
|
12.80
|
13.80
|
14.00
|
14.60
|
1.20
|
|
Fulton
|
12.90
|
13.30
|
13.30
|
12.90
|
1.20
|
|
Greene
|
10.90
|
13.10
|
11.30
|
11.10
|
1.10
|
|
Huntingdon
|
12.80
|
15.30
|
12.30
|
12.70
|
1.10
|
|
Indiana
|
12.00
|
13.70
|
13.90
|
12.50
|
1.10
|
|
Jefferson
|
12.10
|
12.70
|
14.20
|
13.90
|
1.20
|
|
Juniata
|
13.60
|
14.30
|
15.60
|
14.40
|
1.30
|
|
Lackawanna
|
10.20
|
11.10
|
12.60
|
12.20
|
1.00
|
|
Lancaster
|
13.20
|
13.90
|
14.40
|
14.20
|
.90
|
|
Lawrence
|
12.10
|
11.90
|
12.70
|
12.30
|
1.00
|
|
Lebanon
|
11.60
|
11.70
|
12.10
|
11.10
|
1.00
|
|
Lehigh
|
11.60
|
12.00
|
12.80
|
13.30
|
.90
|
|
Luzerne
|
10.40
|
11.40
|
12.90
|
12.50
|
.90
|
|
Lycoming
|
10.70
|
12.40
|
12.60
|
13.50
|
1.10
|
|
McKean
|
10.30
|
12.90
|
12.40
|
11.90
|
1.10
|
|
Mercer
|
10.70
|
11.90
|
12.10
|
12.00
|
1.00
|
|
Mifflin
|
12.90
|
14.50
|
15.80
|
14.90
|
1.40
|
|
Monroe
|
12.20
|
12.50
|
13.40
|
14.40
|
1.10
|
|
Montgomery
|
7.30
|
8.00
|
8.10
|
8.40
|
.60
|
|
Montour
|
7.90
|
10.00
|
10.00
|
10.50
|
1.10
|
|
Northampton
|
9.80
|
11.40
|
11.10
|
11.10
|
.80
|
|
Northumberland
|
12.10
|
13.30
|
13.30
|
13.00
|
1.10
|
|
Perry
|
12.90
|
12.10
|
14.20
|
14.40
|
.70
|
|
Philadelphia
|
13.80
|
16.30
|
16.50
|
16.30
|
.20
|
|
Pike
|
12.40
|
11.50
|
13.60
|
13.10
|
1.10
|
|
Potter
|
11.30
|
13.10
|
14.40
|
13.70
|
1.30
|
|
Schuylkill
|
10.70
|
12.10
|
12.00
|
12.30
|
1.00
|
|
Snyder
|
12.40
|
15.10
|
14.00
|
14.90
|
1.30
|
|
Somerset
|
13.30
|
14.10
|
15.00
|
13.90
|
1.10
|
|
Sullivan
|
15.60
|
14.80
|
15.90
|
14.30
|
1.40
|
|
Susquehanna
|
12.70
|
13.40
|
14.80
|
14.00
|
1.20
|
|
Tioga
|
12.70
|
14.70
|
14.70
|
14.20
|
1.20
|
|
Union
|
13.70
|
16.70
|
13.70
|
12.30
|
1.20
|
|
Venango
|
10.90
|
12.40
|
12.90
|
12.30
|
1.10
|
|
Warren
|
10.00
|
11.90
|
12.40
|
12.70
|
1.10
|
|
Washington
|
10.70
|
10.10
|
10.70
|
10.70
|
.80
|
|
Wayne
|
13.20
|
13.20
|
14.80
|
13.50
|
1.20
|
|
Westmoreland
|
9.90
|
10.10
|
10.50
|
10.20
|
.70
|
|
Wyoming
|
11.00
|
11.30
|
11.30
|
11.80
|
1.10
|
|
York
|
10.30
|
10.20
|
11.10
|
11.70
|
.80
|
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