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                                      Number and percent distribution of elderly nursing home residents 65 years and
        Updated 12/5898               over by selected demographic characteristics, according to sex: United States,
                                      1995

                                          Selected           Both sexes              Male                 Female
                                         demographic               Percent              Percent               Percent
                                       characteristics   Number  distribution Number distribution   Number  distribution
                                      Total            1,385,400        100.0 342,700       100.0 1,042,700        100.0
                                      Age at admission
                                      65-74 years        242,000         17.5  93,500        27.3   148,600         14.2
                                      75-84 years        586,300         42.3 143,400        41.8   442,900         42.5
                                      85 years and
                                      over               557,100         40.2 105,900        30.9   451,200         43.3
                                            Race
                                      White            1,240,000         89.5 294,500        85.9   945,500         90.7
                                      Black              117,900          8.5  37,000        10.8    80,900          7.8
                                        [>]  Black and
                                                         137,600          9.9  44,500        13.0    93,200          8.9
                                      other
                                        [>]  Other and
                                                          27,500          2.0  11.100         3.2      16.4          1.6
                                      unknown
                                       Hispanic origin
                                      Hispanic            32,300          2.3  13,000         3.8    19,300          1.8
                                      Non-Hispanic     1,276,000         92.1 312,600        91.2   963,400         92.4
                                      Unknown             77,100          5.6  17,100         5.0    60,100          5.8
                                       Marital status
                                      Married            229,300         16.5 126,800        37.0   102,500          9.8
                                      Widowed            914,800         66.0 127,900        37.3   786,900         75.5
                                      Divorced and/or
                                      separated           75,800          5.5  31,600         9.2    44,200          4.2
                                      Never married
                                      and/or single      154,300         11.1  53,000        15.5   101,300          9.7
                                      Unknown             11,300          0.8       *           *    *7,900         *0.8
                                [>]
                                       Living quarters
                                      Private
                                      residence          509,700         36.8 124,500        36.2   385,200         36.9
                                      Retirement home     31,100          2.2  86,600        *1.9    24,400          2.3
                                      Board and care
                                      and/or
                                      residential         68,600          4.9  15,200         4.4    53,400          5.1
                                      facility
                                      Nursing home       160,400         11.6  43,600        12.7   116,800         11.2
                                      Hospital           562,300         40.6 138,500        40.4   423,800         40.6
                                      Mental health
                                      facility            14,900          1.1       *           *    *9,700         *0.9
                                      Other or unknown    38,500          2.8  *9,100        *2.7    29,400          2.8
                                           Living
                                         arrangement
                                      Family members      28,500         20.2  84,400        24.6   196,100         18.8
                                      Nonfamily
                                      members             28,400          2.0  *6,300        *1.8    22,100          2.1
                                      Alone              215,900         15.6  39,000        11.4   177,000         17.0
                                      Other or unknown   860,600         62.1 213,100        62.2   647,600         62.1
                                      * 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. 289.
                                      Hyattsville, Maryland: Public Health Service, p 3. 1997. (The NCHS Web site
                                      contains instructions to download the AcrobatÆ reader required to view this
                                      publication.)

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