Table 31. Number of Medicaid recipients, total payments, and average payment per recipient, by basis of eligibility: Fiscal years 1975 and 1984.

Basis of eligibility	Recipients				Total Medicaid payments				Average payment per recipient
	1975		1984		1975		1984		1975	1984	Percent change 1975-84
	Number in thousands	Percent	Number in thousands	Percent	Amount in millions	Percent	Amount in millions	Percent
Total	22,007	100.0	21,365	100.0	$12,242	100.0	$34,262	100.0	$556	$1,604	188
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
Children	9,598	43.6	9,771	43.1	2,186	17.9	4,083	11.9	228	418	83
Adults	4,529	20.6	5,598	24.7	2,062	16.8	4,548	13.3	455	812	78
Supplemental Security Income:
Aged	3,615	16.4	3,166	14.0	4,359	35.6	12,775	37.3	1,205	4,035	235
Blind	109	0.5	80	0.3	93	0.8	220	0.6	850	2,753	224
Disabled	2,355	10.7	2,870	12.7	3,052	24.9	11,748	34.3	1,296	4,094	216
Other Title XIX recipients	1,800	8.2	1,184	5.2	492	4.0	889	2.5	273	751	175

Source: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Medicaid Statistics Branch.