Table 1.
Percentage Distributions of Baseline and Exit Health Status (Health and Retirement Survey Sample, N=3,564)
Health Status | Disability Status | Health Status Index* | Baseline (Ages 55–61 in 1992) | Exit (Ages 63–64 or Death Prior to Age 65) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Excellent | None | 0.995 | 23.1% | 13.2% |
Very good | None | 0.908 | 29.0 | 29.2 |
Good | None | 0.813 | 24.8 | 26.6 |
Excellent | IADL | 0.570 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Fair | None | 0.563 | 9.0 | 11.4 |
Very good | IADL | 0.510 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
Excellent | ADL | 0.471 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Good | IADL | 0.450 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Very good | ADL | 0.410 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Good | ADL | 0.360 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
Poor | None | 0.347 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
Fair | IADL | 0.290 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
Fair | ADL | 0.210 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Poor | IADL | 0.170 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
Poor | ADL | 0.100 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
Death | 0.000 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
Note:
Derived from Erickson, Wilson, and Shannon (1995).
ADL, activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living.