Table 1.
Sample Characteristics
| Analysis Sample* | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unweighted Number of Observations | Percent (Weighted)† | |
| Age | ||
| 65–74 | 1,991,226 | 50.2 |
| 75–84 | 1,773,981 | 37.2 |
| 85+ | 589,217 | 12.6 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 1,755,313 | 41.0 |
| Female | 2,599,111 | 59.0 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 3,894,719 | 88.7 |
| Black | 322,401 | 7.9 |
| Other | 137,304 | 3.4 |
| % dual eligible | 458,091 | 10.8 |
| Region | ||
| Northeast | 925,657 | 18.8 |
| South | 1,661,201 | 40.2 |
| Midwest | 1,080,968 | 23.3 |
| West | 686,598 | 17.7 |
| Mortality rate (%) | 224,866 | 4.6 |
*
The analysis sample includes elderly Medicare beneficiaries who were enrolled in Parts A and B during the entire 2004–2006 period in which they were living, lived in the 60 Community Tracking Study sites, and were not living in a long-term care institution. Observations consist of beneficiary/year dyads.
†
Survey weights account for sample design and survey nonresponse.