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. 2006 Apr;41(2):429–451. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00491.x

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:

ADL, activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living.