Table 3.

Prevalence of Functional Limitations and Needing Help With Personal Care, Routine Needs, or Either by Age Group (per 100 persons), 1997–2006

	Difficulty With Any of Nine Functionsa			Needing Help With Personal Care (ADLsb)			Needing Help With Routine Needs Only (IADLsc)			Needing Help With ADLs or IADLs
	1997–1998	2005–2006	pd	1997–1998	2005–2006	pd	1997–1998	2005–2006	pd	1997–1998	2005–2006	pd
40–44	27.89	24.92	.12	0.67	0.67	.97	1.08	1.07	.89	1.74	1.74	.98
45–49	32.79	31.05	.73	0.81	0.99	.13	1.74	1.51	.33	2.55	2.50	.90
50–54	39.25	36.99	.39	1.04	1.31	.03	2.23	2.03	.99	3.27	3.33	.22
55–59	42.27	41.73	.09	1.37	1.68	.10	2.62	2.46	.85	4.00	4.13	.38
40–59e	34.29	32.22	.58	0.92	1.08	.01	1.80	1.66	.55	2.71	2.73	.29

Notes: ^aWalking a quarter mile; climbing 10 steps; standing 2 hr; sitting 2 hr; stooping bending, or kneeling; reaching over one's head, grasping small objects; carrying 10 pounds; and moving large objects.

^bActivities of daily living (ADLs), such as eating and bathing.

^cInstrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), such as household chores and shopping.

^dThe p values for test of trend for the full 10-year period in a logistic model for each age group and each outcome separately, using all data from 1997 to 2006; for the model for ages 40–59, 5-year-age-group controls are included.

^eStandardized to 1997 age distribution.