Table 5.
Number and percent distribution of disabled Medicare hospital insurance enrollees under age 65, by type of entitlement: July 1, 1973, and July 1, 1984.
| Type of entitlement | Enrollees under age 65 | Percent increase 1973-84 | |||
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| Number in thousands | Percent | Number in thousands | Percent | ||
| Total | 1,731 | 100.0 | 2,884 | 100.0 | 66.6 |
| Workers | 1,372 | 79.3 | 2,310 | 80.1 | 68.4 |
| Adults disabled since childhood | 284 | 16.4 | 460 | 16.0 | 62.0 |
| Widows and widowers | 68 | 3.9 | 85 | 2.9 | 25.0 |
| End-stage renal disease1 | 6 | .4 | 30 | 1.0 | 400.0 |
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Entitled solely because of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Aged persons in Table 1 and disabled persons in above categories may also have ESRD.
Source: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the Medicare Statistical System.