United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Days of Disability— Persons Injured 119
No. 185. D a y s o f d i s a b i l i t y , b y T y p e , a n d b y S e x o f P a t i e n t : 1 9 6 5 t o 1 9 8 0
[1965, for year ending June 30; thereafter, calendar years. Refers to civilian noninstitutional papulation. Based on National Health
interview Survey; see Appendix III. For composition of regions, see fig. t, Inside front cover]
ITEM
TOTAL DAYS OF DISABILITY [m illio n s)
DAYS PER PERSON
1965 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980 1965 1970 1975 1978 1979 1980
R e s tric te d -a c tiv ity d a y s 1...................... 3,086 2,013 3,734 4,011 4,106 4,165 16.4 14.6 17.9 18.8 19.Q 19.1
Male.......................................... 1,339 1,273 1,574 1,679 1,755 1,802 14.7 13.2 15.6 16.3 16.9 17.1
Female........................................ 1,747 1,640 2,160 2,333 2,351 2,363 18.0 15.8 20.0 21.1 21.1 21.0
W h ite 2....................................................... (NA) 2,526 3,179 3,421 3,468 3,518 (NA) 14.4 17.5 18.5 18.6 18.7
Black 9......................................... (N A ) 365 522 546 585 580 (n a ( 16.2 21.4 21.3 22.9 22.7
Under 65 y e a r s ..................................... 2,420 2,331 2,916 3,093 3,126 3,226 14.1 12.9 15.5 16.2 16.3 16.6
65 and o v e r ......................................... 666 582 618 918 978 937 38.5 30,7 38.4 40.3 41.9 39.2
Northeast.................... .................... (NA) 709 819 878 834 862 (NA) 14.5 16.7 18.0 17.6 17.9
North Central................................ (NA) 691 688 974 908 969 (NA) 12.4 15.9 17.0 17.4 17.2
South........................................... (NA) 996 1,263 1,366 1,401 1,415 (NA) 15.9 18.7 19.6 19.8 19.8
West............................................ (NA) 518 774 806 B72 899 (NA) 15.6 20.8 20.9 21.8 22.0
Family Income:a
Under $8,000.................................. (NA) 982 1,030 664 785 762 (NA) 23.3 32.4 35.7 37.5 37.5
$5,000-59,909................................ (NA) 857 914 872 882 804 (NA) 12.8 20.2 24.2 26.8 25.8
$10,000-314,999............................ (NA) 539 676 682 692 636 (NA) 11.5 14.4 15.8 17.4 10.4
$15,000 and o v e r............................. (NA) 331 663 1,314 1,467 1,587 (NA) 10.9 12.4 13.7 13.6 13.8
Bed-disability days*......................... 1,160 1,222 1,371 1,524 1,455 1,520 6.2 6.1 6.6 7.1 6.7 7.0
Male....................................................... 484 503 548 617 585 616 5.3 5.2 5.4 6 . 0 5.6 5.9
Female................................................. 677 720 825 907 870 904 7.0 6.9 7.6 8.2 7.8 8.0
Under 65 years ................................ 914 959 1,097 1,103 1,136 1,190 5.3 5.3 5.8 6.2 5.9 6.1
65 and over....................................... 246 263 274 331 319 330 14.2 13.8 12.9 14.5 13.7 13.8
Work-loss dayss................................... 400 417 433 486 483 465 5.7 5.4 5.2j 8.2 5.0 5.0
Male.... ................................................... 261 243 246 266 261 27’1 5.7 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9
Female................................................. 139 175 187 220 222 215 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.1
S c h o o l - l o s s days6................................ 214 2 2 2 217 220 209 204 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.3
Mala...................................................... 103 108 103 104 101 96 4.9 4.7 4 8 5.1 5.0 4.8
Female.................. ............................... 111 114 115 116 107 109 : 5.4 5.1 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.7
NA Not available. 'A day when a person cuts down on his usual activities for the whole day because of Illness or Injury,
includes bed-dlsablllty, work-loss, and school-loss days. Total includes other items not shown separately.
9 In 1980 race was determined by asking the household respondent to report his race. In eart'tar years the racial classification of
respondents was determined by Interviewer observation.
Excludes those with unknown Income.
* A day when a person was kept in bed either all or most of the day because of illness or Injury. Includes those work-loss and
school-loss days actually spent In bed.
4 A day when a person lost the entire workday because of illness or injury. Computed for persons 17 years of age and over in
the currently employed population, defined as those who were working or had a job or business front which they were not on
layoff during the 2-week period preceding the week of interview.
"Child's loss of entire school day because of Illness or injury. Computed for children 6-16 years of age.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, V ita l a n d H e a lth S ta tis tic s , series 10, and unpublished data
No. 186. Persons Injured, by S ex, 1970 t o 1980, and b y Circumstance, 1980
[Data refer to civilian noninstitutional population and comprise Incidents leading to restricted activity and/or medical attention. Sum
of estimates by type of circumstance may be greater than total injured because circumstances are not mutually exclusive. Based
on National Health Interview Survey; see Appendix III. 1975 data not strictly comparable with other years]
YEAR
PERSONS INJURED
(millions)
RATS PER 100
POPULATION
CIRCUM STANCE
PERSONS IN JU R ED
(m illio n s )
RATE PER 100
POPULATION
Total Male Female Total Mala Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1970......... 56.0 31.8 24.2 26.0 33.0 23.3 1980, total..... 68.1 39.0 29.1 31.2 37.1 25.8
1073......... 60.0 34.6 25.2 29.1 35.0 23.7
1974......... 59.1 33.6 25.6 28.5 33.6 23.8 While at w o r k ............ 10.8 8.0 2.9 5.0 7.6 2.5
1975......... 71.9 39.4 32.5 34.4 39.1 30.0 Home................... 26.7 13.3 13,4 12.2 12.6 11.9
Motor vehicle........ 4,4 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.9
1976......... 85,4 37.1 28.3 31.1 36.5 26.0 Other.................... 28.2 17.1 11.1 12.9 16.2 9.9
1977......... 73.9 42.3 31.6 34.6 41.3 26.8
1978......... 87.5 38.1 29.4 31.8 36.9 26.6 Under 6 years....... 6.5 3.5 3,0 34.2 36,3 32.0
1970........ 69.1 40.2 28.9 32.0 36.6 25.9 15,2 10.1 5.1 39.2 51.2 26.7
17-44 years.......... 32.7 19.4 13.3 35.3 43.1 28.0
45-64 years.... ..... 9.6 4.7 5.0 22.2 22.3 22.0
65 years and over.. 4.0 1.3 2.7 18.8 13.1 19.4
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, V ita l a n d H e a lth S ta tis tic s , series 10, and unpublished data.