Table 16_8_3-1b
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 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 1.1 | |
Age | 65–74 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 2.1 | 10.8 | 1.7 |
75–84 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.0 | |
85 and over | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 6.9 | 1.3 |
Female | 5.5 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 1.6 | |
Incomeb | Negative/poor | 9.5 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 9.8 | 2.0 |
Near poor/low | 6.9 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 1.6 | |
Middle | 3.6 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 | * | * | * | * | |
High | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Medicare and Medicaid | 7.9 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 1.3 | * | * | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Medicare HMO | 4.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and private | 3.5 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | * | * | |
Medicare fee for service only | 11.3 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 15.7 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 4.3 | |
Residence location | MSA | 4.7 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 7.7 | 1.1 |
Non-MSA | 6.3 | 0.4 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 0.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 4.1 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
Fair/poor | 8.6 | 0.6 | 8.3 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 10.5 | 1.9 | |
Functional limitations | No limitation | 3.6 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 1.5 |
IADLs only | 4.8 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | * | * | * | * | |
1–2 ADLs | 7.9 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 10.9 | 2.3 | |
Three or more ADLs | 9.3 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 1.3 | 9.6 | 1.4 | * | * | 9.5 | 2.2 | |
At least 1 ADL/IADL | 7.2 | 0.4 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 1.3 |
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.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
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.