Disparities in preventive procedures: comparisons of self-report and Medicare claims data

Table 2 Percentages of sample, by socio-demographic and survey characteristics

	PSA Testing	Influenza Vaccination	Pap Smear Testing	Cholesterol Testing	Mammography	Colorectal Cancer Testing*
	N = 7,009	N = 18,315	N = 4,784	N = 10,421	N = 7,404	N = 1,474
Minority
Hispanic, African American	10.1	9.9	13.3	13.2	11.8	8.8
Majority	89.9	90.1	86.7	86.8	88.2	91.2
Age
65–69	16.4	14.2	19.7	15.5	17.9	16.7
70–74	35.2	30.6	34.6	31.1	33.8	35.1
75–79	24.9	25.6	25.3	25.0	25.6	26.7
80–84	15.4	17.1	13.4	16.6	15.0	14.3
85 +	8.2	12.5	7.1	11.8	7.8	7.2
Education
<HS graduate	26.7	29.1	25.1	30.3	25.8	23.5
>=HS Graduate	73.3	70.9	74.9	69.7	74.2	76.5
Metropolitan Area
No	27.2	29.5	25.2	27.1	26.5	26.6
Yes	72.8	70.5	74.8	72.9	73.5	73.4
Income
<=25,000 annual	43.4	56.6	59.0	56.9	59.9	50.3
>25,000 annual	56.6	43.4	41.0	43.1	40.1	49.7
Lives Alone
No	82.9	67.5	60.1	67.2	59.1	69.8
Yes	17.1	32.5	39.9	32.8	40.9	30.2
Proxy Responded
No	90.2	92.5	96.7	92.2	96.8	94.2
Yes	9.7	7.4	3.2	7.8	3.1	5.8
Supplemental insurance
None	12.5	10.1	8.4	12.7	7.7	8.3
Medicaid	4.2	7.5	8.7	9.0	8.7	5.5
Private Insurance	83.3	82.3	82.8	78.3	83.5	86.2
MCBS Survey Years
2	36.5	37.1	38.6	37.1	37.6	39.3
3	32.8	32.5	32.3	33.0	33.1	31.7
4	30.6	30.4	29.1	29.9	29.3	29
Activities of Daily Living¹	1.32	1.54	1.43	1.54	1.48	1.41
Self-assessed health status²	2.67	2.73	2.63	2.75	2.65	2.70
Sex
Male	100	42.1	0	41.8	0	43.8
Female	0	57.90	100	58.2	100	56.2

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