From: Prevalence of multiple chronic conditions in the United States' Medicare population
Beneficiary Demographics | Random 5% Sample1 | Study Cohort2 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Number | % | Number | % |
All | 2,232,528 | 100.0 | 1,649,574 | 100.0 |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 985,629 | 44.1 | 71,5925 | 43.4 |
Female | 1,246,899 | 55.9 | 933,649 | 56.6 |
Race | Â | Â | Â | Â |
White | 1,870,224 | 83.8 | 1,407,709 | 85.3 |
Black | 220,950 | 9.9 | 158,517 | 9.6 |
Hispanic | 53,325 | 2.4 | 32,945 | 2.0 |
Asian | 37,313 | 1.7 | 21,632 | 1.3 |
Native American | 9,209 | 0.4 | 7,083 | 0.4 |
Other/Unknown | 41,507 | 1.9 | 21,688 | 1.3 |
Age 3 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
<65 | 349,167 | 15.6 | 254,457 | 15.4 |
65-74 | 936,988 | 42.0 | 641,699 | 38.9 |
75-84 | 670,917 | 30.1 | 531,282 | 32.2 |
85+ | 275,456 | 12.3 | 222,136 | 13.5 |