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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2000 Apr;55(4):M221–M231. doi: 10.1093/gerona/55.4.m221
Summary Performance Score Men (Age)
Women (Age)
70 75 80 85 90 70 75 80 85 90
0 1.8 (0.0) 2.9 (0.0) 4.5 (0.0) 7.1 (0.0) 11.0 (0.0) 2.4 (0.0) 3.7 (0.0) 5.9 (0.0) 9.2 (0.0) 14.0 (0.0)
1 0.8 (0.0) 1.6 (0.0) 3.1 (0.0) 5.5 (0.0) 9.2 (0.0) 1.4 (0.0) 2.6 (0.0) 4.7 (0.0) 8.1 (0.0) 12.7 (0.0)
2 0.8 (0.0) 1.6 (0.0) 3.0 (0.0) 5.4 (0.0) 8.6 (0.0) 1.7 (0.0) 3.3 (0.0) 5.8 (0.0) 9.4 (0.0) 13.4 (0.0)
3 1.2 (28.7) 2.3 (25.4) 4.1 (22.4) 6.6 (19.6) 9.3 (17.1) 2.3 (21.7) 4.1 (19.0) 6.7 (16.5) 9.6 (14.4) 11.7 (12.4)
4 1.3 (42.8) 2.7 (38.7) 5.0 (34.9) 8.0 (31.2) 10.7 (27.7) 2.7 (33.9) 4.9 (30.3) 8.0 (26.9) 10.8 (23.7) 11.9 (20.8)
5 2.2 (58.1) 3.8 (54.0) 6.0 (49.8) 8.0 (45.7) 8.7 (41.6) 4.1 (48.8) 6.5 (44.6) 8.8 (40.5) 9.7 (36.6) 8.5 (32.8)
6 3.6 (72.0) 6.1 (68.5) 9.0 (64.8) 10.8 (60.9) 10.4 (56.9) 6.4 (63.8) 9.4 (59.9) 11.3 (55.8) 10.9 (51.7) 8.5 (47.5)
7 7.2 (82.7) 9.7 (80.2) 10.9 (77.4) 9.9 (74.3) 7.1 (71.0) 10.8 (76.6) 12.3 (73.5) 11.2 (70.1) 8.2 (66.5) 4.9 (62.7)
8 9.3 (89.9) 12.1 (88.2) 13.0 (86.4) 11.6 (84.3) 8.6 (82.0) 11.5 (85.9) 12.3 (83.7) 10.8 (81.3) 8.0 (78.6) 5.2 (75.7)
9 14.3 (94.3) 15.8 (93.3) 14.2 (92.2) 10.8 (90.9) 7.1 (89.4) 15.7 (91.9) 14.1 (90.5) 10.6 (89.0) 7.0 (87.2) 4.2 (85.3)
10 16.8 (96.8) 16.1 (96.3) 12.6 (95.6) 8.6 (94.9) 5.3 (94.0) 15.1 (95.4) 11.9 (94.7) 8.1 (93.7) 5.0 (92.7) 2.9 (91.5)
11 23.7 (98.3) 15.6 (98.0) 9.0 (97.6) 4.6 (97.2) 2.4 (96.7) 16.6 (97.5) 9.6 (97.0) 5.1 (96.5) 2.6 (95.9) 1.3 (95.2)
12 16.9 (99.1) 9.8 (98.9) 5.5 (98.7) 3.0 (98.5) 1.7 (98.2) 9.3 (98.6) 5.2 (98.4) 2.9 (98.1) 1.6 (97.8) 0.8 (97.4)

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate percentage of those free of mobility and ADL disability for each age, sex, and performance subgroup. ADL = activity of daily living.