Table 14. Medicare: Percent of Aged Enrollees Dying, by Buy-In Status and by State, 1978.
| Geographic Area | Percent Dying | Ratio: With to Without Buy-In | |||||
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| All Persons | Without But-In | With Buy-In | |||||
| Actual | Standardized | Actual | Standardized | Actual | Standardized | ||
| U.S. Total | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
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| States that Buy in for Cash Assistance Recipients Only | |||||||
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| Sub-total | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| Maine | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| New Hampshire | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| Vermont | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Massachusetts | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Rhode Island | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Connecticut | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| New York | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| North Central | |||||||
| Illinois | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Michigan1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Wisconsin1 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Minnesota | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Missouri | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| North Dakota | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| South Dakota | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Nebraska | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
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| Delaware | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Tennessee | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| Oklahoma | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
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| States that Buy in for Cash Noncash Recipients | |||||||
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| Sub-total | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Northeast | |||||||
| New Jersey | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| North Central | |||||||
| Ohio | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| Indiana | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 17.1 | 13.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Iowa | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 13.5 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| Kansas | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
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| Maryland | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| District of Columbia | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Virginia | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| North Carolina | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| South Carolina | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Georgia | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Florida | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| Alabama | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Mississippi | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Arkansas | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Texas | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| West | |||||||
| Montana | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Idaho | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Colorado | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| New Mexico | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Utah | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 13.4 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Nevada | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 4.4 | 3.1 |
| Washington | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| California | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Hawaii | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
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| States With No Buy-In Agreement | |||||||
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| South | |||||||
| Louisiana | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — |
| West | |||||||
| Wyoming | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | — | — | — |
| Oregon | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | — | — | — | — |
| Alaska2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | — | — | — | — |
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| Arizona3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
1
Modified buy-in agreement in 1982 to cover medically needy.
2
Entered into buy-in agreement, effective October 1982.
3
No Medicaid program; State buys-in for supplemental security income (SSI) recipients.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy, Office of Statistics and Data Management: Data from the Medicare Statistical System.