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