indicator
Per 65+ population
Per 65+ population
Description
Number of Nursing Homes, 2026 (Per 65+ population)
Data Source
Nursing Homes Including Rehab Services (NHIRS)
Data Source
American Community Survey (ACS)
Calculation Methodology
- 1From the CMS Provider Information dataset, read monthly provider information files and extract the state column (
State). Exclude records where state is AS, GU, MP, PR, or VI. Aggregate the total number of nursing home facilities by state for each month. Calculate the yearly mean of monthly counts per state. - 2From ACS microdata, select person records where
AGEP >= 65. Apply the person weight columnPWGTPand aggregate weighted population totals by state using theST(state FIPS code) column. Use the most recent available ACS data as the population denominator. - 3Merge the annualized nursing home counts with the ACS weighted population estimates by state.
- 4Calculate the number of nursing homes per 100,000 adults aged 65 or older for each state by dividing the facility count by the weighted population and multiplying by 100,000.
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Number of Nursing Homes, 2026 (Per 65+ population)
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