custom group count and suppressed data leaving blank space

I wil set you up with my scenario.

I am making a CR for a medical facility. I need to pull data from our databases that includes patients over 65 years of age that are chronically ill and how many chronic conditions they have. I grouped the report by age, with the name of the patients and their chronic conditions listed under the drilled down age. So, for example, it shows 65 YEARS and once clicked a seperate report will open with the patient info in it.

My boss wants to know how many patients have chronic conditions and how old they are.

I need help with this little problem. I know it is somthing small. I have some suppressed data that wont fully disappear. It leaves a blank space in between the group sections. I was wondering how can I get rid of that blank space. Also I noticed that when you click on the blank space you can still open up the suppressed data section even if there is no shown data.

How can I make the data suppressed and not have that blank space? How can I get the count to show only the patients that have chronic conditions that are 65 years or older? If you can help please do so, THANKS!If you want to remove the blank space when suppressing, try suppressing the section instead of the field.