Table 2.

Obtaining the Demographic Assessment of Health Literacy (DAHL)

(The Prudential Medicare Study 1997, N = 2,824)
	Health Literacy Score	95% CI
Reference group:
DAHL for White women aged 65–69 with >12 years of schooling	91.3	[89.3, 93.2]
Adjustments for other groups:
Gender
Male	-1.8	[-3.5, -0.27]
Age
70–74	-5.5	[-7.5, -3.5]
75–79	-10.9	[-13.1, -8.65]
80–84	-16.2	[-18.9, -13.4]
85+	-27.8	[-31.8, -23.9]
Race/ethnicity
Black	-15.9	[-18.5, -13.4]
Hispanic	-6.7	[-9.4, –3.9]
Other	-8.7	[-15.8, -1.7]
Years of schooling completed
0–8	-30.2	[-32.7, -27.6]
9–11	-15.9	[-18.3, -13.6]
12 or GED	-6.2	[-8.1,-4.2]