Table 1.

Overall Sample Description Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2002 and 2011

	2002		2011
	Number	Weighted column Percent	Number	Weighted column percent	Significance
ALL	8,725	100.0	7,425	100.0
Diabetes Mellitus					***
Yes	1,695	19.5	1,859	25.3
No	7,030	80.5	5,566	74.7
Sex
Women	5,035	57.7	4,159	56.2
Men	3,690	42.3	3,266	43.8
Race/Ethnicity
White	7,036	81.1	5,849	79.3
African American	739	8.0	620	7.7
Latino	617	7.1	620	8.3
Other	323	3.8	318	4.7
Age in Years					***
65–69 years	1,561	20.1	1,410	23.6
70–74 years	2,149	28.2	1,651	26.6
75–79 years	1,886	23.9	1,526	20.5
80 and above	3,129	27.9	2,838	29.3
Metropolitan Status
Metropolitan	6,333	76.8	5,528	77.2
Non-Metropolitan	2,389	23.2	1,897	22.8
Education					***
Less than High School	2,833	30.8	1,768	22.1
High School	3,097	36.1	2,588	34.5
Some College	1,202	14.1	1,145	16.0
College	1,560	19.0	1,903	27.4
Poverty					***
Less than 200% FPL	4,594	50.8	3,544	45.2
GE 200% FPL	4,131	49.2	3,881	54.8
Dental Insurance					***
Yes	420	5.2	811	12.2
No	8,305	94.8	6,614	87.8

Note: This study is based on older Medicare Beneficiaries, age 65 years and above, continuously enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare and alive during the observation year (that is, the participant did not drop out of Medicare coverage).

Asterisks represent significant differences in characteristics between years 2002 and 2011 based on chi-square tests.

FPL: Federal Poverty Line; GE: Greater than or Equal

^***p < 0.001;

^**0.001 ≤ p < 0.01;

^*0.01 ≤ p < 0.05