Table 1.

Median and mean readability scores of advance directive forms for the 50 states and the District of Columbia of the United States using 6 different readability scales.

Scale	Median (range)	Mean (SD)
Flesch-Kincaid	11.6 (7.6 to 19)	11.9 (2.6)
ARI	11.3 (6.5 to 19)	11.5 (3.0)
Linsear Write	13.4 (4.1 to 19)	13.5 (3.6)
Few Fog Count	11.9 (3.6 to 19)	12.3 (3.6)
SARI	9.5 (5.1 to 19)	9.8 (2.8)
FRESV	47.5 (0 to 62)	45.5 (11.3)

Abbreviations: ARI, Automated Readability Index; FRESV, Flesch Reading Ease scale value; SARI, Simplified Automated Readability Index.