U.S. Census Bureau

The 2007 Statistical Abstract

The National Data Book

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Health & Nutrition

This section presents statistics on health expenditures and insurance coverage, including Medicare and Medicaid, medical personnel, hospitals, nursing homes and other care facilities, injuries, diseases, disability status, nutritional intake of the population, and food consumption.

Tables for Health and Nutrition Section [PDF 1.1M]

Food Consumption and Nutrition

200 - Households and Persons Having Problems with Access to Food: 2000 to 2004 [Excel 23k]

201 - Per Capita Consumption of Selected Beverages by Type: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 19k]

202 - Per Capita Consumption Of Major Food Commodities: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 35k]

203 - Per Capita Utilization Of Commercially-Produced Fruits and Vegetables: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 28k]

Health Care Resources

149 - Annual Receipts/Revenue for Health Care Industries: 2000 to 2004 [Excel 22k]

150 - Receipts for Selected Health Service Industries by Source of Revenue: 2000 and 2004 [Excel 19k]

151 - Employment In The Health Service Industries: 1990 to 2005 [Excel 19k]

152 - Health Professions--Practitioners and Schools: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 20k]

153 - Physicians by Sex and Specialty: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 25k]

154 - Active Physicians, and Nurses by State: 2004 [Excel 24k]

160 - Skilled Nursing Facilities: 1980 to 2003 [Excel 17k]

161 - Nursing Homes--Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 22k]

162 - Hospitals--Summary Characteristics: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 27k]

163 - Average Cost To Community Hospitals Per Patient: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 16k]

164 - Community Hospitals--States: 2000 and 2004 [Excel 27k]

193 - Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities and Clients: 1995 to 2005 [Excel 22k]

Health Care Utilization

129 - Prescription Drug Use in the Past Month by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1998-1994 and 1999-2002 [Excel 21k]

155 - Adults 18 Years and Over Who Used Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), by Type of Therapy: 2002 [Excel 20k]

156 - Percent Distribution of Number of Visits to Health Care Professionals, by Selected Characteristics: 2000 and 2004 [Excel 19k]

157 - Ambulatory Care Visits To Physicians' Offices and Hospital Outpatient and Emergency Departments: 2004 [Excel 26k]

158 - Visits To Office-Based Physicians and Hospital Outpatient Departments by Diagnosis: 2000 and 2004 [Excel 24k]

159 - Visits To Hospital Emergency Departments by Diagnosis: 2004 [Excel 21k]

165 - Hospital Use Rates by Type of Hospital: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 17k]

166 - Hospital Utilization Rates by Sex: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 18k]

167 - Hospital Utilization Measures For HIV Patients: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 18k]

168 - Hospital Discharges and Days of Care: 2002 and 2004 [Excel 20k]

169 - Hospital Discharges And Days of Care by Sex: 2004 [Excel 26k]

170 - Procedures For Inpatients Discharged From Short-Stay Hospitals: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 20k]

171 - Organ Transplants And Grafts: 1990 to 2005 [Excel 21k]

183 - Persons 65 Years Old and Over With Limitation of Activity Caused by Chronic Conditions: 2000 to 2004 [Excel 17k]

190 - Use Of Mammography For Women 40 Years Old and Over by Patient Characteristics: 1990 to 2003 [Excel 24k]

Health Conditions, Diseases

172 - Injury and Poisoning Episodes and Conditions by Age and Sex: 2004 [Excel 45k]

173 - Injuries Associated With Consumer Products: 2004 [Excel 17k]

174 - Costs Of Unintentional Injuries: 2004 [Excel 21k]

175 - Specified Reportable Diseases--Cases Reported: 1980 to 2004 [Excel 31k]

176 - AIDS, Syphilis, and Tuberculosis Cases Reported by State: 2004 [Excel 19k]

177 - Reported AIDS Cases for Adults and Adolescents, by Transmission Category and Sex: Cumulative Through 2004 [Excel 35k]

178 - Estimated Number of Persons Living With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by Year and Selected Characteristics: 2000 to 2004 [Excel 20k]

179 - Children Immunized Against Specified Diseases: 1995 to 2004 [Excel 40k]

180 - Learning Disability or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for Children 3 to 17 Years of Age, by Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 21k]

181 - Number of Persons With a Disability by Age Group and by State: 2004 [Excel 23k]

182 - Persons With Limitation of Activity Caused by Chronic Conditions: 2000 to 2004 [Excel 16k]

184 - Persons 18 Years and Over With Selected Diseases and Conditions, by Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 23k]

185 - Persons 18 Years of Age and Over with Selected Circulatory Diseases, by Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 21k]

186 - Selected Respiratory Diseases Among Persons 18 Years of Age and Over, by Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 22k]

187 - Asthma Incidence Among Children Under 18 Years of Age, by Selected Characteristics: 2004 [Excel 20k]

188 - Cancer--Estimated New Cases, 2006, and Survival Rates, 1987-1989 to 1996-2002 [Excel 22k]

189 - Cancer--Estimated New Cases and Deaths by State: 2006 [Excel 64k]

Health Expenditures

120 - National Health Expenditures--Summary, 1960 to 2004, and Projections, 2005 to 2015 [Excel 27k]

121 - National Health Expenditures by Type: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 27k]

122 - National Health Expenditures by Object, 1990 to 2004, and Projections, 2005 [Excel 35k]

123 - Health Services And Supplies--Per Capita Consumer Expenditures by Object: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 24k]

124 - Public Expenditures For Health Services And Supplies: 2004 [Excel 23k]

125 - Personal Health Care--Third Party Payments And Private Consumer Expenditures, 1990 to 2004, and Projections, 2005 [Excel 23k]

126 - Personal Health Care Expenditures by Object and Source of Payment: 2004 [Excel 52k]

127 - Hospital Care, Physician and Clinical Services, Nursing Home Care, and Prescription Drug Expenditures by Source of Payment: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 52k]

128 - Retail Prescription Drug Sales: 1995 to 2005 [Excel 20k]

130 - Consumer Price Indexes of Medical Care Prices: 1980 to 2005 [Excel 20k]

131 - Average Annual Expenditures Per Consumer Unit For Health Care: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 28k]

Health Insurance

142 - Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs): 1990 to 2004 [Excel 20k]

143 - Persons Enrolled in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) by State: 2000 and 2004 [Excel 22k]

144 - Health Insurance Coverage Status By Selected Characteristics: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 27k]

145 - Persons With and Without Health Insurance Coverage By State: 2004 [Excel 23k]

146 - People Without Health Insurance for the Entire Year by Selected Characteristics: 2000 and 2004 [Excel 20k]

147 - Percent of Workers Participating in Health Care Benefit Programs and Percent of Participants Required to Contribute: 2005 [Excel 20k]

148 - Medical Care Benefits of Workers by Amount and Type of Employee Contribution: 2005 [Excel 22k]

Health Risk Factors

191 - Current Cigarette Smoking: 1990 to 2004 [Excel 22k]

192 - Current Cigarette Smoking by Sex and State: 2004 [Excel 19k]

194 - Drug Use by Type of Drug and Age Group: 2002 and 2004 [Excel 73k]

195 - Estimated Use of Selected Drugs by State: 2003-2004 [Excel 34k]

196 - Cumulative Percent Distribution Of Population by Height And Sex: 2003-2004 [Excel 19k]

197 - Cumulative Percent Distribution of Population by Weight and Sex: 2003-2004 [Excel 34k]

198 - Age-adjusted Percent Distributions of Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Persons 18 Years Old and Over, by Selected Characteristics: 2003-2004 [Excel 21k]

199 - Percentage Of Adults Engaging In Leisure-Time, Transportation-Related and Household-Related Physical Activity: 2005 [Excel 20k]

Medicare, Medicaid

132 - Medicare Benefits by Type of Provider: 1990 to 2005 [Excel 43k]

133 - Medicare--Enrollment by State and Other Areas: 2000 to 2004 [Excel 24k]

134 - Medicare Enrollees: 1980 to 2005 [Excel 41k]

135 - Medicare Disbursements by Type of Beneficiary: 1990 to 2005 [Excel 32k]

136 - Medicare Trust Funds: 1990 to 2005 [Excel 27k]

137 - Medicaid--Selected Characteristics Of Persons Covered: 2004 [Excel 19k]

138 - Medicaid--Beneficiaries and Payments: 2000 to 2003 [Excel 24k]

139 - Medicaid--Summary by State: 2000 and 2003 [Excel 26k]

140 - State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)--Enrollment and Expenditures by State: 2000 and 2005 [Excel 53k]

141 - Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment By State And Other Areas: 1995 to 2005 [Excel 24k]

 

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