Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population by beneficiary’s insurance status (n = 2,130,581)

Variables	Insured (n = 1,632,629)		Dependents (n = 497,952)		p-value
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Age, yrs					< 0.001
50–59	1,074,346	65.8	141,016	28.3
60–69	365,487	22.4	219,037	44.0
70–79	192,796	11.8	137,899	27.7
Occupation					< 0.001
Labor	943,053	57.8	166,377	33.4
Enterprise employee	592,942	36.3	288,350	57.9
Government employee	96,634	5.9	43,225	8.7
Income, TWD					< 0.001
17,881–21,900	687,511	42.1	176,375	35.4
21,901–40,100	422,743	25.9	192,608	38.7
> 40,100	522,375	32.0	128,969	25.9