Table 174A_b Adults age 65 and over with at least 1 prescription from 33 medications that are inappropriate, by ethnicity, United States, 2004 |
Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic, all races |
All races |
White |
Black |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Total |
|
16.6 |
0.7 |
16.8 |
0.8 |
17.0 |
0.9 |
16.8 |
2.2 |
13.8 |
1.8 |
Age |
65-69 |
16.3 |
1.3 |
17.0 |
1.4 |
17.5 |
1.6 |
14.3 |
3.3 |
9.5 |
2.3 |
70-74 |
16.3 |
1.3 |
16.6 |
1.4 |
16.8 |
1.6 |
19.5 |
3.5 |
11.1 |
2.8 |
75-79 |
18.8 |
1.6 |
18.3 |
1.7 |
18.0 |
1.8 |
* |
* |
25.3 |
4.8 |
80 and over |
15.6 |
1.3 |
15.8 |
1.3 |
16.1 |
1.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Gender |
Male |
12.8 |
1.0 |
12.9 |
1.1 |
13.0 |
1.2 |
12.7 |
3.0 |
10.8 |
2.1 |
Female |
19.6 |
0.9 |
19.9 |
1.0 |
20.1 |
1.1 |
19.5 |
3.0 |
15.9 |
2.5 |
Family incomea |
Negative/poor |
18.3 |
2.2 |
18.3 |
2.4 |
17.4 |
2.8 |
15.5 |
3.6 |
18.9 |
4.7 |
Near poor/low |
18.8 |
1.5 |
19.6 |
1.6 |
19.9 |
1.9 |
20.2 |
4.0 |
10.2 |
2.6 |
Middle |
16.4 |
1.3 |
16.4 |
1.4 |
16.9 |
1.5 |
* |
* |
16.8 |
3.4 |
High |
14.5 |
1.2 |
14.7 |
1.3 |
15.1 |
1.4 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Educationb |
Less than high school |
18.5 |
1.3 |
19.5 |
1.5 |
18.5 |
1.8 |
21.8 |
3.4 |
12.9 |
1.8 |
High school graduate |
16.2 |
1.2 |
16.3 |
1.2 |
16.9 |
1.3 |
11.0 |
2.6 |
* |
* |
At least some college |
16.0 |
1.1 |
15.8 |
1.2 |
16.4 |
1.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Health insurance |
Medicare only |
16.2 |
1.4 |
16.1 |
1.5 |
16.2 |
1.6 |
17.7 |
4.4 |
18.4 |
4.4 |
Medicare and private |
16.8 |
0.9 |
17.0 |
1.0 |
17.5 |
1.1 |
13.7 |
2.4 |
* |
* |
Medicare and other public |
18.1 |
1.9 |
19.2 |
2.3 |
17.0 |
3.1 |
22.1 |
4.1 |
13.6 |
2.9 |
Residence locationc |
Metropolitan-large |
14.0 |
1.0 |
14.1 |
1.1 |
14.2 |
1.3 |
14.6 |
2.9 |
13.0 |
2.4 |
Metropolitan-small |
18.3 |
1.4 |
18.6 |
1.5 |
18.7 |
1.6 |
17.5 |
3.3 |
13.6 |
2.6 |
Micropolitan |
21.1 |
1.9 |
21.1 |
1.9 |
20.8 |
2.1 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-adjacent |
16.9 |
3.1 |
16.9 |
3.1 |
17.6 |
3.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Noncore-not adjacent |
18.9 |
3.4 |
18.5 |
3.5 |
18.7 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Language spoken most often at home |
English |
17.0 |
0.7 |
17.1 |
0.8 |
17.3 |
0.9 |
17.2 |
2.3 |
15.9 |
3.1 |
Other |
13.4 |
2.0 |
14.2 |
3.5 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
12.7 |
1.9 |
Activity limitationsc |
Basic activities |
23.3 |
1.2 |
23.5 |
1.3 |
23.2 |
1.4 |
26.2 |
3.7 |
20.2 |
3.5 |
Complex activities |
26.8 |
1.9 |
26.6 |
2.0 |
27.2 |
2.3 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Neither basic nor complex activities |
12.9 |
0.8 |
13.1 |
0.9 |
13.8 |
1.0 |
9.5 |
2.2 |
9.1 |
1.8 |
a Negative/poor refers to household 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.
b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.
c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.