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Access to Insurance Data

Source: R/demo-insurance.R
demo_insurance.Rd

This function returns a data frame about insurance demographics from State Cancer Profiles.

Usage

demo_insurance(area, areatype, insurance, sex, age, race = NULL)

Arguments

area

A state/territory abbreviation or USA.

areatype

One of the following values:

  • "county"

  • "hsa" (Health Service Area)

  • "state".

insurance

One of the following values:

  • "% Insured in demographic group, all income levels"

  • "% Insured in demographic group, people at or below 138% of Poverty"

  • "% Insured in demographic group, people at or below 200% of Poverty"

  • "% Insured in demographic group, people at or below 250% of Poverty"

  • "% Insured in demographic group, people at or below 400% of Poverty"

  • "% Insured in demographic group, people between 138% - 400% of poverty"

  • "% uninsured in demographic group, all income levels"

  • "% uninsured in demographic group, people at or below 138% of Poverty"

  • "% uninsured in demographic group, people at or below 200% of Poverty"

  • "% uninsured in demographic group, people at or below 250% of Poverty"

  • "% uninsured in demographic group, people at or below 400% of Poverty"

  • "% uninsured in demographic group, people between 138% - 400% of poverty".

sex

One of the following values:

  • "both sexes"

  • "male"

  • "female".

age

If you specified "both sexes" for sex choose one of the following values:

  • "under 19 years"

  • "18 to 64 years"

  • "21 to 64 years"

  • "40 to 64 years"

  • "50 to 64 years"

  • "under 65 years".

Otherwise if you specified "male" or "female" for sex, choose one of the following values:

  • "18 to 64 years"

  • "40 to 64 years"

  • "50 to 64 years"

  • "Under 65 years".

race

Only specify race if you specified "state" for areatype

  • "All Races (includes Hispanic)"

  • "White (non-Hispanic)"

  • "black (non-Hispanic)"

  • "American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)"

  • "Asian (non-Hispanic)"

  • "Hispanic (Any Race)".

Value

A data frame with the following columns: Area Type, Area Code, Percent, People, Rank.

See also

Other demographics: demo_crowding(), demo_education(), demo_food(), demo_income(), demo_language(), demo_mobility(), demo_population(), demo_poverty(), demo_svi(), demo_workforce()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
demo_insurance(
  area = "usa",
  areatype = "state",
  insurance = "% Insured in demographic group, all income levels",
  sex = "both sexes",
  age = "18 to 64 years",
  race = "white (non-hispanic)"
)

demo_insurance(
  area = "wa",
  areatype = "hsa",
  insurance = "% Insured in demographic group, all income levels",
  sex = "males",
  age = "18 to 64 years"
)

demo_insurance(
  area = "dc",
  areatype = "county",
  insurance = "% Insured in demographic group, all income levels",
  sex = "males",
  age = "18 to 64 years"
)
}