Table 4.

Percentages of Elderly Americans by Education and Cognitive Status

		Normal		CIND		Dementia		All Cognitive Groups
Characteristic	n	Percentage	95% CI	Percentage	95% CI	Percentage	95% CI	Percentage	95% CI
High maternal and high subject education	403	70.0	63.8–76.2	19.4	13.9–24.9	10.6	7.7–13.6	63.3	57.4–69.1%
Low maternal and high subject education	258	61.1	51.7–70.4	22.9	15.5–30.3	16.1	11.0–21.1	28.0	23.0–32.9%
High maternal and low subject education	40	18.9	0.0–44.6	56.7	26.7–86.7	24.4	0.0–49.9	1.6	0.6–2.7%
Low maternal and low subject education	155	30.8	16.7–44.9	36.9	20.6–53.2	32.3	18.5–46.1	7.1	5.2–9.1
All educational groups	856	63.8	60.3–67.4	22.2	18.7–25.7%	13.9	11.4–16.4	100.0%

Note: CIND = cognitively impaired but no dementia.