Table 1.
Characteristics of Community-Living Older Adults Overall and by Dementia Status
| Overall n=5581 | Without Dementia n=5093 n (Weighted %) |
With Dementia n= 488 n (Weighted %) |
P valuea | |
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| Weighed Estimate | 34,404,128 | 32,513,108 (94.5) | 1,891,019 (5.5) | |
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| Fall (2016) | 10,900,310 (31.7) | 10,037,680 (30.9) | 862,630 (45.5) | <.001 |
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| Sociodemographic | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 65 to 74 | 2192 (58.0) | 2132 (60.1) | 60 (22.4) | <.001 |
| 75 to 84 | 2254 (31.4) | 2065 (30.8) | 189 (41.3) | |
| >85 | 1135 (10.6) | 896 (9.1) | 239 (36.3) | |
| Female | 3246 (55.8) | 2949 (55.9) | 297 (54.5) | .67 |
| Education | ||||
| Above High School | 2901 (57.1) | 2762 (58.8) | 139 (27.5) | <.001 |
| High School | 1503 (26.2) | 1372 (26.0) | 131 (29.5) | |
| Below High School | 1177 (16.7) | 959 (15.2) | 218 (43.1) | |
| Raceb | ||||
| White non-Hispanic or Other | 4080 (84.2) | 3811 (85.2) | 269 (67.0) | <.001 |
| Black non-Hispanic | 1157 (8.3) | 1006 (8.0) | 151 (13.1) | |
| Hispanic | 344 (7.6) | 276 (6.8) | 68 (19.9) | |
| Income | ||||
| >$60,001 | 1404 (31.4) | 1362 (32.6) | 42 (10.8) | <.001 |
| $26,001–$60,000 | 1841 (34.3) | 1733 (34.9) | 108 (24.7) | |
| $0–$26,000 | 2336 (34.3) | 1998 (32.5) | 338 (64.6) | |
| Financial Hardship | 420 (7.2) | 377 (7.0) | 43 (11.5) | .007 |
| Health and Function | ||||
| History of falling (2015) | 1780 (30.4) | 1578 (29.6) | 202 (43.7) | <.001 |
| Fear of falling | 1611 (25.9) | 1422 (25.0) | 189 (41.4) | <.001 |
| Poor lower extremity performance | 1844 (25.0) | 1465 (22.0) | 379 (75.3) | <.001 |
| Vision impairment | 374 (5.6) | 283 (4.8) | 91 (20.6) | <.001 |
| Hearing impairment | 1365 (21.9) | 1189 (20.9) | 176 (38.9) | <.001 |
| Depressive symptoms | 2382 (40.4) | 2090 (39.1) | 292 (63.3) | <.001 |
| Physical activity in last month | 3787 (71.9) | 3557 (73.2) | 230 (49.2) | <.001 |
| High Self-care Disability | 345 (4.4) | 182 (2.7) | 163 (33.9) | <.001 |
| Social & Physical Environment | ||||
| Lives with: | ||||
| Alone | 1756 (27.8) | 1641 (28.2) | 115 (20.6) | <.001 |
| Spouse | 2795 (58.0) | 2616 (58.8) | 179 (45.3) | |
| Others | 1030 (14.2) | 836 (13.0) | 194 (34.1) | |
| Home Disorder | 1608 (27.4) | 1445 (27.0) | 163 (34.6) | .004 |
| Home Disrepair | 840 (14.3) | 761 (14.3) | 79 (14.1) | .93 |
| Street Disorder | 628 (9.6) | 540 (9.2) | 88 (17.0) | <.001 |
| Lacks Continuous sidewalks | 3382 (60.2) | 3104 (60.5) | 278 (55.1) | .06 |
| Highest 15% Social Deprivationc | 1168 (15.5) | 1008 (14.8) | 160 (28.0) | <.001 |
| Non-Metropolitan County | 1094 (18.1) | 1008 (18.2) | 86 (15.7) | .20 |
Note. Data related to predictors are from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) (2015). Falls refers to ≥1 fall in twelve months preceding 2016 interview.
a
P values of tests of difference using χ2 tests between participants with and without dementia.
b
Due to small cell-sizes, American Indian, Asian, Native, Hawaiian, Pacific Islander were combined with the White non-Hispanic group.
c
Based on the Social Deprivation Index using 2015 American Community Survey Data.