Facts and Figures

> Health Disparities-- the Illusion of Equal Treatment
> Health Insurance--Living Without It
> HIV/AIDS--20 Years and No Cure
> Income and Healthcare
> Sexual Health
> Georgians with No Healthcare Insurance
> Health and Religious Faith
> Understanding and Improving Health

Source: The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care, Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2000 (http://www.kff.org).

44 million Americans today are without health insurance coverage.

The number of uninsured grew by an average of one million per year between 1988 and 1998.

A total of 25 million workers--18 percent of the workforce--are uninsured.

Almost three-quarters (74 percent) of the uninsured are in families where at least one person is working full time; 10 percent are in families with at least one part-time worker.

Over half of the uninsured population is low-income, and nearly one in five of the uninsured are low-income children.

In Georgia, 1.3 million non-elderly people--nearly one of every five--in Georgia were uninsured in 1997-98.