Table 234b Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older who received dental care in the past year, by ethnicity, 2002a |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic (all races) |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
45.0 |
0.7 |
46.1 |
0.7 |
48.9 |
0.7 |
21.7 |
1.6 |
32.0 |
2.0 |
Age |
65 to 74 |
46.1 |
0.9 |
47.0 |
0.9 |
49.3 |
1.0 |
29.1 |
2.5 |
36.2 |
2.9 |
75 to 84 |
46.5 |
0.9 |
47.8 |
0.9 |
51.2 |
1.0 |
13.5 |
1.9 |
27.9 |
2.9 |
85 and older |
34.9 |
1.3 |
35.9 |
1.3 |
39.2 |
1.5 |
10.5 |
2.9 |
21.8 |
3.9 |
Gender |
Male |
45.1 |
1.0 |
46.3 |
1.1 |
48.9 |
1.1 |
20.2 |
2.5 |
29.1 |
3.0 |
Female |
45.0 |
0.8 |
45.9 |
0.8 |
48.9 |
0.8 |
22.7 |
2.0 |
34.3 |
2.3 |
Incomeb |
Negative or poor |
22.4 |
1.2 |
23.0 |
1.3 |
27.8 |
1.6 |
10.3 |
1.8 |
19.5 |
2.8 |
Near poor/low |
32.8 |
0.9 |
32.8 |
1.0 |
34.6 |
1.1 |
19.3 |
2.2 |
32.8 |
4.6 |
Middle |
50.6 |
1.1 |
51.0 |
1.1 |
51.9 |
1.1 |
33.2 |
3.7 |
43.8 |
4.8 |
High |
69.4 |
1.2 |
70.0 |
1.2 |
71.0 |
1.3 |
47.9 |
7.3 |
47.5 |
7.8 |
Health insurance |
Medicare and private |
18.1 |
1.2 |
17.1 |
1.4 |
19.7 |
1.9 |
10.3 |
2.0 |
21.6 |
2.6 |
Medicare and Medicaid |
46.3 |
1.5 |
47.2 |
1.6 |
48.9 |
1.6 |
24.5 |
4.4 |
37.0 |
4.2 |
Medicare HMO |
51.5 |
0.7 |
52.1 |
0.7 |
53.2 |
0.8 |
33.4 |
3.0 |
38.9 |
3.4 |
Medicare fee-for-service only |
26.4 |
1.9 |
25.8 |
1.9 |
29.3 |
2.2 |
13.9 |
3.1 |
31.9 |
7.8 |
Residence location |
MSA |
47.2 |
0.7 |
48.5 |
0.8 |
51.8 |
0.8 |
23.0 |
1.7 |
33.5 |
1.9 |
Non-MSA |
38.0 |
1.3 |
38.5 |
1.2 |
40.3 |
1.3 |
16.4 |
3.2 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Functional limitations |
No limitations |
50.2 |
0.8 |
51.2 |
0.8 |
53.6 |
0.9 |
27.2 |
2.5 |
35.6 |
3.0 |
IADLs only |
44.0 |
1.4 |
44.8 |
1.5 |
48.1 |
1.6 |
19.6 |
4.0 |
36.1 |
4.8 |
1-2 ADLs |
37.6 |
1.4 |
38.3 |
1.4 |
41.4 |
1.5 |
18.5 |
3.5 |
26.8 |
4.0 |
3 or more ADLs |
28.5 |
1.6 |
29.7 |
1.9 |
33.0 |
2.0 |
* |
* |
18.8 |
3.1 |
At least 1 IADL/ADL |
37.9 |
0.9 |
38.8 |
0.9 |
42.1 |
1.0 |
16.0 |
2.0 |
27.7 |
2.2 |
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: MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area; IADLs: Instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs: Activities of daily living; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.
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