Table 16_8_4-1a
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | White | Black | AI/AN | API | Multiple races/other | |||||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 53.7 | 0.9 | 54.2 | 1.0 | 54.3 | 2.3 | 44.7 | 8.2 | 45.1 | 5.1 | 49.6 | 4.0 | |
Age | 65–74 | 61.9 | 1.3 | 62.0 | 1.3 | 65.2 | 3.3 | * | * | 52.7 | 6.8 | 57.2 | 5.8 |
75–84 | 51.4 | 1.4 | 52.4 | 1.4 | 49.0 | 4.0 | * | * | 38.2 | 7.2 | 46.5 | 6.8 | |
85 and over | 30.1 | 1.5 | 31.8 | 1.7 | 22.1 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Incomeb | Negative/poor | 40.8 | 2.1 | 39.6 | 2.6 | 43.9 | 3.8 | * | * | 52.2 | 9.1 | 39.9 | 8.1 |
Near poor/low | 47.6 | 1.3 | 47.4 | 1.4 | 54.0 | 4.5 | * | * | 26.9 | 7.8 | 51.6 | 6.4 | |
Middle | 58.6 | 1.3 | 58.6 | 1.4 | 65.2 | 5.8 | * | * | 55.1 | 8.8 | 52.5 | 8.1 | |
High | 67.6 | 1.8 | 68.0 | 1.7 | 70.5 | 9.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Medicare and Medicaid | 42.7 | 2.0 | 42.4 | 2.6 | 43.7 | 3.3 | * | * | 41.3 | 6.9 | 42.7 | 6.8 |
Medicare HMO | 55.4 | 2.2 | 55.0 | 2.4 | 63.9 | 7.1 | * | * | * | * | 62.9 | 7.9 | |
Medicare and private | 57.7 | 1.1 | 57.7 | 1.1 | 63.5 | 3.6 | * | * | 52.2 | 8.4 | 51.0 | 6.2 | |
Medicare fee for service only | 33.4 | 3.4 | 30.2 | 3.5 | 49.6 | 7.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence location | MSA | 55.4 | 1.0 | 55.9 | 1.1 | 56.3 | 2.5 | * | * | 47.3 | 5.3 | 52.5 | 4.7 |
Non-MSA | 47.8 | 2.1 | 48.9 | 2.1 | 43.5 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | 37.0 | 7.5 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 55.3 | 1.0 | 55.7 | 1.1 | 56.7 | 3.0 | * | * | 49.0 | 5.5 | 49.3 | 4.8 |
Fair/poor | 47.8 | 1.5 | 48.5 | 1.7 | 48.8 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | 48.6 | 8.4 | |
Functional limitations | No limitation | 60.2 | 1.2 | 60.8 | 1.3 | 61.3 | 3.6 | * | * | 49.5 | 7.4 | 52.2 | 6.6 |
IADLs only | 54.1 | 2.0 | 53.9 | 2.2 | 55.8 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | 55.9 | 8.1 | |
1–2 ADLs | 46.7 | 1.5 | 47.0 | 1.6 | 48.5 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Three or more ADLs | 30.8 | 2.3 | 29.6 | 2.6 | 40.2 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | 30.4 | 8.7 | |
At least 1 ADL/IADL | 46.2 | 1.1 | 46.4 | 1.2 | 48.2 | 3.1 | * | * | 39.2 | 7.3 | 47.3 | 5.3 |
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: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; 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.