Table 1 Summary statistics

Baseline Age

71.70 (6.13)

74.81 (7.87)

Male

0.42 (0.49)

0.23 (0.42)

White

0.85 (0.36)

0.82 (0.39)

Black

0.08 (0.27)

0.10 (0.31)

Hispanic

0.02 (0.13)

0.02 (0.12)

Other

0.04 (0.21)

0.05 (0.23)

Ever Dual Eligible

0.19 (0.39)

0.22 (0.41)

Yearly Trend (2000 = 0)

-2.85 (8.81)

-5.70 (8.21)

Congestive heart failure

0.06 (0.24)

0.19 (0.39)

Cardiac arrhythmias

0.10 (0.30)

0.33 (0.47)

Valvular disease

0.04 (0.19)

0.14 (0.35)

Pulmonary circulation Disorders

0.01 (0.10)

0.04 (0.20)

Peripheral vascular disorders

0.06 (0.23)

0.16 (0.37)

Hypertension, uncomplicated

0.38 (0.49)

0.65 (0.48)

Hypertension, complicated

0.04 (0.19)

0.13 (0.34)

Paralysis

0.01 (0.09)

0.02 (0.13)

Other neurological disorders

0.02 (0.15)

0.06 (0.24)

Chronic pulmonary disease

0.11 (0.31)

0.26 (0.44)

Diabetes, uncomplicated

0.14 (0.35)

0.25 (0.43)

Diabetes, complicated

0.04 (0.20)

0.10 (0.30)

Hypothyroidism

0.08 (0.27)

0.42 (0.49)

Renal failure

0.02 (0.15)

0.07 (0.26)

Liver disease

0.01 (0.12)

0.05 (0.21)

Peptic ulcer disease excluding bleeding

0.01 (0.11)

0.03 (0.18)

AIDS/H1V

< 0.01 (0.02)

< 0.01 (0.02)

Lymphoma

< 0.01 (0.07)

0.01 (0.11)

Metastatic cancer

0.01 (0.09)

0.02 (0.14)

Solid tumor without metastasis

0.07 (0.26)

0.16 (0.36)

Rheumatoid arthritis/ collagen vascular diseases

0.03 (0.17)

0.09 (0.29)

Coagulopathy

0.01 (0.12)

0.05 (0.23)

Obesity

0.03 (0.16)

0.06 (0.23)

Weight loss

0.01 (0.12)

0.10 (0.30)

Fluid and electrolyte disorders

0.04 (0.21)

0.16 (0.37)

Blood loss anemia

0.01 (0.07)

0.02 (0.15)

Deficiency anemia

0.03 (0.16)

0.11 (0.31)

Alcohol abuse

0.01 (0.07)

0.01 (0.09)

Drug abuse

< 0.01 (0.04)

0.01 (0.07)

Psychoses

0.01 (0.09)

0.02 (0.14)

Depression

0.05 (0.22)

0.13 (0.34)

N

3,399,925

39,596

N Graves Disease

19,852

19,798

N Alzheimer’s Disease

320,508

3,846

N Dead

1,413,974

17,065