Table 4. Distribution of Medicare enrollees and Medicare reimbursements by decedents in their last year of life, and survivors in 1978, by reimbursement interval.

Reimbursement Interval	Survival status
	Decedents		Survivors
	Number of enrollees in thousands	Amount of reimbursements in millions	Number of enrollees in thousands	Amount of reimbursements in millions
Total	1,142	$4,969	18,342	$13,365
No reimbursement	89	0	7,679	0
Less than $100	86	4	3,597	159
$100 to $1,999	336	279	5,111	2,917
$2,000 to $4,999	274	919	1,252	3,984
$5,000 to $9,999	217	1,546	516	3,540
$10,000 to $14,999	84	1,024	124	1,485
$15,000 to $19,999	32	552	37	627
$20,000 to $29,999	19	439	20	479
$30,000 and over	5	205	5	173
	Percent distribution
Total	100	100	100	100
No reimbursement	8	0	42	0
Less than $100	8	(1)	20	1
$100 to $1,999	29	6	28	22
$2,000 to $4,999	24	18	7	30
$5,000 to $9,999	19	31	3	26
$10,000 to $14,999	7	21	1	11
$15,000 to $19,999	3	11	(1)	5
$20,000 to $29,999	2	9	(1)	4
$30,000 and over	1	4	(1)	1

¹Less than 1 percent.

NOTES: Unlike other reimbursement data in this article, dollar figures for decedents in this table could not be adjusted for the 6-month difference in data for decedents and survivors. Thus, the concentration of decedents in the higher reimbursement intervals as compared to survivors is slightly understated. Parts may not add to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration: Data from the Medicare Statistical System.