A signed agreement is required with purchase of this product. Files are compressed. This report analyzes health data on older Americans from a variety of perspectives.
Data cover functioning, mortality, use of health care, and changes in health status over time.
The report is comprehensive in that it includes, in one volume, information from virtually all of the data systems of the National Center for Health Statistics. The report also includes data from sources other than the National Center for Health Statistics, most notably data on health care financing, international comparisons, and long-term care. This report is an update and expansion of a 1986 report on the health of older Americans. An advisory group was convened to review the 1986 report and advise on the content and format of this update. This is the detailed data report.