Table 1.

shows descriptive statistics for Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Decedents across the 2003-2009 study years.

		2003			2009
		TM	MA	TM Weighted to Match MA	TM	MA	TM Weighted to Match MA
Sample Size (N):		206754	150679		189721	248676
sex	Male	48.6	55.6	55.6	48.0	46.5	46.5
	Female	51.4	44.4	44.4	52.0	53.5	53.5
Race	White	88.0	86.4	86.4	88.1	83.3	83.3
	Black	8.5	8.5	8.5	7.8	10.7	10.7
	Hispanic	1.4	2.4	2.4	1.5	3.1	3.1
	Other	2.1	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.9
Age	65-74	24.4	28.0	28.0	22.6	21.8	21.8
	75-84	41.1	42.8	42.8	36.5	38.9	38.9
	85+	34.5	29.2	29.2	41.0	39.3	39.3
Region	Northeast	19.2	23.9	23.9	18.5	23.9	23.9
	Midwest	25.0	10.0	10.0	23.9	14.6	14.6
	South	40.1	20.3	20.3	40.7	24.4	24.4
	West	15.7	45.8	45.8	16.9	37.1	37.1
SES	Urban	73.2	92.0	92.0	72.3	87.7	87.7
	Below Poverty	10.2	9.3	9.3	10.9	9.5	9.5

^*TM is traditional Medicare. MA is Medicare Advantage. SES is socioeconomic status. All differences between TM and MA different at the p<0.001 level. There were no statistically significant differences after matching.