Table 5. Demographic Characteristics of All Medicare Beneficiaries, by Census Region.

Census Region	Home Health Users	Limitations in 3 or More ADLs1	Male	Living Alone	Over 75 Years of Age
	Percent
New England	9.5	8.6	42	37	41
Middle Atlantic	6.1	6.4	41	32	39
East North Central	5.1	6.6	42	33	39
West North Central	2.8	6.9	40	39	42
South Atlantic	7.5	5.9	42	32	37
East South Central	10.2	6.6	41	29	35
West South Central	7.2	6.0	44	32	38
Mountain	4.5	4.8	47	30	36
Pacific	5.8	5.8	43	33	39
Puerto Rico	7.2	7.1	50	16	39

¹The activities of daily living (ADLs) included are: bathing, eating, dressing, transferring, and toileting.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 1992.