Table 1.

Demographic characteristics by procedure type

Characteristic	Beneficiaries with complex surgery	Beneficiaries with standard surgery	All beneficiaries
N	5,709	73,240	78,959
Age (frequency, %)
65–69 years	18.1	19.9	19.8
70–74 years	20.7	23.4	23.2
75–79 years	21.6	23.5	23.4
80–84 years	20.2	19.4	19.4
>84 years	19.4	13.8	14.2
Sex, female (%)	46.3	61.1	60.0
Race, white (%)	79.2	87.7	87.1