Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 166):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 38 rows and 11 columns.

This is table 166 from the US Statistical Abstract about the topic Hospital Use Rates, by Type of Hospital: 1980 to 2005

Footnotes

1. Short term (average length of stay less than 30 days) general
   and special (e.g., obstetrics and gynecology; eye, ear, nose and throat;
   rehabilitation etc. except psychiatric, tuberculosis, alcoholism
   and chemical dependency). Excludes hospital units of institutions.
2. Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimated resident population as of
   July 1. Estimates reflect revisions based on the 2000 census of population.
3. Number of inpatient days divided by number of admissions.
4. 18.8 represents 18,800,000.