Table 235b Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older with no usual source of 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 |
|
4.0 |
0.4 |
3.9 |
0.3 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
4.4 |
1.2 |
6.1 |
1.6 |
Age |
65 to 74 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
0.5 |
* |
* |
6.4 |
1.9 |
75 to 84 |
2.9 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
85 and older |
3.4 |
0.6 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
4.8 |
0.6 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
* |
* |
7.5 |
2.1 |
Female |
3.4 |
0.4 |
3.3 |
0.4 |
3.1 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Incomeb |
Negative or poor |
5.6 |
0.9 |
5.4 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
1.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Near poor/low |
4.9 |
0.6 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
4.6 |
0.6 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Middle |
3.4 |
0.5 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
0.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
High |
2.8 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
2.9 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Medicare and private |
6.2 |
1.1 |
5.4 |
1.2 |
5.2 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
9.3 |
2.5 |
Medicare and Medicaid |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare HMO |
3.7 |
0.4 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
3.6 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Medicare fee-for-service only |
9.9 |
1.7 |
8.7 |
1.5 |
9.2 |
1.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Residence location |
MSA |
3.7 |
0.3 |
3.5 |
0.3 |
3.2 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
5.8 |
1.7 |
Non-MSA |
5.1 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
5.1 |
1.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Functional limitations |
No limitations |
4.3 |
0.4 |
4.2 |
0.4 |
4.1 |
0.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
IADLs only |
3.6 |
0.8 |
3.6 |
0.8 |
3.7 |
1.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
1-2 ADLs |
3.4 |
0.7 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
0.7 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
3 or more ADLs |
3.6 |
1.0 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
At least 1 IADL/ADL |
3.5 |
0.5 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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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