Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and over who reported ever being screened for osteoporosis with a bone mass or bone density, by race, 2002a |
| Population group | Total | White | Black | AI/AN | API | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 35.8 | 0.7 | 38.0 | 0.7 | 17.8 | 1.9 | 41.6 | 10.6 | 28.7 | 4.0 | |
| Age | 65 to 74 | 35.6 | 1.0 | 37.9 | 1.1 | 19.8 | 2.6 | * | * | 29.1 | 5.0 |
| 75 to 84 | 37.1 | 1.0 | 39.3 | 1.0 | 16.1 | 2.9 | * | * | 26.7 | 7.0 | |
| 85 and older | 31.2 | 1.9 | 33.4 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 10.0 | 0.7 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * |
| Female | 55.2 | 1.1 | 59.8 | 1.1 | 24.3 | 2.9 | * | * | 39.9 | 5.3 | |
| Incomeb | Negative or poor | 25.1 | 1.9 | 29.3 | 2.3 | 13.8 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 34.4 | 1.2 | 37.2 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 2.8 | * | * | 32.5 | 6.6 | |
| Middle | 39.0 | 1.1 | 39.9 | 1.2 | 25.9 | 4.4 | * | * | 37.6 | 7.9 | |
| High | 39.2 | 1.5 | 40.0 | 1.6 | 28.6 | 8.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Medicare and private | 23.6 | 1.8 | 30.9 | 2.7 | 14.7 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and Medicaid | 36.4 | 1.7 | 38.8 | 1.9 | 20.4 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare HMO | 39.5 | 0.8 | 40.2 | 0.9 | 22.1 | 3.0 | * | * | 52.1 | 7.9 | |
| Medicare fee-for-service only | 18.0 | 2.1 | 19.2 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence location | MSA | 37.0 | 0.8 | 39.5 | 0.9 | 19.1 | 2.2 | * | * | 27.8 | 4.1 |
| Non-MSA | 32.0 | 1.2 | 33.4 | 1.3 | 12.8 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Functional limitations | No limitations | 34.6 | 0.9 | 36.3 | 1.0 | 19.5 | 2.7 | * | * | 25.5 | 4.8 |
| IADLs only | 39.1 | 1.7 | 41.8 | 2.0 | 16.2 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | |
| 1-2 ADLs | 38.0 | 1.6 | 41.4 | 1.7 | 13.3 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | |
| 3 or more ADLs | 34.1 | 2.3 | 37.8 | 2.6 | 19.7 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | |
| At least 1 IADL/ADL | 37.7 | 1.1 | 40.9 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 2.4 | * | * | 33.9 | 7.4 | |
a Full year community residents age 65 or older.
b Negative or 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; 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.