Table 1

Descriptive statistics

Individuals who are only covered by Medicare (N=4098)Individuals who are covered by Medicare and other health insurance (N=4651)
RegionNew England and Mid-AtlanticEN Central and WN CentralS AtlanticES Central and WS CentralMountain and PacificNew England and Mid AtlanticEN Central and WN CentralS AtlanticES Central and WS CentralMountain and Pacific
N%N%N%N%N%N%N%N%N%N%
Total54613.3288521.6104925.675518.4286321.06572015.48109323.5115124.7589319.279417.07
Age
 <656010.99758.4711811.2512716.82718.2311115.4213212.0814212.3414616.3510513.22
 65–7419836.2631735.8238636.827135.8935441.0228639.7242939.2546240.1436540.8734643.58
 75–8418734.2536040.6841839.8527135.8932737.8922831.6735632.5741435.9728932.3624530.86
 >8510118.513315.0312712.118611.3911112.869513.1917616.113311.569310.419812.34
Gender
 Male22941.9437342.1542440.4231141.1936742.5328139.0344540.7147241.0132636.5135744.96
 Female31758.0651257.8562559.5844458.8149657.4743960.9764859.2967958.9956763.4943755.04
Race
 NH white36466.6769978.9859556.7235146.4951359.4446464.4486479.0574064.2948253.9850463.48
 NH black11521.0614616.532330.7922329.54718.2315120.9718617.0230926.8521624.19567.05
 Hispanic539.71212.37969.1516121.3222926.549012.5151.37685.9117319.3718823.68
 Other142.56192.15353.34202.65505.79152.08282.56342.95222.46465.79
Education
 Less than high school education10118.511112.5420419.4522629.9315217.6113719.0311110.1619016.5122425.0814217.88
 High school/GED28852.7553059.8957154.4337049.0143550.4136350.4267461.6759151.3547453.0837647.36
 Undergraduate10318.8617019.2119218.311515.2319222.2515221.1121319.4922719.7213515.1217922.54
 Graduate549.89748.36827.82445.83849.73689.44958.6914312.42606.729712.22
Chronic disease
 No chronic disease366.59606.78575.43324.24687.88527.22686.22605.21323.58617.68
 Only one chronic disease9617.5814115.9316715.9211715.518120.9712717.6421219.417915.5513214.7816220.4
 More than one chronic disease41475.8268477.2982578.6560680.2661471.1554175.1481374.3891279.2472981.6357171.91
Employment status
 Full-time193.48404.52545.15314.11556.37506.94686.22726.26647.17567.05
 Part-time6511.910011.311510.967610.0710011.59719.8611310.3412210.6778.62759.45
 Unemployed346.23303.39524.96526.89434.98567.78504.57595.13667.39536.68
 Retired42878.3971580.7982878.9359678.9466577.0654375.4286278.8789878.0268676.8261076.83
Household income
 Lower income46885.7175585.3193288.8567889.872183.5563187.6489481.7997684.879789.2565181.99
 Middle income397.14627.01696.58425.56546.26517.08978.87968.34566.27688.56
 Upper income397.14687.68484.58354.648810.2385.281029.33796.86404.48759.45
  • EN, East North; ES, East South; GED, General Educational Development; NH, non-Hispanic; S, South; WN, West North; WS, West South.