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Aging into the 21st Century
Table 20 - Persons 65 Years and Over and 85 Years and Over Residing
in a Nursing Home, by Sex and Assumptions as to Residency Ratios:
1985 and 2030 (Numbers in thousands. Projections are based on highest
and lowest series of U.S. Census Bureau population projections.)
AGE AND SEX |
1985 |
2030 |
| Stable Ratios |
6.5 Percent Decrease
in Ratios per Decade |
| Lowest series |
Highest series |
Lowest Series |
Highest series |
| 65 AND OVER |
Total
|
1,317 |
2,634 |
3,497 |
1,964 |
2,674 |
Male
|
334 |
720 |
995 |
501 |
761 |
Female
|
983 |
1,914 |
2,502 |
1,463 |
1,913 |
Percent female
|
74.6 |
72.7 |
71.5 |
74.5 |
71.5 |
Percent of population
|
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
| 85 AND OVER |
Total
|
597 |
1,213 |
2,419 |
936 |
1,863 |
Male
|
112 |
257 |
530 |
181 |
380 |
Female
|
485 |
956 |
1,889 |
755 |
1,483 |
Percent female
|
81.2 |
78.8 |
78.1 |
80.7 |
79.4 |
Percent of population
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22.0 |
21.8 |
21.8 |
16.8 |
16.8 |
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, January, 1996. Unpublished study.
Table compiled by the National Aging Information Center.
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