Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older with no usual source of care in the past year, by income, 2002a |
| Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 4.0 | 0.4 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.6 | |
| Age | 65 to 74 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
| 75 to 84 | 2.9 | 0.4 | * | * | 3.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | * | * | |
| 85 and older | 3.4 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 4.8 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| Female | 3.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 0.6 | * | * | |
| Race | White | 3.8 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| Black | 4.5 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| API | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, White | 3.7 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 4.4 | 1.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 6.1 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Medicare and private | 6.2 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and Medicaid | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Medicare HMO | 3.7 | 0.4 | * | * | 3.7 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | |
| Medicare fee-for-service only | 9.9 | 1.7 | * | * | 11.8 | 2.2 | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence location | MSA | 3.7 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| Non-MSA | 5.1 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 1.2 | * | * | |
| Functional limitations | No limitations | 4.3 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| IADLs only | 3.6 | 0.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| 1-2 ADLs | 3.4 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| 3 or more ADLs | 3.6 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| At least 1 IADL/ADL | 3.5 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.6 | * | * | |
a Full year community residents age 65 or older. 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.