Nursing Home Care
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of nursing homes: 16,100
- Number of beds: 1.7 million
- Occupancy rate: 86 percent
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey: Facilities, Table 1
- Number of current residents: 1.5 million
- Average length of time since admission (current residents): 835 days
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Current Residents, Table 13
More data
- Nursing home residents 65 years of age and over by age, sex, and race: 1973-2004 Health, United States, 2008, Table 107
- Nursing homes, beds, occupancy, and residents by geographic division and state: 1995-2007 Health, United States, 2008, Table 120
- Pressure Ulcers Among Nursing Home Residents: United States, 2004
Contact Us:
- National Center for Health Statistics
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Hyattsville, MD 20782 - 1 (800) 232-4636
- cdcinfo@cdc.gov
