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Population 65 Years and Over in Nursing
Homes by Age, 1990 and 2000
The following table shows the percent of persons in the U.S. population age 65 and over that live in nursing homes.
| Age |
Percent of age group |
2000 |
| 1990 |
2000 |
|
65 years and over
|
5.1%
|
4.5%
|
1,557,800
|
| 65 to 74 years |
1.4 |
1.1 |
210,159 |
| 75 to 84 years |
6.1 |
4.7 |
574,908 |
| 85 years and over |
24.5 |
18.2 |
772,733 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000
special tabulation; 1990 Census of Population, Nursing Home
Population: 1990 (CPH-L-137).
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