USA Health Related Statistics in Brief 1990-1993
- National health expenditures ($bil) 697 884
- Per capita (dol.) 2,686 3,299
- Persons without health insurance (percent) 13.9 15.3
- Days of hospital care per 1,000 persons 792 720
- Social Security (OASDI) ($bil) 248 302
- State unemployment insurance ($bil) 18 22
- AFDC payments \ 1($bil) 19 23
- Texas is now our second most populous State with a 1994 population of 18.4 million.
- California had the highest amount of net domestic out migration of any State people to other States.
- The South is the most populous region of the Nation and gained the most population between 1993 and 1994.
- In 1993, only 5 States had at least 15 percent elderly, compared with 41 States expected by 2020.
- In 1991 and 1992, about 49 million Americans had a disability, of whom 24 million had a severe disability.
- The disability rate ranged from a low of 5.8 percent for children under 18 years old to a high of 53.9 percent for persons 65 years old and over.
- Among all Americans, 84.7 percent had health insurance coverage for some or all of 1993.
- Most people (70.2 percent) were covered by private health care providers.
- Persons 18 to 29 years old represented only about 17 percent of the total U.S. population but accounted for about 29 percent of all the uninsured.
- Among poor persons, 47.9 percent were covered by Medicaid at some time during 1993, compared with 12.2 percent of all persons.
The number of elderly in the United States grew dramatically in the 20th century, especially the oldest old. The elderly will become increasingly diverse, racially and ethnically. The elderly most often die from heart disease. The elderly have experienced a decline in the proportion in poverty since 1970.
