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Table 236b: Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older with delayed care due to cost, by ethnicity, 2000a
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Non-Hispanic |
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Total |
All races |
White |
Black |
Hispanic (of any race) |
| Population group |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
Percent |
SE |
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| Total |
4.8% |
0.3% |
4.7% |
0.3% |
4.4% |
0.4% |
7.2% |
1.4% |
6.5% |
1.6% |
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| Age |
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| 65 to 74 |
5.7% |
0.5% |
5.6% |
0.5% |
5.4% |
0.5% |
7.9% |
2.0% |
7.6% |
2.1% |
| 75 to 84 |
3.7% |
0.4% |
3.6% |
0.5% |
3.3% |
0.5% |
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* |
* |
* |
| 85 and older |
2.7% |
0.6% |
2.6% |
0.7% |
2.2% |
0.6% |
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* |
* |
* |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
4.2% |
0.5% |
4.2% |
0.5% |
3.7% |
0.5% |
8.2% |
2.3% |
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* |
| Female |
5.2% |
0.5% |
5.0% |
0.5% |
4.9% |
0.5% |
6.6% |
1.5% |
7.7% |
2.3% |
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| Incomeb |
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| Negative or poor |
8.7% |
1.1% |
8.4% |
1.2% |
7.9% |
1.3% |
11.0% |
3.2% |
* |
* |
| Near poor/low |
7.1% |
0.8% |
7.1% |
0.8% |
7.2% |
0.9% |
7.0% |
2.0% |
* |
* |
| Middle |
3.0% |
0.4% |
3.1% |
0.4% |
3.1% |
0.5% |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| High |
1.9% |
0.4% |
1.9% |
0.5% |
1.6% |
0.4% |
* |
* |
* |
* |
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| Insurance coverage |
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| Medicare and private |
3.0% |
0.3% |
3.0% |
0.3% |
2.8% |
0.3% |
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* |
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| Medicare and Medicaid |
9.3% |
1.1% |
10.3% |
1.3% |
12.3% |
2.0% |
10.6% |
2.8% |
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* |
| Medicare HMO |
4.7% |
0.7% |
5.0% |
0.8% |
5.2% |
0.9% |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Medicare fee-for-service only |
13.7% |
1.9% |
12.0% |
1.9% |
12.7% |
2.5% |
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* |
* |
* |
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| Residence location |
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| MSA |
4.5% |
0.4% |
4.3% |
0.4% |
4.3% |
0.4% |
4.9% |
1.2% |
6.1% |
1.7% |
| Non-MSA |
5.9% |
0.8% |
5.7% |
0.8% |
4.9% |
0.7% |
16.0% |
4.5% |
* |
* |
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| Functional limitations |
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| No limitations |
3.7% |
0.4% |
3.5% |
0.4% |
3.4% |
0.4% |
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* |
* |
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| At least 1 IADL/ADL |
6.7% |
0.6% |
6.6% |
0.6% |
6.2% |
0.7% |
11.0% |
2.4% |
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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: 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.
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