Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older with home fecal blood test within the past two years, by income, 2002a |
| Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 28.8 | 1.0 | 18.8 | 1.6 | 24.3 | 1.3 | 31.9 | 1.4 | 36.6 | 1.8 | |
| Age | 65 to 74 | 28.8 | 1.2 | 18.6 | 2.4 | 24.6 | 1.8 | 30.5 | 1.8 | 36.4 | 2.1 |
| 75 to 84 | 31.0 | 1.3 | 21.3 | 2.7 | 26.2 | 1.8 | 35.8 | 1.8 | 38.7 | 3.0 | |
| 85 and older | 20.0 | 1.7 | 12.6 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 2.3 | 26.1 | 3.1 | 27.2 | 5.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 29.3 | 1.3 | 16.2 | 2.5 | 25.5 | 1.8 | 31.2 | 1.8 | 35.3 | 2.4 |
| Female | 28.4 | 1.1 | 20.0 | 1.9 | 23.7 | 1.6 | 32.6 | 1.8 | 38.2 | 2.7 | |
| Race | White | 29.7 | 1.2 | 20.3 | 2.0 | 25.1 | 1.4 | 31.8 | 1.4 | 36.5 | 1.9 |
| Black | 23.3 | 2.4 | 13.7 | 2.8 | 23.0 | 3.8 | 28.6 | 4.9 | 48.8 | 9.0 | |
| AI/AN | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| API | 24.7 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | 41.8 | 9.5 | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, White | 29.9 | 1.2 | 19.8 | 2.2 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 31.9 | 1.5 | 36.8 | 1.9 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 22.7 | 2.4 | 12.3 | 2.8 | 23.5 | 3.9 | 26.6 | 4.8 | 48.8 | 9.0 | |
| Hispanic (all races) | 26.2 | 2.4 | 22.6 | 3.6 | 24.0 | 3.1 | 35.5 | 6.1 | * | * | |
| Health insurance | Medicare and private | 17.4 | 1.7 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 16.2 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and Medicaid | 36.5 | 2.0 | 35.4 | 6.4 | 29.5 | 2.8 | 40.9 | 3.2 | 40.2 | 4.4 | |
| Medicare HMO | 30.0 | 1.3 | 19.2 | 2.9 | 25.9 | 1.8 | 30.3 | 1.6 | 36.3 | 2.1 | |
| Medicare fee-for-service only | 19.5 | 1.9 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 18.2 | 2.7 | 27.8 | 4.9 | * | * | |
| Residence location | MSA | 31.2 | 1.1 | 21.4 | 2.1 | 26.2 | 1.4 | 34.6 | 1.6 | 37.6 | 2.0 |
| Non-MSA | 21.1 | 2.1 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 19.5 | 2.6 | 22.6 | 2.3 | 32.0 | 4.5 | |
| Functional limitations | No limitations | 30.1 | 1.2 | 19.7 | 2.1 | 25.3 | 1.7 | 32.3 | 1.6 | 36.5 | 2.0 |
| IADLs only | 27.9 | 1.8 | 17.9 | 3.2 | 23.3 | 2.7 | 31.4 | 3.0 | 40.4 | 4.8 | |
| 1-2 ADLs | 27.0 | 1.6 | 15.0 | 2.4 | 23.9 | 2.5 | 32.6 | 2.7 | 37.4 | 4.8 | |
| 3 or more ADLs | 23.1 | 2.3 | 23.3 | 5.1 | 21.0 | 3.1 | 26.1 | 4.8 | 23.4 | 6.8 | |
| At least 1 IADL/ADL | 26.6 | 1.2 | 17.8 | 2.0 | 23.2 | 1.6 | 31.2 | 2.0 | 36.9 | 3.2 | |
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.