Table 2. Completion of and Preferences in Advance Directives ^*.

Variable	All Decedents (N=3746)	Decedents Who Required Surrogate Decision Making (N=999)
	percent
Completed living will	44.9	46.4
Comfort care only	93.8	96.2
Limited care	91.3	92.7
All care possible	3.0	1.9
Assigned durable power of attorney for health care	54.3	61.0
Child or grandchild	60.3	64.6
Spouse or partner	29.6	26.9
Other relative	7.6	6.6
Nonrelative	2.7	1.9

^*Percentages are weighted and were derived with the use of sampling weights from the Health and Retirement Study.