Disabled Medicare beneficiaries under age 65 with delayed care due to cost 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 | 22.7 | 1.6 | 19.9 | 2.1 | 29.1 | 3.0 | 22.9 | 4.3 | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 19.2 | 1.9 | 16.4 | 2.5 | 26.5 | 3.5 | 13.9 | 4.1 | * | * |
| Female | 26.9 | 2.5 | 23.6 | 3.4 | 32.9 | 4.4 | 32.8 | 6.4 | * | * | |
| Race | White | 25.6 | 1.9 | 24.4 | 2.9 | 31.5 | 3.6 | 25.0 | 5.2 | * | * |
| Black | 13.1 | 2.4 | 11.2 | 2.9 | 20.5 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| AI/AN | 27.4 | 6.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| API | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, White | 25.8 | 2.0 | 25.3 | 3.1 | 31.6 | 3.8 | 24.3 | 5.1 | * | * |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 12.7 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 2.9 | 20.5 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 17.0 | 3.9 | 13.5 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Medicare and private | 18.3 | 1.8 | 15.2 | 1.9 | 20.5 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and Medicaid | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare HMO | 20.2 | 2.8 | * | * | 31.8 | 5.7 | 16.9 | 4.1 | * | * | |
| Medicare fee-for-service only | 38.4 | 4.7 | 42.2 | 7.5 | 37.0 | 6.3 | 38.9 | 9.3 | * | * | |
| Residence location | MSA | 20.9 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 2.5 | 29.7 | 3.5 | 17.7 | 4.9 | * | * |
| Non-MSA | 26.3 | 3.1 | 21.8 | 3.4 | 25.5 | 4.5 | 34.2 | 8.4 | * | * | |
| Functional limitations | No limitations | 17.0 | 2.5 | 19.7 | 3.5 | 16.8 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * |
| At least 1 IADL/ADL | 26.2 | 2.9 | 23.0 | 3.8 | 29.6 | 5.8 | 28.3 | 8.4 | * | * | |
| 1-2 ADLs | 16.0 | 2.1 | * | * | 22.5 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| 3 or more ADLs | 34.0 | 4.4 | 29.0 | 6.8 | 47.8 | 7.2 | 26.2 | 7.2 | * | * | |
| At least 1 IADL/ADL | 24.5 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 2.6 | 32.5 | 3.6 | 25.7 | 5.0 | * | * | |
a Full year disabled community residents under age 65. 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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; 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.