TABLE 1.

Population Characteristics: National Nursing Home Survey, 2004

	Total (N = 12 832)	White (n = 11 448)	Black (n = 1384)	P a
Population size, no.	1 408 749	1 225 852	182 897
Age, y, mean ±SE	80.8 ±0.2	81.7 ±0.2	75.0 ±0.7	≤.001
Female gender, %	71.9	73.2	63.3	≤.001
Veteran, %	6.9	7.2	5.1	.016
Length of stay ≥ 6 mo, %	70.2	70.0	71.2	.426
Payment source for the past mo, %				≤.001
Medicare	6.5	6.6	5.5
Medicaid	57.1	54.7	72.7
Private	7.4	8.0	3.7
Other	29.1	30.7	18.2
No. of difficult ADLs, mean ±SE	16.5 ±0.1	16.4 ±0.1	17.3 ±0.3	.003
Indication of depressed mood, %	42.9	43.7	37.6	.003
Any behavioral symptoms, %	27.8	27.9	27.3	.751
Dementia, %	18.5	19.2	14.2	≤.001
Heart disease, %	20.9	21.4	17.6	.012
Chronic pulmonary disease, %	13.3	13.8	10.2	≤.001
Asthma, %	2.4	2.3	3.4	.044
Diabetes, %	23.8	22.4	32.9	≤.001
Chronic renal disease, %	2.3	2.1	3.4	.006
For-profit nursing home, %	61.3	59.2	75.2	≤.001
No. of nursing-home beds, %				≤.001
< 50	4.2	4.6	1.8
50–99	28.5	29.8	20.0
100–199	52.9	52.4	56.2
≥ 200	14.4	13.3	22.1
Location, %				≤.001
Metropolitan	75.0	73.6	84.5
Micropolitan	13.8	14.5	9.0
Rural	11.2	11.9	6.4

Note. ADLs = activities of daily living. ADLs include bed mobility, transfer, dressing, eating, toileting, personal hygiene, and bathing.

^aComparing Blacks and Whites, based on the χ² test for categorical variables and the t test for continuous variables.