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Low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004a
        Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
    Total White Black AI/AN API
Population groupb Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 47.2 0.1 47.4 0.1 46.7 0.2 43.4 0.7 48.3 0.5 44.0 0.3
Age 0-64 31.9 0.1 32.4 0.2 31.7 0.3 32.1 1.5 28.1 1.1 28.3 0.6
65-74 42.8 0.2 42.3 0.2 45.1 0.4 39.7 1.7 49.6 1.3 40.5 0.7
75-84 49.5 0.1 49.2 0.1 51.8 0.3 48.1 1.4 52.0 0.8 48.6 0.5
85 and over 51.1 0.1 50.5 0.1 57.1 0.3 49.6 1.4 52.5 0.8 53.6 0.6
Gender Male 43.7 0.1 44.7 0.1 40.6 0.2 40.0 1.2 45.5 0.8 39.3 0.4
Female 48.7 0.1 48.4 0.1 51.1 0.2 45.7 1.0 49.9 0.6 47.8 0.4

a The data reflect care for the period 7/1/04 to 9/30/04.

b Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

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