Home Health and Hospice Care Patients, by Selected Characteristics statistics

[In percent, except as indicated (1,284.2 represents 1,284,200). Based on the National Home and Hospice Care Surveys. Home health care is provided to individuals and families in their place of residence. Hospice care is available in both the home and inpatient settings. Prior to 1996 agencies which provide both types of care were classified according to how the majority of their patients were cared for. See source for details]


		CURRENT PATIENTS ¹			DISCHARGES ²
					-
ITEM		Home health		Hospice		Home health		Hospice
	Total	care		care	Total	care		care

1992
Total (1,000)	1,284.2	1,232.2		52.1	3,273.3	3,054.0		219.3

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age:
Under 45 years old	11.5	11.7		7.1	12.9	12.8		7.2
45-54 years old	3.5	3.5		3.6	4.5	4.8		8.3
55-64 years old	9.0	9.0		9.4	8.1	7.8		12.5
65 years old and over	76.0	75.8		79.9	74.4	74.6		72.0
65-69 years old	10.7	10.6		13.4	11.5	11.3		14.3
70-74 years old	14.0	13.9		15.6	13.9	13.7		17.0
75-79 years old	16.7	16.7		17.3	17.7	17.9		15.2
80-84 years old	17.4	17.2		21.0	16.0	16.3		11.8
85 years old and over	17.2	17.4		12.7	15.3	15.4		13.7

Sex:
Male	33.7	33.2		46.2	37.6	36.6		51.4
Female	66.3	66.8		53.8	62.4	63.4		48.6

Race:
White	68.5	68.0		79.5	68.6	67.4		85.5
Black	13.2	13.3		10.5	9.6	9.8		5.8
Other or unknown	18.3	18.7		10.0	21.8	22.8		8.7

Marital status: ³
Married	34.0	33.4		48.0	37.9	37.2		46.5
Widowed	35.4	35.4		35.4	31.7	31.6		32.6
Divorced or separated	4.7	4.7		4.9	5.0	4.6		10.7
Never married	11.9	12.1		7.4	11.9	12.3		6.3
Unknown	13.9	14.3		4.3	13.6	14.3		3.8

1993
Total (1,000)	1,501.3	1,451.2		50.1	3,945.1	3,688.0		257.2

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age at admission: ³
Under 45 years old	13.6	13.7		9.9	15.2	15.6		9.9
45-54 years old	3.7	3.7		6.3	4.3	4.2		5.2
55-64 years old	8.3	8.2		12.3	9.4	9.1		13.8
65 years old and over	74.4	74.5		71.5	71.0	71.1		71.2
65-69 years old	9.7	9.6		10.7	10.2	9.8		16.3
70-74 years old	14.5	14.4		18.2	15.0	14.8		18.7
75-79 years old	15.6	15.7		13.0	15.4	15.6		13.2
80-84 years old	16.0	16.1		15.0	14.5	14.8		10.3
85 years old and over	18.6	18.7		14.6	15.9	16.1		12.7

Sex:
Male	34.3	34.0		41.1	37.3	36.5		48.6
Female	65.7	66.0		58.9	62.7	63.5		51.4

Race:
White	68.5	68.0		80.4	68.2	67.5		79.3
Black	13.6	13.7		9.1	9.7	9.8		9.1
Other or unknown	18.0	18.3		10.6	22.1	22.8		11.6

Marital status: ³
Married	30.0	29.4		47.6	38.7	37.5		56.0
Widowed	37.4	37.6		31.3	31.4	32.0		22.9
Divorced or separated	5.1	5.1		5.4	4.6	4.5		7.0
Never married	17.1	17.3		10.3	14.6	14.9		11.5
Unknown	10.4	10.6		5.3	10.6	11.2		2.7

1994
Total (1,000)	1,950.3	1,889.4		61.0	5,600.2	5,272.2		328.0

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age at admission: ³
Under 45 years old	12.4	12.5		8.6	12.3	12.7		5.7
45-54 years old	4.6	4.6		6.8	7.4	7.4		7.4
55-64 years old	10.1	9.9		15.6	7.8	7.4		13.9
65 years old and over	72.3	72.4		68.8	71.7	71.7		72.9
65-69 years old	9.3	9.3		9.5	9.4	9.2		11.6
70-74 years old	12.6	12.6		13.8	14.6	14.5		16.2
75-79 years old	14.9	15.0		12.3	16.4	16.5		15.5
80-84 years old	15.9	15.9		16.5	18.1	18.5		12.4
85 years old and over	19.5	19.6		16.6	13.2	13.0		17.2

Sex:
Male	32.8	32.5		44.7	41.0	40.3		52.3
Female	67.2	67.5		55.3	59.0	59.7		47.7

Race:
White	63.8	63.3		80.8	66.8	66.0		79.4
Black	15.6	15.9		7.2	8.6	8.6		7.3
Other or unknown	20.6	20.8		12.0	24.7	25.4		13.3

Marital status: ³
Married	31.2	30.6		48.4	38.3	37.7		48.9
Widowed	36.0	36.2		30.6	30.6	30.7		29.7
Divorced or separated	4.8	4.7		6.0	4.7	4.6		5.5
Never married	16.5	16.7		11.4	14.9	15.2		9.2
Unknown	11.5	11.7		3.7	11.5	11.8		6.8

Primary admission diagnosis:
Neoplasms	7.7	6.1		58.7	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic
and immunity disorders	9.2	9.4		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)
Diseases of the nervous system and
sense organs	7.8	7.8		6.7	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)
Diseases of the circulatory system	26.2	26.6		12.8	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue	8.0	8.2		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)
Injuries and poisoning	7.7	8.0		(NA)	(NA)	(NA)		(NA)

1996
Total (1,000)	2,486.8	2,427.5		59.4	8,168.9	7,775.7		393.2

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age at admission: ³
Under 45 years old	14.1	14.3		7.3	19.0	19.5		8.1
45-54 years old	5.3	5.4		4.5	6.0	5.9		7.9
55-64 years old	7.8	7.7		10.3	8.7	8.4		14.8
65 years old and over	72.4	72.2		77.7	66.1	66.1		67.5
65-69 years old	8.8	8.8		8.4	10.7	10.8		8.7
70-74 years old	13.0	12.9		16.2	13.3	13.2		15.6
75-79 years old	17.1	17.1		16.6	12.5	12.4		14.5
80-84 years old	16.6	16.7		15.2	14.1	14.2		12.3
85 years old and over	16.8	16.7		21.3	15.5	15.4		16.4

Sex:
Male	33.2	32.9		44.9	37.2	36.5		50.3
Female	66.8	67.1		55.1	62.8	63.5		49.7

Race:
White	65.5	65.1		83.7	63.5	62.8		78.9
Black	12.0	12.0		8.3	7.6	7.4		11.2
Other or unknown	22.5	22.9		8.0	28.9	29.8		9.9

Marital status: ³
Married	29.3	29.0		43.7	37.5	37.0		48.4
Widowed	35.3	35.3		32.2	24.8	24.6		29.4
Divorced or separated	4.2	4.1		9.3	5.0	5.0		6.5
Never married	18.5	18.7		8.5	18.0	18.4		9.3
Unknown	12.7	12.8	⁴	6.3	14.6	15.0		6.4

Primary admission diagnosis:
Neoplasms	6.5	5.2		59.6	11.6	8.6		70.6
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic
and immunity disorders	9.9	10.2		(⁴)	5.6	5.8		(⁴)
Diseases of the nervous system and
sense organs	5.8	5.7		8.1	3.3	3.2		3.2
Diseases of the circulatory system	25.1	25.4		12.3	21.8	22.4		9.6
Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue	8.5	8.7		(⁴)	7.7	8.1		(⁴)
Injuries and poisoning	6.7	6.9		(⁴)	11.9	12.5		(⁴)


1998
Total (1,000)	1,961.6	1,881.8		79.8	8,117.7	7,621.8		496.0

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Age: ³
Under 45 years old	15.1	15.5		4.6	14.7	15.3		5.9
45-54 years old	7.1	7.1		6.4	7.1	7.1		6.7
55-64 years old	8.8	8.7		10.6	8.3	8.1		11.2
65 years old and over	69.1	68.7		78.4	70.0	69.6		76.1
65-69 years old	8.2	8.3		7.2	9.7	9.7		9.2
70-74 years old	11.6	11.5		15.5	13.0	12.8		16.7
75-79 years old	14.5	14.4		16.8	17.0	17.1		16.8
80-84 years old	15.5	15.5		16.2	13.9	13.8		15.2
85 years old and over	19.2	19.1		22.7	16.3	16.2		18.2

Sex:
Male	34.0	33.6		42.7	38.4	37.7		47.9
Female	66.0	66.4		57.3	61.6	62.3		52.1

Race:
White	70.0	69.5		82.7	67.8	67.0		79.8
Black and other	13.5	13.6		9.9	12.9	13.0		9.3
Black	12.9	13.0		8.9	11.7	11.8		8.0
Unknown	16.6	17.0		7.4	19.3	20.0	⁴	10.9

Marital status: ³
Married	30.3	29.7		44.6	39.7	38.9		48.9
Widowed	32.7	32.5		35.8	28.3	28.1		32.0
Divorced or separated	4.9	4.8		8.5	4.5	4.4		5.1
Never married	17.0	17.4		7.5	15.1	15.7		7.2
Unknown	15.1	15.6	⁴	3.6	12.5	12.9	⁴	6.8

Primary admission diagnosis:
Neoplasms	6.1	3.9		57.5	10.9	7.3		65.7
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic
and immunity disorders	7.9	8.2		(⁴)	5.1	5.4		(⁴)
Diseases of the nervous system and
sense organs	7.7	7.6		9.5	4.3	4.3		4.9
Diseases of the circulatory system	23.0	23.5		12.6	24.3	25.2		11.4
Diseases of the respiratory system	8.0	7.9		10.6	8.3	8.4		6.2
Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue	7.9	8.2		(⁴)	8.3	8.8		(⁴)
Injuries and poisoning	8.5	8.9		(⁴)	9.3	9.9		(⁴)

NA Not available.
1 Patients on the rolls of the agency as of midnight the day prior to the survey.
2 Patients removed from the rolls of the agency during the 12 months prior to the day of the survey. A patient could be included more than once if the individual had more than one episode of care during the year.
3 For current patients, current age or marital status; for discharged patients, age or marital status at time of discharge.
4 Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics, Advance Data, Nos. 259, 272, 274, and 297.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/206_home_health_and_hospice_care_patients.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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