This document comprises 48 charts presenting data on the status of health care in the United States. The charts are organized into six groups concerned with: (1) people, health, and health care resources; (2) the health of the newest generation; (3) the AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) epidemic; (4) substance abuse; (5) chronic illness and disability; and (6) health care expenditures. The charts are accompanied by brief summarizing narratives, information on data sources, and highlighted data facts. Sample chart topics are as follows: population by age and race, 1950-1989; poverty; leading causes of death; use of physician services; hospital beds; nursing home beds; births and infant deaths; costs of low birthweight; the evolving AIDS epidemic; the Federal response to AIDS; alcohol, cigarette, and cocaine use; paying for substance abuse treatment; people with chronic conditions; people with disabilities; days of illness and disability; living with disabilities; chronic mental illnesses; disability and health insurance; health expenditures in the U.S. and abroad; the medical price-volume interaction; the uninsured; and the burden of health expenditures. Only two charts deal specifically with education: #6 "Medical School Applicants, Enrollees and Graduates, Class of 1989, by Race/Ethnicity" (p. 12-13) and #9 "Active Registered Nurses, by Level of Nursing Education, 1972, 1980, 1988" (p. 18-19). Additional sources of information are listed after each section. (DB)