Table 224a: Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older who reported ever being screened for osteoporosis with a bone mass or bone density measurement, by race, 2000a

  Total White Black API AI/AN
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                     
Total 21.3% 0.6% 22.6% 0.7% 11.7% 1.3% 14.9% 3.3% * *
                     
Age                    
    65 to 74 22.0% 0.8% 23.6% 0.9% 11.5% 2.1% 20.5% 4.2% * *
    75 to 84 22.7% 0.8% 24.0% 0.9% 12.3% 2.0% * * * *
    85 and older 15.2% 1.2% 16.1% 1.2% 10.9% 3.0% * * * *
                     
Gender                    
    Male 6.1% 0.5% 6.3% 0.5% 5.0% 1.7% * * * *
    Female 32.2% 1.0% 34.7% 1.0% 15.6% 1.9% 24.2% 5.4% * *
                     
Incomeb                    
    Negative or poor 13.0% 1.0% 14.4% 1.3% 10.4% 1.8% * * * *
    Near poor/low 18.0% 1.0% 19.4% 1.1% 10.9% 1.8% * * * *
    Middle 23.4% 1.0% 23.9% 1.0% 12.7% 2.8% 25.6% 7.1% * *
    High 29.2% 1.1% 29.8% 1.2% * * * * * *
                     
Insurance coverage                    
    Medicare and private 25.1% 0.8% 25.5% 0.9% 19.4% 3.0% 25.5% 6.7% * *
    Medicare and Medicaid 11.7% 1.1% 13.4% 1.6% 10.3% 1.7% * * * *
    Medicare HMO 19.6% 1.0% 20.8% 1.1% 8.4% 2.4% 22.0% 6.5% * *
    Medicare fee-for-service only 9.0% 1.3% 10.5% 1.6% * * * * * *
                     
Residence location                    
    MSA 22.1% 0.7% 23.5% 0.8% 12.0% 1.6% 15.6% 3.4% * *
    Non-MSA 19.2% 1.4% 20.4% 1.5% 10.9% 2.3% * * * *
                     
Functional limitations                    
    No limitations 20.7% 0.8% 22.1% 0.8% 8.8% 1.6% 17.5% 3.9% * *
    At least 1 IADL/ADL 22.0% 0.8% 23.3% 0.8% 14.7% 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: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; 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.

Table 224b Table 221a

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