The percentage of Oregon residents lacking health coverage fell to 15.6% in 2006, from 17% in 2004.
Researchers in the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research have published those statistics in a summary of results from a survey of 4,332 Oregon households conducted in August 2006 and September 2006.
Although the percentage of residents who lack health coverage seems to have fallen, the change is not statistically significant, researchers report.