Table 3.

Eight-year age-specific incident mobility disability rates and hazard ratios for the effect of poverty

	Aged 65–74		Aged 75 and older
	Rate (SE)	HR (95% CI)	Rate (SE)	HR (95% CI)
Below poverty	120 (0.013)	1.32 (1.02 – 1.70)*	204 (0.024)	1.10 (0.82 – 1.47)
Above poverty	81 (0.006)	Reference	176 (0.013)	Reference

Table presents age-specific rates for incident mobility disability events per 1,000 person-years among those at risk for an incident event between years 1982 and 1990. Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) associated with poverty are adjusted for race, sex, and age as a continuous variable.

*P < 0.05.