County-level demographics | Changes in per capita spending | |||
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Sociodemographic characteristics | Characteristics of all US counties in 2008 (N = 3005), mean (SD) | Characteristics of sampled counties in 2008 (N = 793), mean (SD) | Based on 2008 sociodemographicsa (95% CI) | Based on 2008 to 2016 sociodemographic shiftsb (95% CI) |
% over 65 years old | 16.1 (4.2) | 15.8 (4.2) | + $0.53* (+ $0.01 to + $1.06) | − $2.79** (− $4.18 to − $1.40) |
% Black | 8.3 (14.0) | 7.3 (12.1) | + $0.00 (− $0.16 to + $0.17) | − $0.40 (− $2.39 to + $1.58) |
% Hispanic | 8.5 (13.5) | 7.2 (10.3) | + $0.02 (− $0.19 to + $0.22) | + $0.56 (− $1.09 to + $2.21) |
% in poverty | 15.1 (6.0) | 13.9 (5.2) | − $0.39 (− $1.10 to + $0.32) | − $0.08 (− $1.20 to + $1.04) |
% unemployed | 5.8 (2.1) | 6.0 (1.8) | − $1.31* (− $2.34 to − $0.27) | − $0.01 (− $1.26 to + $1.25) |
% uninsured | 14.3 (4.7) | 12.9 (4.0) | − $0.14 (− $0.70 to + $0.41) | − $0.55 (− $1.20 to + $0.10) |