Table 1.
Characteristics of Medicare Decedents in Study Samplea
| All Decedents
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Cancer
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COPD
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Dementia
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (n = 270 202) | 2005 (n = 291 819) | 2009 (n = 286 282) | 2000 (n = 49 735) | 2009 (n = 55 362) | 2000 (n = 79 284) | 2009 (n = 91 517) | 2000 (n = 59 065) | 2009 (n = 67 861) | |
| Age, mean (SD) [IQR] | 81.9 (8.2) [76.0–88.0] | 82.1 (8.3) [76.0–88.0] | 83.0 (8.4) [77.0–89.0] | 77.9 (7.0) [72.0–83.0] | 78.7 (7.6) [73.0–84.0] | 80.2 (7.5) [74.0–86.0] | 81.4 (8.0) [75.0–87.0] | 85.2 (7.2) [80.0–90.0] | 86.2 (7.1) [82.0–91.0] |
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| Female sex, % (95% CI) | 57.0 (56.8–57.2) | 56.2 (56.0–56.4) | 60.6 (60.4–60.8) | 49.6 (49.1–50.0) | 52.3 (51.9–52.7) | 49.6 (49.2–49.9) | 56.2 (56.0–56.6) | 63.9 (63.5–64.3) | 68.8 (68.5–69.2) |
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| Race, % (95% CI) | |||||||||
| White | 88.7 (88.6–88.8) | 87.5 (87.4–87.7) | 88.0 (87.9–88.1) | 88.3 (88.0–88.6) | 87.6 (87.2–87.7) | 90.5 (90.3–90.7) | 89.3 (89.1–89.5) | 88.5 (88.2–88.7) | 87.1 (86.9–87.4) |
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| Black | 8.3 (8.2–8.4) | 8.7 (8.6–8.8) | 8.0 (7.9–8.1) | 8.5 (8.3–8.8) | 8.4 (8.2–8.6) | 6.7 (6.5–6.8) | 6.9 (6.7–7.1) | 9.1 (8.8–9.3) | 9.2 (9.0–9.4) |
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| Hispanic | 1.1 (1.0–1.1) | 1.5 (1.4–1.5) | 1.5 (1.4–1.5) | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) | 1.3 (1.2–1.4) | 1.1 (1.1–1.2) | 1.5 (1.4–1.5) | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) | 1.6 (1.5–1.7) |
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IQR, interquartile range.
a
All sample sizes correspond to a random 20% sample of all fee-for-service Medicare decedents in each year.