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. 1988 Summer;9(4):81–97.

Table 3. Number of skilled nursing facility and intermediate care facility beds per 1,000 aged population 65 years of age or over, by State: United States, 1978-86.

State 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Total 54.7 54.6 53.7 53.4 53.3 53.0 51.9 52.4 52.1
Alabama 48.8 48.0 46.6 46.8 46.2 45.8 46.7 44.3 44.1
Alaska 82.3 82.3 71.4 55.2 63.2 58.1 54.3 48.5 45.7
Arizona 19.8 19.1 20.2 21.2 21.0 22.0 24.7 25.3 33.5
Arkansas 63.5 62.6 61.2 62.2 61.7 62.0 61.5 62.1 63.5
California 49.3 47.2 46.2 44.7 44.2 43.4 43.1 42.7 41.7
Colorado 86.5 75.9 74.0 71.7 69.2 66.8 64.2 63.1 61.9
Connecticut 69.5 72.2 71.6 69.6 67.8 66.3 64.9 65.2 64.3
Delaware 54.5 58.0 61.5 62.1 64.0 65.7 48.4 56.0 54.1
District of Columbia 26.1 28.2 23.6 24.2 26.7 34.8 45.1 40.5 49.1
Florida 22.3 22.1 22.2 21.5 22.9 24.0 20.6 24.0 26.7
Georgia 66.6 67.4 63.6 63.1 66.4 65.2 59.7 58.3 56.7
Hawaii 32.4 35.8 34.4 32.4 30.9 29.3 28.2 27.0 26.9
Idaho 51.2 49.1 49.5 49.0 46.4 44.2 44.2 44.1 43.3
Illinois 71.3 71.9 69.2 68.3 66.5 66.1 64.9 64.5 64.2
Indiana 73.1 75.1 72.5 74.6 82.2 80.3 80.8 81.4 73.5
Iowa 85.2 85.0 83.3 83.5 84.9 84.2 80.1 79.5 79.7
Kansas 88.3 86.4 84.2 84.4 83.6 82.6 82.3 82.0 81.7
Kentucky 41.8 43.4 44.3 45.1 43.5 43.8 45.7 45.4 45.3
Louisiana 60.9 64.6 63.4 61.2 62.3 63.3 65.4 74.3 75.1
Maine 65.4 65.3 63.0 61.8 60.7 61.7 59.9 60.2 62.2
Maryland 52.2 51.4 52.0 52.8 52.7 53.1 52.1 51.4 50.9
Massachusetts 64.7 66.6 64.5 62.5 61.9 60.4 54.5 56.5 59.4
Michigan 53.0 52.4 50.9 49.3 48.0 49.1 48.2 47.7 46.9
Minnesota 96.3 95.4 95.2 92.8 91.5 88.5 85.9 86.0 89.6
Mississippi 45.9 48.6 42.3 45.6 46.1 46.4 46.5 45.8 45.8
Missouri 55.4 59.9 58.8 61.2 64.8 67.0 68.5 67.1 67.5
Montana 77.4 74.4 74.1 69.4 68.0 67.9 66.3 66.6 65.1
Nebraska 90.5 89.2 88.1 89.3 86.8 87.0 76.3 76.2 75.5
Nevada 35.9 34.9 33.0 31.2 29.3 30.5 27.4 28.3 26.8
New Hampshire 65.1 66.2 65.0 65.9 63.6 62.9 58.4 55.4 56.6
New Jersey 32.5 33.8 34.5 35.0 34.6 33.9 35.8 36.2 34.2
New Mexico 28.0 30.3 28.3 32.7 32.3 34.9 33.4 38.9 40.8
New York 43.0 43.3 42.7 42.9 42.8 43.1 42.8 43.4 43.4
North Carolina 31.6 33.7 32.6 33.7 33.7 32.8 31.2 32.3 32.2
North Dakota 76.4 75.3 78.0 79.0 78.6 79.5 77.8 77.2 76.3
Ohio 57.9 59.3 60.5 60.5 60.5 59.5 61.5 63.3 63.7
Oklahoma 79.0 76.6 77.0 76.8 76.6 75.8 73.6 81.3 76.9
Oregon 51.4 49.7 49.2 48.1 47.0 45.8 44.4 43.4 42.2
Pennsylvania 45.6 46.2 47.2 47.0 46.8 48.0 49.7 49.8 48.8
Rhode Island 68.0 71.7 68.4 67.1 67.1 68.5 67.7 69.9 69.0
South Carolina 38.3 37.9 39.5 39.3 40.2 40.2 33.6 37.4 36.5
South Dakota 83.0 83.4 83.4 83.3 81.9 81.4 81.6 80.4 79.2
Tennessee 38.7 41.7 44.4 47.5 48.3 48.0 48.3 49.7 50.6
Texas 78.3 77.3 73.7 72.8 71.3 68.7 65.9 66.2 65.6
Utah 56.5 54.7 50.8 47.6 45.8 45.5 42.4 44.1 42.7
Vermont 51.9 50.2 48.6 52.0 48.7 50.2 51.9 51.2 51.6
Virginia 34.8 36.6 38.0 38.8 39.9 40.8 38.6 38.1 37.2
Washington 70.4 64.6 62.3 60.8 59.3 57.6 52.7 51.7 50.8
West Virginia 21.6 21.1 21.4 23.3 25.6 28.0 27.6 28.3 32.0
Wisconsin 92.7 91.3 91.6 91.0 88.8 89.4 88.1 87.4 84.8
Wyoming 54.5 55.2 55.1 54.2 53.8 52.4 56.4 52.9 48.6

NOTE: Aged population for 1986 estimated.