title: Health statistics on older persons United States, 1986.
abstract: The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects data on the health of older persons through numerous data systems. The Vital Statistics Program and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) are examples. This report contains statistics from the data systems covering four general areas-mortality, other measures of health status and determinants of health, use of health care, and health costs . The structure of this report is patterned after the annual publication Health, United States, with detailed tables and accompanying text. Where data permit, the tables contain age, sex, and race categorizations including the age group 85 years and over as well as aggregated data for persons aged 65 years and over and 75 years and over. For comparison purposes, the tables also include data concerning the transition age group 55-64 years of age.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Havlik
authors.affiliation: Northwest Institute.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kovar
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Aging.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzman
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Nostrand