United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Persons with Acute Conditions—Activity Limitation 1 2 1
No. 189. Acute Conditions, by Type, 1970 to 1980, and by Selected Characteristics, i960
[Data refer to civilian noni'nsti'tutfonaf population. Baaed on National Health Interview Survey; see Appendix (II. Estimates Include
only acute conditions which were medically attended or caused at least one day of restricted activity, For composition of regions,
see fig. I, Inside front cover]
YEAR AND CHARACTERISTIC
Infective
and
parasitic
NUMBER OP CONDITIONS (mil.
RATE PER 100 POPULATION
Respiratory Dlges- Infective
Injuries
Respiratory
and
Upper Other system parasitic Upper Other
Dicesfive
system
Injuries
1970, total......................... .................. 48.2 127.3 92.5 23.0 59.2 24.1 63.7 46.3 11.5 29.6
1974, total............................................ 40.5 94.9 100.9 16.2 63.1 19.5 46.8 48.7 7.8 30.4
1975, total............................................ 47.6 124.0 109.0 21.6 76.2 22.8 59.3 52.1 10.3 36.4
1976, total............................................ 52.6 127.7 123.0 22.0 67.7 25.0 60.6 58.4 10.4 32.1
1977, total............................................ 57.7 134.0 98.8 23.8 77.2 27.2 63.2 46.6 11.2 36.4
1978, total............................................ 52.9 126.4 121.1 22.9 70.7 24.7 59.1 56.6 10.7 33.1
1978, total............................................ 52.7 129.8 101.7 24.7 74.4 24.4 60.1 47.1 11.4 34.5
I96 0 , total..................................... 53.6 124.2 129.0 24.9 72.7 24.6 67.0 59.2 11.4 33.4
Male................................................................. 2 4 .6 53.5 55.6 ft.8 4 1 .0 2 3 .4 50.9 52,9 1 1 .2 39,0
Female........................... ................................. 29.0 7Q.7 73.3 13.1 31.7 25.7 62.7 65.0 11.6 28,1
Northeast.............................................. 14.4 31.0 24.6 6.8 16.2 29.8 64.3 51.0 12.0 33.5
North Central........................... ............ 8.8 32.3 38.9 6.0 19.3 15.3 56.2 67.7 10.5 33.5
Sooth.................................................... 23.8
6.7
36.5
24.4
29.4
36.1
Inside SMSA 1....................................... 35.9 90.$ 90.8 17.3 50.7 24.0 60.6 60.9
34.0
Outside SMSA:1
Nonfarm........................................ ............. 17.1 31.7 35.3 7.1 20.1 27.0 50.2 55.6 11.3 31.8
Farm............................................................. .6 2.2 2.9 l,4 1.9 11.0 38.8 51.8 aB.0 34.2
Under 6 years............................................... 10.7 24.3 14.0 3.5 6.7 56.3 127.6 73.5 18.6 35.2
6-16 years...................................................... 16.4 30.2 31.6 5.2 15.7 42.5 78.0 81.6 13.4 40.4
17-44 years..,.................... ............................ 19.8 49.4 55.6 12.1 35.0 21.3 53.3 60.0 13.0 38.6
45-64 years.......................................... 4.9 13.6 20.0 2.7 10.0 11.3 31.2 46.0 6.3 23.0
65 years and over................................. 1.7 6.7 7.7 1.3 4.5 7.2 27.9 32.4 5.6 19.0
‘SMSA refers to standard metropolitan statistical areas as defined in 1970 census publications; see Appendix II.
2 Figure does nqt meet standards of reliability or precision.
8.6
4.3
22.2
15.1
33.3
16.3
61.2
59.7
41,2
68.4
ia.a
10.6
11.6
31.1
36.9
N o . 1 9 0 . P e r s o n s With Activity Limitation, by Selected Chronic Conditions: 1 9 6 9 - 1 9 7 0 and
1 9 8 0
{Covers civilian nonlnstitutlonal population. Based on National Health Interview Survey; see Appendix III. Conditions classified
according to eighth revision of International Classification of Diseases for 1969-1970; to ninth revision for I960]
A G E SEX FAMILY INCOME R A C E ’
CONDITION
Total1
Under
45 yr.
45-
64
yr.
65
and
over
Male
Female
Less
than
$6,000
$6,000
and
over
White
Black
1969-1970
Persona with Ifmltatlon (m il.)...................... 23.2 7.3 8.0 8.0 11.7 11.5 11.6 10.1 20.5 2.6
Percent limited by—
15.5 6.3 16.5 14.6 16.7
Arthritis and rheumatism............................. 14.1 4.4 15.7 21.2 9.3 18.9 17.2 11.6 13.8 16.1
Hypertension without heart Involvement..... 4.6 1.8 5.2 6.4 3.0 6 2 5 .9 3.4 3.9 9.4
Impairment of back/spine........................... 6.9 10.6 7.8 2.8 7.3 6.6 5.6 9.2 7.2 5.1
Impairment of lower extremities and hips.... 6.7 8.9 6.0 5.3 7.6 5.8 6.3 7.6 6.8 5.8
Percent of all persona with—
No activity limitation................................... 83.3 94.7 80.5 57.7 87.7 88.8 79.8 92.2 86.2 68.4
11.7 5.3 11 2 9 0 .9
In major activity...................................... 9.1 3.3 15.7 37.0 9.5 8.6 16.9 5.5 9.0 9 .7
I960
Persons with limitation (m il.)....................... 31.4 10.2 10.4 10.8 15.5 15.9 7.4 21.0 27.1 3 .9
Percent limited by—
Heart conditions........................................ 16.4 4.3 19.7 24.5 18.0 14.7 18.6 15.3 16,8 15.2
A rth r itis a n d rheumatism............................. 17.5 5.4 2 0 .0 26.5 11.0 2 3 .7 2 3 .2 15.5 17.4 1 8 .3
Hypertension *............................................ 9.9 3.3 13.2 13,1 7.7 12.1 14.1 8.5 8.6 19.2
Impairment of back/splne........................... 9.2 13.9 9.9 4.0 9.1 9.2 6,8 9.9 9.4
Impairment ol lower extremities and hips.... 8.0 10.7 7.2 6.4 8.0 7.1 8.6 8.0 6.1
7.7
7.2
Percent of all pereona with—
No activity limitation.................................... 85.6 93.2 76.1 54.8 65,3 85.9 72.2 87.8 65.6 84.9
Activity limitation........ ................................ 14.4 6.8 23.9 45.2 14.7 14,1 27.8 12.2 14.4 15.1
In major activity......... .......... „ ...... 10.9 4.2 18.8 39 , 0 11,2 10.6 23,3 8.8 10.8 12 , 2
'Includes persons with unknown family income and other races not shown separately. ‘ See footnote 2, table 165.
1 Covers ail cases of hypertension, regardless of other conditions.
Source of tables 189 and 190: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, V ita ! an d H ealth S ta tistics, series 10, and unpublished
data.