Table 3 Sample statistics by county (N) by regime (REG1, REG2, REG3), mammography sample (female, 2003-2005)
From: Macro-level factors impacting geographic disparities in cancer screening
|  | REG11R14 = 1 & R25 = 1 (N = 2,056) | REG21R14 = 1 & R25 = 0 (N = 632) | REG31R14 = 0 & R25 = 0 (N = 445)reference group |
|---|---|---|---|
% Mammography screening in 2003-2005, among FFS Medicare population | 56.6 (7.5) | 53.9 (7.6) | 54.7 (8.5) |
% Age 65-74 in FFS Medicare | 61.3 (4.7) | 63.1 (4.1) | 60.8 (5.2) |
% Age 75-84 in FFS Medicare | 31.3 (3.4) | 29.9 (3.1) | 31.1 (3.6) |
% Age 85+ in FFS Medicare | 7.4 (1.8) | 7.0 (1.8) | 8.1 (2.3) |
% Dual or ESRD in FFS Medicare | 20.3 (10.0) | 23.6 (11.7) | 21.4 (14.1) |
% White in FFS Medicare | 87.9 (11.5) | 83.1 (12.2) | 85.2 (15.5) |
% Black in FFS Medicare | 5.2 (9.7) | 7.2 (10.5) | 8.0 (14.8) |
% Hispanic in FFS Medicare | 0.38 (1.5) | 2.5 (5.8) | 0.15 (0.4) |
% Other race in FFS Medicare | 6.6 (6.4) | 7.1 (7.2) | 6.6 (6.5) |
% Mover in 2001-2005 in FFS Medicare | 5.6 (2.6) | 6.1 (2.3) | 5.1 (2.3) |
Average distance to closest provider | 11.6 (23.1) | 16.6 (18.5) | 19.9 (17.1) |
Managed care penetration, 2001 | 12.3 (13.3) | 7.9 (10.8) | 2.2 (4.3) |
Managed care penetration, 1998 | 0.3 (2.1) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.1) |
Population density in 2001 (in thousands) | 12.6 (4.5) | 15.2 (5.2) | 14.1 (5.5) |
% US population in poverty in 2001 | 47 | 62.5 | 25 |
% states allowing NP to practice and/or prescribe | 11.8 (4.5) | 15.0 (3.7) | 18.1 (7.8) |
% of counties with MD Shortage | 63.9 (8.2) | 56.9 (9.4) | 65.3 (11.6) |
% of Medicare population with Supplemental MediGap | 63.1 | 64 | 78.5 |