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

                                      Number and percent distribution of hospice care current patients by
        Updated 12/8/98               selected patient characteristics, according to sex: United States, 1996

                                            Patient                                Sex1
                                        characteristic      Total       Male      Female    Total    Male  Female

                                                                       Number               Percent distribution
                                      All patients            59,400     26,600     32,700    100.0  100.0  100.0
                                       Age at admission1

                                      Under 65 years          13,100      6,100      7,000     22.1   22.9   21.4
                                        [>]  Under 45
                                                               4,300      2,400      1,900      7.3    8.9    5.9
                                      years
                                        [>]  45-64 years       8,800      3,700      5,100     14.8   14.0   15.5

                                      65 years and over       46,100     20,400     25,700     77.7   76.6   78.6
                                        [>]  65-69 years       5,000      2,800      2,200      8.4   10.6    6.6

                                        [>]  70-74 years       9,600      5,800      3,800     16.2   21.9   11.5

                                        [>]  75-79 years       9,800      4,900      4,900     16.6   18.4   15.0

                                        [>]  80-84 years       9,100      3,300      5,800     15.2   12.2   17.7

                                        [>]  85 years and
                                                              12,700      3,600      9,100     21.3   13.4   27.8
                                      over
                                             Race
                                      White                   49,700     22,000     27,700     83.7   82.5   84.6
                                      Black and other2           700       37.0     11,200     18.9 62.000   15.8

                                        [>]  Black             4,900      2,600      2,300      8.3    9.8    7.1

                                [>]   Unknown                  4,000     *1,500     *2,500      6.7   *5.7   *7.6
                                        Current marital
                                            status
                                      Married                 25,900     17,600      8,300     43.7   66.1   25.4
                                      Not married3            29,700      8,200     21,500     50.0   30.9   65.6

                                        [>]  Widowed          19,100      3,000     16,100     32.2   11.4   49.1

                                      Unknown                 *3,700          *     *2,900     *6.3      *   *9.0
                                      * Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision (sample size
                                      is less than 30) and is therefore no reported.  If shown with a number, it
                                      should no be assumed reliable because the sample size is between 30-59 or
                                      the sample size is greater than 59 but has a relative standard error over
                                      30 percent.
                                      1Excludes unknown.

                                      2Includes race other than white and unknown.

                                      3Includes separated.

                                      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.
                                      299. Hyattsville, Maryland: Public Health Service, p 5. 1998. (The NCHS Web
                                      site contains instructions to download the AcrobatÆ reader required to view
                                      this publication.)

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