Table 4.

Other Findings Reported by Level of Mobility Difficulty and by Age for Persons Reporting Major Mobility Difficulties

	All Persons*, %				Persons with Major Difficulties Only†, %
Findings Reported	None	Minor	Moderate	Major	18–49 y	50–69 y	≥70 y
Serious difficulty seeing, even when using glasses or contact lenses	2.0	8.3	11.5	15.1	12.3	19.0	23.5
Problem with dizziness lasting for at least three months	1.0	6.8	12.7	13.4	13.1	14.2	13.4
Problem with balance lasting for at least three months	1.0	9.6	16.2	26.3	26.9	25.2	25.6
Needs support or touches walls when walking due to balance problems	0.3	5.2	10.3	19.7	20.3	18.1	19.4
Obese (body mass index ≥30)	15.2	30.9	32.7	29.4	28.4	35.2	23.5
Underweight (body mass index <18.5)	5.1	6.0	5.2	11.5	12.9	7.9	10.6
Frequently depressed or anxious	3.8	20.1	29.5	30.6	34.8	31.8	22.5
Frequently confused, disoriented, or forgetful	1.4	10.0	17.3	19.9	20.5	18.2	20.0
Unreasonably strong fear where most people would not be afraid	2.7	12.4	16.0	17.8	22.5	10.7	6.2
Self-perceived health status
Excellent	34.3	9.1	4.0	6.8	9.1	2.3	3.1
Very good	31.4	16.2	9.8	8.0	9.2	5.2	6.9
Good	25.8	32.1	26.1	20.5	23.2	13.7	18.7
Fair	6.8	29.0	31.2	25.3	24.0	26.1	30.4
Poor	1.2	12.7	28.5	38.4	33.5	51.4	39.9

^*Adjusted for age category (18–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49, 50–54, 55–59, 60–64, 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, 80–84, and 85+) and gender.

^†Adjusted for relevant age groupings within age category and gender.