Table 4. Persons 65 years and Over Enrolled for Hospital Insurance Under Medicare by Race, Region and Type of County, July 1, 1976.

	Hospital Insurance
Region and Type of County	Total1	White	All Other Races
	Number
Census Region:
United States2	22,500,506	20,038,013	1,851,964
Northeast	5,576,039	5,146,231	279,862
North Central	6,183,466	5,706,878	311,864
South	7,089,902	5,864,485	1,031,357
West	3,631,862	3,306,499	227,183
Residence:3
Metropolitan	14,989,437	13,669,261	1,320,176
Nonmetropolitan	6,865,069	6,336,755	528,314
	Percent Distribution
Census Region:
United States2	100.0	100.0	100.0
Northeast	24.8	25.7	15.1
North Central	27.5	28.5	16.8
South	31.5	29.3	55.7
West	16.1	16.5	12.3
Residence:3
Metropolitan	66.6	68.2	71.3
Nonmetropolitan	30.5	31.6	28.5
	Percent Distribution
Census Region:
United States2	100.0	89.1	8.2
Northeast	100.0	92.3	5.0
North Central	100.0	92.3	5.0
South	100.0	82.7	14.5
West	100.0	91.0	6.3
Residence:3
Metropolitan	100.0	91.2	8.8
Nonmetropolitan	100.0	92.3	7.7

¹Includes race unknown.

²Includes residence unknown.

³Excludes county unknown.