Table 3.

Declines in low and high disability levels, NLTCS 1982–1994, 1994–2004/2005

Disability levels	Disabled at survey years, %			Disability decline, %		Per year decline, %
	1982	1994	2004/2005	1982–1994	1994–2004/2005	1982–1994	1994–2004/2005
Low (up to four ADL)	15.5	13.9	11.8	1.6	2.2	0.9	1.7
High (five plus ADL)	11.0	9.2	7.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	2.4