Table 2 Prevalence of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis by demographic characteristics in Medicare 2019.
From: Care access and utilization among medicare beneficiaries living with Parkinson’s disease
Medicare beneficiaries with Parkinson’s disease (2019) | Total Medicare beneficiaries* (2019) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Total population | 685,116 | – | 56,888,373 | – |
Sex | ||||
Female | 299,549 | 43.7 | 30,967,181 | 54.4 |
Male | 385,567 | 56.3 | 25,921,184 | 45.6 |
Age | ||||
70 and under | 151,411 | 22.1 | 24,404,014 | 42.9 |
Over 70 | 533,705 | 77.9 | 32,484,359 | 57.1 |
Race and ethnicity | ||||
Asian | 15,947 | 2.3 | 1,450,377 | 2.5 |
Black | 40,097 | 5.9 | 5,952,719 | 10.5 |
Hispanic | 17,911 | 2.6 | 1,723,507 | 3 |
North American Native | 2,268 | 0.3 | 258,074 | 0.5 |
Other | 13,891 | 2 | 1,170,014 | 2.1 |
Unknown | 10,776 | 1.6 | 1,185,755 | 2.1 |
White | 584,226 | 85.3 | 45,147,927 | 79.3 |
Urbanicity | ||||
Rural | 109,451 | 16.0 | 9,951,576 | 17.5 |
Non-rural | 575,665 | 84.0 | 46,930,412 | 82.5 |
Medicare enrollment | ||||
Fee-for-Service (FFS) | 414,401 | 60.5 | 35,651,994 | 62.7 |
Medicare Advantage (MA) | 270,715 | 39.5 | 21,236,379 | 37.3 |
Co-Occurring Chronic Disease | ||||
Depressed and/or Anxious | 362,314 | 52.9 | 15,553,742 | 27.3 |
Neither Depressed nor Anxious | 322,802 | 47.1 | 41,334,631 | 72.7 |
