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Long-stay nursing home residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased, 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 16.2 0.0 16.5 0.0 14.6 0.1 14.1 0.5 12.7 0.3 14.2 0.2
Age 0-64 10.7 0.1 11.1 0.1 10.1 0.2 9.9 0.8 7.3 0.6 9.0 0.3
65-74 15.1 0.1 15.4 0.1 14.6 0.2 13.1 1.0 13.2 0.8 13.6 0.4
75-84 17.0 0.1 17.3 0.1 16.1 0.2 16.2 0.9 13.3 0.5 15.5 0.3
85 and over 17.4 0.1 17.4 0.1 17.1 0.2 15.9 0.9 14.1 0.5 17.0 0.4
Gender Male 15.9 0.1 16.6 0.1 13.5 0.2 12.5 0.7 12.8 0.5 13.5 0.3
Female 16.3 0.0 16.5 0.1 15.3 0.1 15.2 0.6 12.6 0.4 14.7 0.2

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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