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

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

                                            Patient                                Sex
                                        characteristic      Total       Male       Female     Total   Male Female

                                                                       Number               Percent distribution
                                      Total                  393,200     197,700    195,500    100.0 100.0  100.0
                                       Age at admission1

                                      Under 65 years         121,100      74,000     47,100     30.8  37.4   24.1
                                        [>]  Under 45
                                                              31,700      20,000    *11,700      8.1  10.1   *6.0
                                      years
                                        [>]  45-64 years      89,400      54,000     35,300     22.7  27.3   18.1

                                      65 years and over      265,200     120,900    144,400     67.5  61.1   73.8
                                        [>]  65-69 years      34,100      16.200     18,000      8.7   8.2    9.2

                                        [>]  70-74 years      61,300      30,100     31,200     15.6  15.2   15.9

                                        [>]  75-79 years      57,000      29.200     27,800     14.5  14.8   14.2

                                        [>]  80-84 years      48,300      19,100     29,300     12.3   9.6   15.0

                                        [>]  85 years
                                                              64,500      26,300     38,200     16.4  13.3   19.5
                                      and over
                                             Race
                                      White                  310,300     157,500    152,800     78.9  79.7   78.1
                                      Black and other2        48,500     *21,100     27,400     12.3 *10.7   14.0

                                        [>]  Black            43,900     *18,200     25,700     11.2  *9.2   13.1

                                      Unknown                 34,500     *19,200    *15,300      8.8  *9.7   *7.8
                                       Marital status at
                                           discharge
                                      Married                190,300     131,600     58,600     48.4  66.6   30.0

                                [>]   Not married3           177,700      59,500    118,100     45.2  30.1   60.4
                                        [>]  Widowed         115,600      24,800     90,800     29.4  12.5   46.5

                                      Unknown                 25,300           *    *18,800      6.4     *   *9.6
                                          Reason for
                                          discharge1

                                      Decreased              322,200     161,600    160,600     81.9  81.7   82.1
                                      Services provided
                                      by another source       21,300     *16,700     *4,600      5.4  *8.5   *2.4
                                      Other reason for
                                      discharge4              52,100     *19,600     33,400     13.2  *9.9   17.1

                                      * 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.

                                      4Includes unknown.

                                      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 7. 1998. (The NCHS Web
                                      site contains instructions to download the AcrobatÆ reader required to view
                                      this publication.)

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