Immigrant Health Inequalities in the United States: Use of Eight Major National Data Systems

Table 8

Rates (weighted%) of disability and no health insurance coverage among US children, working-age adults, and elderly according to nativity/immigrant status and world region of birth: The 2011 American Community Survey, Public Use Microdata Sample (𝑁=3,112,017).

	Disability			No health insurance coverage
	<18 years	18–64	≥65	<18 years	18–64	≥65
Nativity/immigrant status
Foreign-born	3.1	5.5	36.3	29.2	38.4	5.5
US-born	4.1	11.4	38.9	6.7	18.0	3.1
World region of birth
US-born (50 states and DC)	4.1	11.4	38.9	6.7	18.0	3.0
Puerto Rico and US Island territories	10.8	17.2	45.8	8.6	21.5	1.1
Latin America	3.3	6.1	39.3	40.7	52.2	8.8
Asia	2.3	4.5	34.5	12.7	21.1	4.8
Europe	4.3	6.9	35.7	7.7	17.5	1.8
Africa	2.3	4.9	31.8	14.2	28.5	9.3
Northern America (Canada and Mexico)	3.0	6.7	31.6	8.0	12.0	1.3
Oceania	4.2	5.1	31.0	17.8	22.0	2.4