[menu-bar.gif (21833 bytes)]         Home and Hospice Care

                                      Number and percent distribution of home health and hospice care current
        Updated 12/8/98               patients by age, sex, race, and marital status, according to type of care
                                      received: United States, 1996

                                                                     Type of care                 Type of care
                                          Patient         All                            All
                                       characteristic   patients     Home    Hospice  patients   Home    Hospice
                                                                    health                      health
                                                                   Number                Percent distribution
                                      Total             2,486,500  2,427,500   59,400     100.0   100.0     100.0
                                           Age at
                                         admission
                                      Under 45 years      351,700    347,400    4,300      14.1    14.3       7.3
                                      45-54 years         132,900    130,200    2,700       5.3     5.4       4.5
                                      55-64 years         193,800    187,600    6,100       7.8     7.7      10.3
                                      65 years and
                                      over              1,799,500  1,753,400   46,100      72.4    72.2      77.7
                                        [>]  65-69
                                                          218,600    213,600    5,000       8.8     8.8       8.0
                                      years
                                        [>]  70-74
                                                          323,900    314,300    9,600      13.0    12.9      16.2
                                      years
                                        [>]  75-79
                                                          426,000    416,200    9,800      17.1    17.1      16.6
                                      years
                                        [>]  80-84
                                                          413,400    404,300    9,100      16.6    16.7      15.2
                                      years
                                        [>]  85 years
                                                          417,600    404,900   12,700      16.8    16.7      21.0
                                      and over
                                      Unknown                   *          *        *         *       *         *
                                            Sex
                                      Male                825,300    798,700   26,600      33.2    32.9      44.0
                                [>]
                                      Female            1,661,200  1,628,500   32,700      66.8    67.1      55.1
                                      Unknown                   *          *        *         *       *         *
                                            Race
                                      White             1,629,000  1,579,300   49,700      65.5    65.1      83.7
                                      Black and other     342,300    336,600    5,700      13.8    13.9       9.6
                                        [>]  Black        297,400    292,400    4.900      12.0    12.0       8.3

                                      Unknown             515,600    511,500    4,000      20.7    21.1       6.7
                                      Current marital
                                           status
                                      Married             729,000    703,000   25,900      29.3    29.0      43.0
                                      Widowed             876,700    857,600   19,100      35.3    35.3      32.0
                                      Divorced or
                                      separated           105,700    100,100    5,500       4.2     4.1       9.0
                                      Single or never
                                      married             460,200    455,100    5,000      18.5    18.7       8.5
                                      Unknown             315,400    311,600   *3,800      12.7    12.8      *6.0
                                      * Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
                                      NOTES: Numbers may not add to totals because of rounding.  Percents are
                                      based on the unrounded figures

                                      Suggested citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Advance Data No.
                                      297. Hyattsville, Maryland: Public Health Service, p 6. 1998. (The NCHS Web
                                      site contains instructions to download the AcrobatÆ reader required to view
                                      this publication.)

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