Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older having a flu shot in the past year, by ethnicity, 2002a |
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 68.9 | 0.6 | 69.9 | 0.6 | 71.5 | 0.7 | 56.4 | 1.9 | 56.1 | 2.1 | |
Age | 65 to 74 | 63.8 | 0.9 | 64.6 | 0.9 | 65.9 | 1.0 | 54.0 | 3.0 | 56.4 | 3.3 |
75 to 84 | 74.7 | 0.8 | 76.1 | 0.8 | 77.8 | 0.8 | 58.8 | 3.1 | 54.8 | 3.2 | |
85 and older | 73.9 | 1.2 | 75.1 | 1.3 | 76.7 | 1.3 | 60.9 | 4.5 | 58.1 | 4.3 | |
Gender | Male | 69.0 | 0.8 | 69.6 | 0.8 | 70.9 | 0.9 | 56.0 | 3.1 | 62.7 | 3.1 |
Female | 68.8 | 0.8 | 70.2 | 0.8 | 72.0 | 0.8 | 56.7 | 2.4 | 51.0 | 2.6 | |
Incomeb | Negative or poor | 58.9 | 1.4 | 61.2 | 1.6 | 63.5 | 1.9 | 54.7 | 3.4 | 49.0 | 4.0 |
Near poor/low | 67.5 | 0.9 | 68.2 | 0.9 | 69.9 | 1.0 | 57.8 | 3.1 | 59.5 | 3.1 | |
Middle | 70.7 | 0.9 | 71.3 | 0.9 | 72.1 | 1.0 | 52.7 | 4.4 | 60.1 | 4.2 | |
High | 74.5 | 1.2 | 75.1 | 1.2 | 76.0 | 1.2 | 67.4 | 6.8 | 57.4 | 8.5 | |
Health insurance | Medicare and private | 59.8 | 1.5 | 61.8 | 1.7 | 66.8 | 2.2 | 53.0 | 3.5 | 53.5 | 3.5 |
Medicare and Medicaid | 74.1 | 1.3 | 75.1 | 1.3 | 76.8 | 1.4 | 63.5 | 5.1 | 66.0 | 4.9 | |
Medicare HMO | 70.8 | 0.8 | 71.5 | 0.8 | 72.2 | 0.8 | 58.9 | 3.3 | 56.6 | 3.2 | |
Medicare fee-for-service only | 55.2 | 2.1 | 56.5 | 2.3 | 57.7 | 2.5 | 51.3 | 5.1 | 42.7 | 6.4 | |
Residence location | MSA | 68.6 | 0.7 | 69.9 | 0.7 | 71.7 | 0.8 | 55.6 | 2.0 | 55.6 | 2.3 |
Non-MSA | 70.0 | 1.2 | 70.4 | 1.2 | 71.1 | 1.3 | 61.5 | 4.3 | 60.8 | 4.9 | |
Functional limitations | No limitations | 67.0 | 0.8 | 68.1 | 0.8 | 69.7 | 0.9 | 53.1 | 2.7 | 53.4 | 3.1 |
IADLs only | 72.3 | 1.3 | 73.2 | 1.3 | 74.2 | 1.4 | 60.8 | 4.5 | 61.6 | 5.2 | |
1-2 ADLs | 71.7 | 1.2 | 72.3 | 1.3 | 73.9 | 1.4 | 59.5 | 3.9 | 64.4 | 5.6 | |
3 or more ADLs | 69.7 | 1.7 | 72.0 | 1.7 | 74.8 | 1.9 | 59.7 | 5.0 | 50.7 | 5.0 | |
At least 1 IADL/ADL | 71.5 | 0.8 | 72.5 | 0.8 | 74.2 | 0.9 | 59.9 | 2.5 | 59.4 | 2.9 |
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: 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.