Table 224b: Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older who reported ever being screened for osteoporosis with a bone mass or bone density measurement, 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 21.3% 0.6% 21.3% 0.6% 23.2% 0.7% 11.9% 1.4% 13.6% 1.7%
                     
Age                    
    65 to 74 22.0% 0.8% 22.0% 0.8% 24.1% 0.9% 11.7% 2.1% 15.0% 2.7%
    75 to 84 22.7% 0.8% 22.7% 0.8% 24.5% 0.9% 12.7% 2.1% 14.7% 3.3%
    85 and older 15.2% 1.2% 15.2% 1.2% 16.7% 1.3% 10.6% 3.0% * *
                     
Gender                    
    Male 6.1% 0.5% 6.1% 0.5% 6.4% 0.5% * * * *
    Female 32.2% 1.0% 32.2% 1.0% 35.4% 1.1% 15.9% 1.9% 20.8% 2.5%
                     
Incomeb                    
    Negative or poor 13.0% 1.0% 13.0% 1.1% 16.2% 1.5% 10.3% 1.8% 7.7% 2.2%
    Near poor/low 18.0% 1.0% 18.0% 1.0% 19.7% 1.1% 11.4% 1.9% 13.7% 3.0%
    Middle 23.4% 1.0% 23.4% 0.9% 24.0% 1.0% 13.1% 2.8% 20.6% 5.0%
    High 29.2% 1.1% 29.2% 1.2% 29.8% 1.2% * * 28.6% 7.2%
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 25.1% 0.8% 25.1% 0.9% 25.6% 0.9% 19.5% 3.1% 23.5% 3.3%
    Medicare and Medicaid 11.7% 1.1% 11.7% 1.2% 14.9% 1.9% 10.8% 1.8% 8.8% 2.2%
    Medicare HMO 19.6% 1.0% 19.6% 1.1% 21.3% 1.2% 8.6% 2.5% 14.4% 3.0%
    Medicare fee-for-service only 9.0% 1.3% 9.0% 1.4% 11.2% 1.7% * * * *
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 22.1% 0.7% 22.1% 0.7% 24.1% 0.8% 12.1% 1.6% 14.9% 1.5%
    Non-MSA 19.2% 1.4% 19.2% 1.1% 20.9% 1.3% 11.1% 2.3% * *
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 20.7% 0.8% 20.7% 0.8% 22.5% 0.9% 8.8% 1.7% 14.2% 2.3%
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 22.0% 0.8% 22.0% 0.8% 24.0% 0.9% 15.1% 2.1% 13.0% 2.1%
                     

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 224c Table 224a

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