Table 16_8_2-1b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
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All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 61.7 | 0.8 | 61.9 | 0.8 | 62.7 | 0.8 | 58.4 | 2.2 | 59.3 | 2.0 | |
Age | 65–74 | 59.1 | 1.0 | 59.1 | 1.0 | 59.2 | 1.1 | 60.9 | 3.0 | 58.4 | 2.5 |
75–84 | 65.1 | 1.0 | 65.4 | 1.0 | 66.6 | 1.0 | 55.4 | 2.8 | 61.9 | 3.7 | |
85 and over | 63.2 | 1.2 | 63.7 | 1.3 | 65.3 | 1.4 | 53.7 | 4.6 | 55.1 | 4.5 | |
Gender | Male | 59.5 | 1.1 | 59.7 | 1.1 | 60.5 | 1.2 | 56.1 | 3.4 | 56.7 | 3.3 |
Female | 63.4 | 0.8 | 63.6 | 0.9 | 64.4 | 0.9 | 59.9 | 2.5 | 61.0 | 2.3 | |
Incomeb | Negative/poor | 52.8 | 1.6 | 52.7 | 1.8 | 54.2 | 2.3 | 51.1 | 3.2 | 52.8 | 4.0 |
Near poor/low | 58.0 | 1.1 | 58.1 | 1.1 | 58.5 | 1.2 | 58.5 | 3.1 | 58.6 | 3.4 | |
Middle | 64.5 | 1.3 | 64.5 | 1.3 | 64.6 | 1.4 | 62.0 | 4.5 | 64.9 | 4.3 | |
High | 67.2 | 1.3 | 67.2 | 1.3 | 67.4 | 1.4 | 69.0 | 5.8 | 71.6 | 6.4 | |
Health insurance | Medicare and Medicaid | 53.1 | 1.8 | 54.2 | 1.9 | 54.5 | 2.6 | 53.5 | 3.3 | 49.7 | 4.1 |
Medicare HMO | 65.5 | 1.7 | 66.4 | 1.7 | 67.0 | 1.7 | 61.2 | 6.8 | 59.1 | 5.0 | |
Medicare and private | 64.6 | 0.9 | 64.3 | 0.9 | 64.5 | 1.0 | 66.5 | 3.5 | 72.0 | 3.0 | |
Medicare fee for service only | 43.1 | 2.6 | 42.4 | 2.6 | 41.4 | 2.6 | 46.1 | 5.2 | 49.2 | 7.7 | |
Residence location | MSA | 63.3 | 0.8 | 63.6 | 0.8 | 64.3 | 0.8 | 61.0 | 2.6 | 59.9 | 2.1 |
Non-MSA | 56.4 | 2.0 | 56.6 | 2.0 | 57.6 | 2.1 | 44.7 | 4.1 | 54.5 | 5.1 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 62.2 | 0.9 | 62.4 | 0.9 | 63.0 | 0.9 | 59.4 | 2.8 | 59.3 | 2.3 |
Fair/poor | 60.2 | 1.2 | 60.3 | 1.3 | 61.3 | 1.5 | 56.3 | 3.9 | 59.4 | 3.6 | |
Functional limitations | No limitation | 61.7 | 1.0 | 61.8 | 1.0 | 62.3 | 1.0 | 61.1 | 3.4 | 60.6 | 3.2 |
IADLs only | 64.2 | 1.5 | 64.1 | 1.6 | 65.1 | 1.7 | 56.5 | 5.1 | 62.6 | 4.0 | |
1–2 ADLs | 63.6 | 1.2 | 63.4 | 1.1 | 64.6 | 1.2 | 56.9 | 3.8 | 65.7 | 4.5 | |
Three or more ADLs | 53.2 | 2.0 | 55.1 | 2.1 | 56.4 | 2.3 | 50.6 | 5.8 | 37.8 | 5.4 | |
At least 1 ADL/IADL | 61.7 | 0.9 | 62.1 | 1.0 | 63.3 | 1.0 | 55.2 | 2.6 | 57.6 | 2.8 |
a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over.
b Negative/poor refers to incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.
Key: HMO: Health Maintenance Organization; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; IADLs: instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: activities of daily living; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.