Table 180b: Ethnicity- Medicare beneficiaries under age 65 with Medicare-covered home health care in the past year, by ethnicity, 2000a

      Non-Hispanic    
  Total All races White Black Hispanic (of any race)
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 11.2% 0.7% 11.2% 0.7% 11.4% 0.8% 10.2% 1.9% 10.7% 2.2%
                     
Gender                    
    Male 9.7% 0.8% 9.7% 0.8% 10.6% 1.0% * * * *
    Female 13.3% 1.2% 13.3% 1.4% 12.6% 1.4% 15.2% 3.1% 11.5% 2.7%
                     
Incomeb                    
    Negative or poor 12.5% 1.3% 12.5% 1.4% 12.8% 1.7% 9.9% 2.7% 13.8% 3.4%
    Near poor/low 11.1% 1.1% 11.1% 1.2% 12.1% 1.4% 12.2% 3.5% * *
    Middle 9.8% 1.4% 9.8% 1.5% 10.3% 1.7% * * * *
    High * * * * * * * * * *
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 7.0% 1.1% 7.0% 1.2% 6.8% 1.2% * * * *
    Medicare and Medicaid 16.2% 1.3% 16.2% 1.4% 17.8% 1.7% 12.1% 3.0% 14.6% 3.5%
    Medicare HMO * * * * * * * * * *
    Medicare fee-for-service only 6.1% 1.2% 6.1% 1.3% 6.5% 1.5% * * * *
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 11.4% 0.8% 11.4% 0.9% 11.7% 1.0% 10.8% 2.3% 11.5% 2.4%
    Non-MSA 10.7% 1.1% 10.7% 1.2% 11.0% 1.4% * * * *
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 3.3% 0.7% 3.3% 0.7% 3.2% 0.6% * * * *
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 14.4% 0.9% 14.4% 1.0% 14.5% 1.1% 13.7% 2.7% 14.2% 3.0%
                     

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: 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.

Table 180c Table 180a

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