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Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1996

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1996

Weighted Column Percents Unweighted Frequencies
What type of health care coverage do you use to pay for most of your medical care?
Is it coverage through?
(Weighted Column Percents)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Your employer 55.5 35.0 60.0 55.7 63.8 50.4 21.4
Other employer 20.3 32.2 19.5 22.9 17.0 13.4 25.0
Own plan 12.4 11.9 8.9 11.6 11.6 20.1 25.0
Medicare .3

.2

17.9
Medicaid/assistance 8.0 16.4 9.2 7.7 4.4 8.6
Military/Champus 1.8 2.3 .7 1.2 1.5 4.9 3.6
Other source 1.4 1.1 1.6 .3 1.5 2.6 7.1
Don't know/Not sure .2 1.1
.2


Refused .1

.2 .2

Male Your employer 66.7 44.9 75.3 69.5 71.5 58.6 21.4
Other employer 10.4 24.4 6.0 9.5 10.5 8.1 14.3
Own plan 14.3 16.7 12.0 14.8 11.0 18.0 42.9
Medicare .2

.4

7.1
Medicaid/assistance 4.4 6.4 4.8 4.1 2.2 8.1
Military/Champus 2.0 5.1
.8 2.2 4.5 7.1
Other source 1.7 1.3 1.8 .4 2.2 2.7 7.1
Don't know/Not sure .1 1.3




Refused .2

.4 .4

Female Your employer 47.3 27.3 50.2 46.2 56.9 44.6 21.4
Other employer 27.7 38.4 28.2 32.2 22.9 17.2 35.7
Own plan 11.0 8.1 6.9 9.4 12.3 21.7 7.1
Medicare .4




28.6
Medicaid/assistance 10.7 24.2 12.0 10.3 6.3 8.9
Military/Champus 1.6
1.2 1.4 .8 5.1
Other source 1.1 1.0 1.5 .3 .8 2.5 7.1
Don't know/Not sure .2 1.0
.3


Denominator is: All survey respondents who have medical coverage and do not have medicare



What type of health care coverage do you use to pay for most of your medical care?
Is it coverage through?
(Unweighted Frequencies)

Total Age Groups
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
Total 1973 177 425 594 481 268 28
Your employer 1096 62 255 331 307 135 6
Other employer 401 57 83 136 82 36 7
Own plan 245 21 38 69 56 54 7
Medicare 6

1

5
Medicaid/assistance 158 29 39 46 21 23
Military/Champus 35 4 3 7 7 13 1
Other source 27 2 7 2 7 7 2
Don't know/Not sure 3 2
1


Refused 2

1 1

Male Total 840 78 166 243 228 111 14
Your employer 560 35 125 169 163 65 3
Other employer 87 19 10 23 24 9 2
Own plan 120 13 20 36 25 20 6
Medicare 2

1

1
Medicaid/assistance 37 5 8 10 5 9
Military/Champus 17 4
2 5 5 1
Other source 14 1 3 1 5 3 1
Don't know/Not sure 1 1




Refused 2

1 1

Female Total 1133 99 259 351 253 157 14
Your employer 536 27 130 162 144 70 3
Other employer 314 38 73 113 58 27 5
Own plan 125 8 18 33 31 34 1
Medicare 4




4
Medicaid/assistance 121 24 31 36 16 14
Military/Champus 18
3 5 2 8
Other source 13 1 4 1 2 4 1
Don't know/Not sure 2 1
1


Denominator is: All survey respondents who have medical coverage and do not have medicare
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