TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic, Health and Health Care Access Characteristics of Female Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65–74 Years, by Survey Year (Weighted Percentages)

	2010		2013
	n	% (95% CI)	n	% (95% CI)
Total	1429	100%	2152	100%
Age (y)
65–69	757	54.1 (51.0–57.2)	1195	56.6 (54.2–59.0)
70–74	672	45.9 (42.8–49.0)	957	43.4 (41.0–45.8)
Race
White	1101	85.2 (83.1–87.1)	1692	83.9 (82.1–85.6)
Black	253	10.7 (9.2–12.4)	332	10.8 (9.5–12.3)
Asian	63	3.4 (2.5–4.7)	103	4.6 (3.6–5.8)
AIAN	10	*	24	*
Ethnicity
Hispanic	180	8.2 (6.8–9.7)	236	8.0 (6.8–9.4)
Non-Hispanic	1249	91.8 (90.3–93.2)	1916	92.0 (90.6–93.2)
Foreign-born status
Born in US	1202	87.8 (85.7–89.6)	1819	86.3 (84.4–88.1)
Foreign-born	227	12.3 (10.6–14.3)	332	13.9 (12.1–15.8)
Marital status†
Married	559	53.4 (50.4–56.5)	912	57.8 (55.3–60.2)
Unmarried	866	46.6 (43.5–49.6)	1238	42.2 (39.8–44.7)
Income (% poverty threshold)
< 139	392	20.9 (18.2–23.9)	517	18.2 (16.2–20.4)
139–250	354	23.5 (20.9–26.3)	513	23.9 (21.5–26.4)
251–400	334	25.8 (22.7–29.2)	469	21.9 (19.5–24.5)
> 400	348	29.7 (26.2–33.4)	653	36.0 (33.4–38.8)
Health insurance
Medicare+private	685	54.2 (51.1–57.3)	1012	49.5 (46.9–52.1)
Medicare+Medicaid‡	180	8.6 (7.1–10.4)	249	8.8 (7.5–10.3)
Medicare+other§	43	*	81	4.4 (3.2–5.9)
Medicare Advantage only	204	13.4 (11.5–15.7)	363	19.0 (16.9–21.3)
Traditional Medicare|| only	307	20.4 (18.1–22.8)	429	18.4 (16.3–20.7)
Usual source of care
Yes	1358	96.9 (95.8–97.7)	2058	95.9 (94.7–96.9)
No	53	3.1 (2.3–4.2)	85	4.1 (3.1–5.3)
# Physician visits prior year
None	107	6.4 (5.1–8.0)	146	6.8 (5.6–8.3)
1	137	10.4 (8.5–12.7)	254	10.9 (9.4–12.7)
2–5	652	48.2 (45.1–51.4)	970	46.4 (43.8–49.1)
≥6	504	34.9 (31.9–38.2)	746	35.8 (33.2–38.4)
Health status
Excellent/very good/good	1093	80.4 (78.1–82.5)	1722	81.0 (79.0–82.9)
Fair/Poor	335	19.6 (17.5–21.9)	429	19.0 (17.1–21.0)
Cancer history¶
Yes	109	8.8 (7.2–10.7)	198	10.0 (8.4–11.9)
No	1320	91.6 (89.8–93.1)	1954	90.4 (88.6–92.0)

^*Estimate suppressed because denominator <50 and/or relative SE > 30%.

^†Includes married or living with partner versus unmarried/not living with partner.

^‡Includes those with other state-sponsored insurance.

^§Includes military plans, other government plans, or Indian Health Service.

^||Includes Medicare Part A and/or Part B.

^¶Excludes breast cancer or nonmelanoma skin cancer.

AIAN indicates American Indian/Alaska Native; CI, confidence interval.

Data Source: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2010 and 2013.