* In 2004, there were 1.7 million nursing home beds in the U.S. compared with 1.9 milliion beds in 1999
* The number of nursing home residents decreased from 1.6 million in 1999 to 1.5 million in 2004
* Mental disorders were the second leading primary diagnosis amoung residents at time of interview (22%). This represents more than a 20% increase over the 1999 estimate, when 18% of nursing home residents had a primary diagnosis of a mental disorder at the time of interview
* Almost 9% of current residents had a fall reported in the 30 days prior to the facility interview
* About 65% of current nursing home residents had at least one type of advanced directive
* In the 90 days prior to the facility interview, almost 11% of the current nursing home residents had at least one hospitalization or emergency department visit while in the care of the nursing home
Source: Release of Series 13, Number 167, 2004, National Home Survey Report; Division of Health Care Statistics, the National Center for Health Statistics; www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_13/sr13_167
