Table 233b: Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older who reported every having sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, 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 46.4% 0.8% 46.4% 0.8% 48.8% 0.8% 38.0% 1.9% 33.4% 2.9%
                     
Age                    
    65 to 74 48.8% 1.1% 48.8% 1.1% 51.2% 1.2% 43.0% 2.8% 36.4% 3.8%
    75 to 84 47.6% 1.0% 47.6% 1.0% 50.1% 1.0% 36.5% 2.9% 32.2% 3.3%
    85 and older 36.5% 1.2% 35.5% 1.2% 37.7% 1.4% 26.1% 3.6% 26.1% 6.4%
                     
Gender                    
    Male 49.2% 1.0% 49.2% 1.0% 51.3% 1.0% 45.3% 3.1% 33.5% 3.3%
    Female 44.3% 1.0% 44.3% 1.0% 46.9% 1.1% 33.9% 2.5% 33.3% 4.0%
                     
Income b                    
    Negative or poor 31.3% 1.5% 31.3% 1.6% 37.0% 2.0% 28.2% 2.6% 21.6% 3.4%
    Near poor/low 40.6% 1.0% 40.6% 1.0% 41.9% 1.1% 38.4% 2.7% 35.5% 4.2%
    Middle 50.1% 1.1% 50.1% 1.1% 50.1% 1.1% 46.9% 4.3% 47.4% 5.2%
    High 61.0% 1.3% 61.0% 1.3% 61.0% 1.3% 65.1% 7.0% 53.7% 10.1%
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 50.8% 0.8% 50.8% 0.9% 51.3% 0.9% 48.5% 3.3% 36.3% 5.1%
    Medicare and Medicaid 29.0% 1.3% 29.0% 1.5% 33.3% 2.3% 28.6% 3.0% 25.4% 2.6%
    Medicare HMO 48.1% 1.6% 48.1% 1.7% 49.2% 1.8% 41.9% 4.0% 51.2% 4.3%
    Medicare fee-for-service only 33.1% 2.3% 3.1% 2.2% 35.7% 2.5% 31.1% 4.9% * *
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 48.3% 0.8% 48.3% 0.9% 50.9% 0.9% 40.3% 2.2% 36.0% 2.5%
    Non-MSA 41.5% 2.1% 41.5% 1.8% 43.7% 1.9% 30.7% 3.6% 20.4% 4.1%
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 47.6% 1.1% 47.6% 1.0% 50.0% 1.1% 38.8% 2.5% 32.4% 3.6%
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 44.7% 0.8% 44.7% 0.9% 47.1% 1.0% 37.2% 2.4% 34.5% 3.1%
                     

a Full year community residents (age 65 or older)

b Negative 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 233c Table 233a

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