Table 3.

HRQoL and self-reported health status by race, gender and age, mean or percent

	Age	White men	Black men	White women	Black women
SF-6D***	35–44a	0.80	0.81	0.81	0.77
	45–64	0.80	0.76	0.78	0.67
	65–89	0.78	0.72	0.75	0.70
EQ-5D***	35–44	0.90	0.89	0.90	0.85
	45–64	0.87	0.81	0.86	0.75
	65–89	0.86	0.77	0.83	0.77
QWB-SA***	35–44b	0.72	0.70	0.68	0.65
	45–64	0.67	0.64	0.64	0.57
	65–89	0.61	0.59	0.61	0.62
HUI2	35–44	0.87	0.85	0.86	0.79
	45–64	0.84	0.79	0.83	0.71
	65–89	0.84	0.78	0.81	0.82
HUI3*	35–44	0.83	0.82	0.84	0.71
	45–64	0.80	0.73	0.80	0.62
	65–89	0.76	0.68	0.75	0.75
Summary HRQoL***	35–44	0.81	0.80	0.80	0.76
	45–64	0.78	0.74	0.76	0.66
	65–89	0.75	0.69	0.73	0.70
% self-reporting fair/poor health***	35–44	2.8	6.0	3.6	18
	45–64	16	31	16	38
	65–89	24	37	28	45
% reporting >1 chronic condition*	35–44	19	22	22	29
	45–64	38	44	40	56
	65–89	73	63	69	74

^*P 0.05 for difference between groups adjusted for age;

^***P < 0.001

^aP < 0.05 for interaction between age and race/sex groups

^bP < 0.001 for interaction between age and race/sex groups