Nicole Spence

Health Record
M10 A3: Demographics of Nursing Home Residents
11/1/2016
The demographics used in the CDC database for national statistics for nursing
home patients were age, sex, race, marital status, ethnicity (whether they are
Hispanic or Latino), geographic region, location, residence before admission, living
arrangement before admission, and the number of beds at the facility they are
staying at.
In terms of age, most residents were older than 65 years old, with the most
residents being at least 85 years old (674,200 residents). The second highest age
group was 75-84 years old (468,900 residents), the third highest was under 65
years old (175,000 residents), and the lowest was 65-74 years old (174,100
residents).
In respects to the sex of the residents, there was a much higher number of
women than men in these facilities. There were 430,500 male residents and
1,061,700 female. Roughly 71.1% of the population of these facilities were female
and 28.9% were male. The only demographic where there are a higher number of
male patients than female patients is when specifically looking at males under 65
years old which is 93,600 residents in respects to 81,300 female residents under 65.
With race, more residents were white than black or other (which included
Asian, native Hawaiian, or other pacific islander, American Indians/Alaska native,
and multiple other races). White residents made up roughly 85.5% of the population
in these facilities, with black residents making up roughly 12.5%, and other races
making up roughly 2% of the population. In terms of ethnicity, the majority of
residents were non-Latino/non-Hispanic, making up 95.7% of the population.
With marital status, 50.3% of residents were widowed, while 20.2% were
currently married, 10.2% were divorced/separated, 14.8% were never married, and
1.4% had an unknown marital status. When looking at the specific age groups,
those who were under 65 years were most likely to never be married, making up
45.3% of that age group; those who were 65-74 were most likely to have been
widowed making up 29.4% of those residents; 75-84 year old residents were most
likely to have been widowed making up 52% of those residents; and those who were
85 years or older were most likely to be widowed making up 72.1% of those
residents.
With geographic region, most residents lived in the South, while the least
residents lived in the west. 33.6% of the residents were in the South, while only
14.2% of the residents were in the West, with the Midwest close to the south at 30%
and the northeast somewhat in-between the Midwest and West at 22.2%. Location
of these residents highly favored Metropolitan areas, with 75.6% being located in

them, while Micropolitan and other locations made up 13.5% and 10.9% of the
residents respectively.
Before residence at the facilities looked at, most patients either came from an
acute care hospital or a private or semiprivate residence. 35.9% of the residents
came from an acute care hospital, while 29.1% came from a private or semiprivate
residence. Of the specific and known residences before admission (meaning not
other institutions or unknown), the least number of residents came from assisted
living/board and care/group homes at 8% of the residents.
In terms of living arrangements before admission (when only looking at those
who lived in private or semiprivate residences before admission), the majority of
these patients lived with family members, making up 49.9% of the residents. These
residents were also likely to live alone, making up 41.2% of the residents. There
were also 7.6% living in other or unknown circumstances and a very small minority
were living with nonfamily members, only describing 2.1%.
With respects to the number of beds, the majority of the facilities had at least
100 beds or more, at 67.5% of facilities. 28.3% had 50-99 beds, while only 4.2% had
fewer than 50 beds.