Table 3. Population receiving care in a nursing home: Selected calendar years, 1960-85.
| Year | Total population in millions1 | Population age 65 or over in millions1 | Nursing home average daily census2 in millions | Nursing home residents age 65 or over | ||
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| Number in millions | Percent of aged population | Percent of nursing home residents | ||||
| 1960 | 190.1 | 17.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 375.3 |
| 1970 | 214.8 | 20.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 385.8 |
| 1980 | 235.2 | 26.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 386.4 |
| 1985 | 247.0 | 29.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 488.4 |
Social security area population.
Non-Federal nursing care facilities excluding ICFs/MR.
Average daily census equals occupancy rate times number of beds times number of days in year.
Developed from counts of institutionalized persons in homes for the aged and dependent. Data from U.S. Bureau of the Census: 1960 census of population: Inmates of institutions. Subject Reports. Vol. II, PC(2)-8A; 1970 census of population: Persons in institutions and other group quarters. Subject Reports. 1980 census of population: Persons in institutions and other group quarters. Subject Reports. Washington. U.S. Government Printing Office, June 1963, July 1973, Oct. 1984.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data prepared by the Office of National Cost Estimates.