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Older Persons’ Health
(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)
Population
Number of residents age
65 and over: 36.8 million (2005)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 1
Life expectancy
Men at 65 years: 17.2 years
(2005)
Women at 65 years:
20.0 years
(2005)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 27
Health status
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons age 65 and over in fair or poor health: 25
(2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 60
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons age 65 and over with activity limitation caused
by chronic health conditions: 33 (2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 58
Health risk factors
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons who currently smoke cigarettes (2006)
Men
age 65 and over: 12.6
Women
age 65 and over: 8.3
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 63
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons who are overweight (2001-2004)
Men
age 65-74: 76
Men
age 75 and over: 67
Women
age 65-74: 71.5
Women
age 75 and over: 64
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 74
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons with diagnosed diabetes
Age
65-74: 19
Age
75 and over: 18
Percent
of noninstitutionalized persons with hypertension (2001-2004)
Men
age 65-74 years: 62
Men
age 75 and over: 67
Women
age 65-74: 73
Women
age 75 and over: 82
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 70
Access to health care
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons without a usual place of care
Age
65-74: 3.8
Age
75 and over: 2.9
Health care utilization
Ambulatory care
Number of
visits to physician offices by persons age 65 and over: 229.8 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 3
Number of
visits to hospital outpatient departments by persons age 65 and over: 16.5 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 1
Number of
visits to hospital emergency departments by persons age 65 and over: 17.2 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 2
Hospital inpatient care
Number
of discharges from nonfederal short-stay hospitals aged 65 and over: 13
million
Average length of stay in
nonfederal short-stay hospitals by persons age 65 and over: 5.5 days
Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Table 1
Nursing home care
Number of nursing home
residents age 65 and over: 1.3 million (2004)
Nursing home residents per
1,000 persons age 65 and over: 36 (2004)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 104
Home health care
Current patients per 10,000
persons age 65 and over: 277 (2000)
Source: Health, United States, 2005, Table 94
Hospice care
Current patients per 10,000
persons age 65 and over: 25 (2000)
Source: Health, United States, 2005, Table 95
Dental care
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons age 65 and over with a dental visit in the past
year: 58 (2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 94
Preventive care
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons age 65 and over who ever had a pneumococcal
vaccination: 58 (2007)
Percent of
noninstitutionalized persons age 65 and over who had an influenza
vaccination in the past 12 months: 67 (2007)
Percent of
noninstitutionalized women age 65 and over who had a mammogram in the past 2
years: 64 (2005)
Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 87
Mortality
Number of deaths of persons age 65
and over: 1,755,669
Deaths per
100,000 population: 4,837.4
Number of deaths for leading
causes of death of persons age 65 and over:
Heart
disease: 533,302
Cancer: 385,847
Stroke:
130,538
Source: Deaths: Leading Causes for 2004, Table 1
More data
Health,
United States, trend Tables with data on older population age 65 years and
over
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Outpatient Department Summary
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Emergency Department Summary
Early
Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
Data
Warehouse on Trends in Health & Aging
Deaths:
Leading Causes for 2004
Summary
Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey
2005
Summary
Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey 2006
2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey
Related links
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National Health Interview Survey
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National Hospital Discharge Survey
National Nursing Home Survey
Mortality Data
National
Center for Health Statistics Aging Activities
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