Nursing
Home Care
(Data are for U.S. for
year indicated)
Number
of nursing homes:
18,000
Number
of beds:
1.9 million
Number
of current residents:
1.6 million
Average
length of stay (current resident): 892 days
Number
of discharged residents: 2.5 million
Average
length of stay (discharged resident): 272 days
Occupancy
rate: 87 percent
Source: The National Nursing Home
Survey: 1999 Summary, Tables 1, 11, 39
More data
Nursing home residents 65 years of age and over by age, sex,
and race: 1973-2004 Health,
United States, 2007, Table 104
Nursing
home average monthly charges and percent of residents by source of payment and facility characteristics: 1985-2004 Health,
United States, 2007, Table 134
Nursing homes, beds, occupancy, and residents by geographic
division and state: 1995-2006 Health,
United States, 2007, Table 117
Related
links
National
Nursing Home Survey
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
National
Institute on Aging
This page last reviewed
March 13, 2008