Table 185a: Adult nursing home discharges who were discharged either recovered or stabilized, by race, United States, 1999^a

	Total		White		Black
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	33.0	1.7	34.5	1.8	22.1	3.1
Age
18-64	38.9	3.5	41.9	4.2	*28.0	5.2
18-44	*35.9	6.9	**	**	**	**
45-64	39.6	4.0	43.0	4.7	*27.5	5.7
65 and over	32.2	1.7	33.5	1.8	20.7	3.4
65-74	39.4	2.9	42.4	3.1	*26.6	4.6
75-84	37.2	2.3	39.2	2.5	*21.6	6.2
85 and over	24.1	1.6	24.7	1.6	**	**
Gender
Male	33.2	2.3	35.1	2.4	*22.7	5.0
Female	32.9	1.6	34.1	1.7	21.7	3.3
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	34.0	1.9	35.6	2.0	23.0	3.5
Rural (Non-MSA)	29.7	3.7	31.0	3.9	**	**

^aThe NNHS item is "Reason for Discharge = Recovered or Stabilized."

^*Figure should not be assumed to be reliable because the sample size is between 30 and 59.

^**Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Nursing Home Survey.

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