| Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE |
| Total | 4.8% | 0.3% | 8.7% | 1.1% | 7.1% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 65 to 74 | 5.7% | 0.5% | 9.7% | 1.7% | 9.1% | 1.2% | 3.8% | 0.7% | 2.6% | 0.6% |
| 75 to 84 | 3.7% | 0.4% | 8.4% | 1.4% | 5.2% | 0.9% | 2.2% | 0.6% | * | * |
| 85 and older | 2.7% | 0.6% | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 4.2% | 0.5% | 9.0% | 1.9% | 8.2% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 0.7% | * | * |
| Female | 5.2% | 0.5% | 8.6% | 1.2% | 6.4% | 0.8% | 3.3% | 0.6% | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 4.5% | 0.4% | 8.1% | 1.1% | 7.3% | 0.9% | 3.0% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| Black | 6.9% | 1.3% | 10.7% | 3.1% | 6.7% | 1.9% | * | * | * | * |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| AI/AN | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Non-hispanic White | 4.4% | 0.4% | 7.9% | 1.2% | 7.2% | 0.9% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 0.4% |
| Non-hispanic Black | 7.2% | 1.4% | 11.0% | 3.1% | 7.0% | 2.0% | * | * | * | * |
| Hispanic | 6.5% | 1.6% | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Insurance coverage | ||||||||||
| Medicare and private | 3.0% | 0.3% | * | * | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Medicare and Medicaid | 9.3% | 1.1% | 8.0% | 1.3% | 11.4% | 2.2% | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare HMO | 4.7% | 0.7% | * | * | 7.2% | 1.6% | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare fee-for-service only | 13.7% | 1.9% | 18.7% | 3.9% | 16.3% | 3.4% | * | * | * | * |
| Residence location | ||||||||||
| MSA | 4.5% | 0.4% | 8.1% | 1.2% | 6.5% | 0.9% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 2.2% | 0.5% |
| Non-MSA | 5.9% | 0.8% | 10.5% | 2.1% | 8.5% | 1.7% | * | * | * | * |
| Functional limitations | ||||||||||
| No limitations | 3.7% | 0.4% | 7.4% | 1.5% | 5.3% | 0.9% | 2.8% | 0.5% | * | * |
| At least 1 IADL/ADL | 6.7% | 0.6% | 10.1% | 1.5% | 9.3% | 1.1% | 3.4% | 0.8% | * | * |
aFull year community residents (age 65 or older). 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: 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.