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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Racial and ethnic patterns and differences in health care expenditures among Medicare beneficiaries with and without cognitive deficits or Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

 

Without cognitive deficits

With cognitive deficits without ADRD

With ADRD

 

NL white (N = 39,767)

NL Black

(N = 7974)

p value

NL Asian

(N = 2551)

p value

Latino (N = 6765)

p value

NL white (N = 5947)

NL Black

(N = 1933)

p value

NL Asian

(N = 523)

p value

Latino (N = 1685)

p value

NL white (N = 2028)

NL Black

(N = 693)

p value

NL Asian (N = 120)

p value

Latino (N = 579)

p value

Age (years)

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

**

   

*

65–69

29.54

35.72

 

34.02

 

35.65

 

18.00

24.08

 

18.60

 

23.59

 

5.11

5.92

 

5.93

 

5.94

 

70–74

26.37

27.42

 

27.42

 

28.74

 

17.54

21.65

 

20.93

 

21.46

 

9.42

13.02

 

5.93

 

14.86

 

75–79

20.78

18.53

 

19.70

 

19.65

 

19.90

18.70

 

22.29

 

22.31

 

15.04

19.53

 

19.49

 

17.66

 

80–84

14.15

11.63

 

11.02

 

10.11

 

20.62

16.70

 

18.41

 

15.50

 

25.87

21.15

 

30.51

 

27.62

 

> = 84

9.16

6.70

 

7.84

 

5.84

 

23.93

18.86

 

19.77

 

17.14

 

44.56

40.38

 

38.14

 

33.92

 

Female

57.08

63.19

***

56.47

 

58.29

 

60.42

66.39

**

60.47

 

67.96

***

67.34

72.93

**

73.73

*

65.21

 

Married

3.19

6.89

***

3.62

 

5.83

***

4.78

8.96

***

5.04

 

7.54

**

3.04

5.33

 

6.78

 

7.34

***

Education

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

Less than high school degree

16.18

29.04

 

30.48

 

54.23

 

27.33

41.99

 

41.67

 

65.29

 

27.59

42.75

 

58.47

 

67.83

 

High school degree

42.73

43.70

 

25.55

 

24.95

 

42.30

37.04

 

23.45

 

18.12

 

43.04

37.57

 

17.80

 

14.69

 

Some college or more than college degree

36.22

19.95

 

33.03

 

12.62

 

24.51

11.85

 

21.71

 

8.09

 

21.92

9.32

 

11.02

 

5.59

 

Family income

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

**

 

***

0–99% FPL

9.92

24.77

 

12.97

 

24.68

 

16.91

37.04

 

20.35

 

33.31

 

17.47

32.69

 

23.73

 

41.78

 

100–124% FPL

5.33

9.69

 

6.45

 

10.23

 

9.28

13.65

 

8.53

 

14.29

 

10.28

11.69

 

5.93

 

13.81

 

125–199% FPL

16.13

20.58

 

14.60

 

22.08

 

21.68

22.34

 

20.35

 

24.13

 

23.24

24.41

 

18.64

 

20.80

 

200–399% FPL

30.69

27.47

 

28.09

 

27.77

 

29.83

19.81

 

25.58

 

21.52

 

26.99

21.89

 

30.51

 

19.76

 

> = 400% FPL

37.93

17.48

 

37.88

 

15.23

 

22.31

7.17

 

25.19

 

6.75

 

22.03

9.32

 

21.19

 

3.85

 

Family size

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

*

 

***

1

32.60

38.19

 

17.63

 

26.10

 

43.97

47.00

 

31.01

 

34.29

 

45.11

38.02

 

39.83

 

34.79

 

2

57.08

36.65

 

46.88

 

43.23

 

39.60

29.29

 

34.69

 

33.80

 

37.06

28.70

 

30.51

 

33.39

 

3

5.56

11.72

 

11.14

 

12.80

 

6.76

9.69

 

11.05

 

11.73

 

5.72

12.57

 

5.93

 

11.01

 

4+

2.42

9.21

 

19.66

 

14.76

 

4.53

8.64

 

19.57

 

16.60

 

3.90

9.91

 

14.41

 

13.46

 

Additional health insurance

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

**

 

***

Private insurance

38.12

61.42

 

60.80

 

77.57

 

50.26

77.92

 

74.61

 

89.36

 

51.09

80.77

 

68.64

 

91.96

 

Medicaid

8.47

24.49

 

30.04

 

35.76

 

20.67

46.79

 

52.52

 

60.91

 

22.33

51.04

 

54.24

 

68.18

 

US census region

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

  

***

 

***

 

***

Northeast

18.86

17.25

 

13.29

 

14.51

 

17.66

16.49

 

12.79

 

16.05

 

19.19

14.35

 

14.41

 

15.03

 

Midwest

26.48

17.64

 

6.21

 

5.51

 

23.98

15.91

 

6.78

 

3.65

 

23.95

18.20

 

2.54

 

2.10

 

South

34.91

57.90

 

13.29

 

42.05

 

37.53

59.59

 

10.08

 

40.49

 

35.49

57.1

 

17.80

 

52.62

 

West

19.76

7.21

 

67.21

 

37.93

 

20.82

8.01

 

70.35

 

39.82

 

21.37

10.36

 

65.25

 

30.24

 

Medical conditions

 Myocardial infarction

6.15

5.26

***

4.18

***

5.52

*

10.74

11.59

 

7.75

**

8.88

 

7.90

11.24

*

9.32

 

6.12

 

Congestive heart failure

4.21

4.02

 

2.39

***

2.46

***

9.17

8.69

 

5.04

**

5.59

***

8.96

9.91

 

6.78

 

6.12

 

 Diabetes

17.43

33.18

***

25.47

***

33.66

***

27.61

41.94

***

33.33

 

44.44

***

20.81

35.80

***

27.12

*

40.21

***

 Hypertension

55.24

76.02

***

64.82

***

63.32

***

60.85

78.71

***

70.54

 

69.12

***

56.76

76.78

***

75.42

**

68.36

***

 Renal disease

0.60

1.38

***

0.48

 

0.53

***

1.69

3.11

*

2.33

 

1.34

 

1.16

1.92

 

0.00

 

1.05

 

 Caner

14.86

7.23

***

4.97

***

5.89

***

16.38

8.75

***

3.29

***

6.87

***

12.15

9.17

 

1.69

**

8.22

*

 Mental disease

15.45

8.88

***

5.09

***

13.60

***

36.35

21.18

***

18.99

***

32.77

 

32.56

21.75

***

16.1

***

31.64

 

 Any limitations

53.34

53.14

 

33.59

***

46.34

***

94.23

95.15

 

90.31

**

93.37

 

93.52

96.45

 

94.92

 

95.45

 

 Physical limitations

37.24

41.46

***

20.10

***

31.85

***

84.66

87.04

 

80.04

***

83.77

 

77.97

81.80

 

81.36

 

81.99

 

 Proxy respondent

98.97

98.56

**

98.17

***

99.17

*

91.44

92.99

 

93.99

 

94.71

***

76.66

84.02

**

78.81

 

89.34

***

  1. Notes: ADRD Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, NL non-Latino, FPL federal poverty level. * P < .05, ** P < .01, *** P < .001