The percentage and number of children (under 18) without health insurance decreased in 2008. Nearly 10 percent (7.3 million) didn’t have coverage that year, compared with 11.0 percent (8.1 million) without coverage in 2007.
Source: Census Bureau
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September 13, 2009
The percentage of Americans on government health insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, increased from 27.8 percent in 2007 to 29.0 percent in 2008.
Source: Census Bureau
September 12, 2009
The percentage of Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage declined from 59.3 percent in 2007 to 58.5 percent in 2008.
Source: Census Bureau
September 11, 2009
New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner reported early this year that 2,752 death certificates had been issued for those who died in the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
Source: NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner
September 10, 2009
More than half – 55 percent – of 3- and 4-year-olds in the U.S. were enrolled in school, as of October 2007.
Source: Census Bureau
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Sept. 1-Sept. 8
This week, readers sent us comments on Medicare, skepticism and the expansion of FactCheck into other forms of media.
In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
September 9, 2009
There are an estimated 19 million students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities this fall. That’s a 41 percent increase from 20 years ago.
Source: Census Bureau
September 8, 2009
A total of 76 million people were enrolled in school — from nursery school to college — in the U.S. in October 2007. That’s 27 percent of the population age 3 and older.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
September 7, 2009
There are 154.6 million people, aged 16 or older, in the nation’s labor force (seasonally adjusted) as of August 2009, including 82.5 million men and 72 million women.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 6, 2009
On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in honor of work.
Source: The Department of Labor