Exhibit 1.7 Discharge Status

**Distribution of U.S. Population and Hospital Discharges by Age, 2006**
	Percent Distribution
	U.S. Population	Discharges
All discharges	100%	100%
‹1	1%	12%
1-17	23%	4%
18-44	38%	26%
45-64	25%	23%
65-84	11%	27%
85+	2%	8%
Note: Bar segments representing 2 percent or less have not been labeled.