Table 180a: Race- Medicare beneficiaries under age 65 with Medicare-covered home health care in the past year, by race, 2000^a

	Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	11.2%	0.7%	11.5%	0.8%	9.8%	1.8%	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	9.7%	0.8%	10.7%	1.0%	*	*	*	*	*	*
Female	13.3%	1.2%	12.6%	1.3%	14.6%	3.0%	*	*	*	*
Incomeb
Negative or poor	12.5%	1.3%	13.3%	1.6%	9.6%	2.6%	*	*	*	*
Near poor/low	11.1%	1.1%	11.6%	1.4%	12.0%	3.5%	*	*	*	*
Middle	9.8%	1.4%	10.2%	1.6%	*	*	*	*	*	*
High	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Insurance coverage
Medicare and private	7.0%	1.1%	6.6%	1.1%	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare and Medicaid	16.2%	1.3%	17.9%	1.6%	11.7%	2.9%	*	*	*	*
Medicare HMO	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicare fee-for-service only	6.1%	1.2%	6.1%	1.4%	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location
MSA	11.4%	0.8%	11.9%	1.0%	10.3%	2.2%	*	*	*	*
Non-MSA	10.7%	1.1%	10.8%	1.4%	*	*	*	*	*	*
Functional limitations
No limitations	3.3%	0.7%	3.1%	0.6%	*	*	*	*	*	*
At least 1 IADL/ADL	14.4%	0.9%	14.7%	1.0%	13.0%	2.6%	*	*	*	*

^aFull year community residents (age 65 or older)

^bNegative 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; SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADL: Activities of daily living

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

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