Table 1.

Age, health, and education data for each age group

	Younger adults	Older adults
Mean age (SD)	19.88 (1.43)	75.37 (7.53)
Male	31%	34%
Female	66%	66%
White	55%	95%
Black/African American	3%	3%
Asian	38%	0%
Hispanic or Latino	12%	0%
American Indian/Native Alaskan	2%	2%
“Excellent” health	43%	19%
“Good” health	53%	55%
“O.K.” health	0%	18%
“Fair” health	0%	5%
“Poor” health	2%	0%
Health limits activities “not at all”	92%	55%
Health limits activites “a little”	5%	31%
Health limits activities “some”	2%	11%
Health limits activities “A lot”	0%	2%
Some high school	0%	2%
High school diploma	100%	34%
College degree	0%	42%
Graduate degree	0%	23%

Note. SD = standard deviation