Minorities Lack Health Insurance
/The number of adults without health insurance increased
from 23.7 percent in 2001 to 24.7 percent in 2002 and 26.4 percent in
2003 in the 85 metro markets surveyed regularly by The Media Audit.
Among the 85 metro markets surveyed, the Houston and Miami areas have
the largest percentage of adults without health insurance at 34
percent; Dallas/Ft Worth is next with 33.3 percent. The percentages
vary significantly from market to market. "As you would expect, there
is a directcorrelation between income and health insurance," says Bob
Jordan,president of International Demographics, Inc.There is also a
relationship between race and health insurance. Among Caucasians, 80.5
percent have health insurance compared to 73.7 percent of Asians, 68.5
percent of African-Americans and 58.6 percent of Hispanics. [PDF file 
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