Raw data on nursing homes

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Number of nursing homes: 18,000

Number of beds: 1.9 million

Number of current residents: 1.6 million

Average length of stay (current resident): 892 days

Number of discharged residents: 2.5 million

Average length of stay (discharged resident): 272 days

Occupancy rate: 87 percent

Source: The National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, tables 1, 11, 39