Table 16_8_4-1c
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 53.7 | 0.9 | 40.8 | 2.1 | 47.6 | 1.3 | 58.6 | 1.3 | 67.6 | 1.8 | |
Age | 65–74 | 61.9 | 1.3 | 50.6 | 3.4 | 55.9 | 1.9 | 65.2 | 1.9 | 71.9 | 2.3 |
75–84 | 51.4 | 1.4 | 37.0 | 2.6 | 47.0 | 2.1 | 56.2 | 1.9 | 66.1 | 3.0 | |
85 and over | 30.1 | 1.5 | 24.9 | 2.9 | 27.1 | 2.3 | 34.8 | 2.9 | 40.8 | 5.1 | |
Race | White | 54.2 | 1.0 | 39.6 | 2.6 | 47.4 | 1.4 | 58.6 | 1.4 | 68.0 | 1.7 |
Black | 54.3 | 2.3 | 43.9 | 3.8 | 54.0 | 4.5 | 65.2 | 5.8 | 70.5 | 9.4 | |
AI/AN | 44.7 | 8.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
API | 45.1 | 5.1 | 52.2 | 9.1 | 26.9 | 7.8 | 55.1 | 8.8 | * | * | |
Multiple races/other | 49.6 | 4.0 | 39.9 | 8.1 | 51.6 | 6.4 | 52.5 | 8.1 | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, White | 54.8 | 1.0 | 40.1 | 3.0 | 47.4 | 1.5 | 58.7 | 1.4 | 68.0 | 1.8 |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 54.2 | 2.2 | 43.3 | 3.9 | 53.9 | 4.5 | 66.2 | 5.8 | 70.5 | 9.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, other | 43.5 | 3.5 | 42.0 | 7.2 | 33.7 | 5.4 | 51.3 | 6.8 | 53.5 | 11.0 | |
Hispanic, all races | 49.2 | 2.4 | 40.1 | 4.6 | 50.3 | 3.9 | 56.2 | 6.6 | * | * | |
Health insurance | Medicare and Medicaid | 42.7 | 2.0 | 38.4 | 2.4 | 48.3 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * |
Medicare HMO | 55.4 | 2.2 | 55.7 | 6.4 | 50.7 | 2.9 | 55.7 | 3.5 | 64.8 | 4.9 | |
Medicare and private | 57.7 | 1.1 | 43.1 | 4.3 | 49.8 | 1.6 | 59.7 | 1.5 | 68.4 | 2.0 | |
Medicare fee for service only | 33.4 | 3.4 | 36.7 | 7.1 | 26.1 | 4.2 | 47.8 | 8.4 | * | * | |
Residence location | MSA | 55.4 | 1.0 | 42.1 | 2.4 | 48.3 | 1.5 | 60.0 | 1.5 | 69.6 | 1.9 |
Non-MSA | 47.8 | 2.1 | 37.6 | 4.3 | 45.9 | 3.1 | 53.6 | 2.7 | 54.4 | 5.2 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 55.3 | 1.0 | 40.6 | 2.4 | 47.4 | 1.4 | 60.6 | 1.5 | 68.3 | 1.9 |
Fair/poor | 47.8 | 1.5 | 40.5 | 3.2 | 48.0 | 2.8 | 49.3 | 2.9 | 62.2 | 4.6 | |
Functional limitations | No limitation | 60.2 | 1.2 | 44.7 | 3.5 | 53.5 | 1.8 | 64.1 | 1.8 | 71.6 | 2.1 |
IADLs only | 54.1 | 2.0 | 43.5 | 3.9 | 51.3 | 3.5 | 56.0 | 3.9 | 68.7 | 4.3 | |
1–2 ADLs | 46.7 | 1.5 | 40.9 | 4.3 | 40.2 | 2.7 | 52.9 | 3.0 | 57.8 | 4.6 | |
Three or more ADLs | 30.8 | 2.3 | 28.5 | 3.6 | 28.9 | 3.4 | 34.6 | 4.8 | 34.8 | 7.6 | |
At least 1 ADL/IADL | 46.2 | 1.1 | 38.3 | 2.3 | 41.8 | 1.9 | 50.8 | 2.2 | 59.9 | 3.0 |
a Estimates are for full-year community residents age 65 and over. 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.