Table 3.

Population disability distribution (age-standardized to 1999) from 1982 to 1999 NLTCS

	1982				1989				1994				1999
	Blacks	Nonblacks	Difference	t	Blacks	Nonblacks	Difference	t	Blacks	Nonblacks	Difference	t	Blacks	Nonblacks	Difference	t
Nondisabled, %	66.6	74.4	7.8		65.1	76.3	11.2		69.8	78.2	8.4		75.7	80.7	5.0
(SE)	(±1.20)	(±0.32)	(±1.24)	6.3	(±1.39)	(±0.35)	(±1.43)	7.8	(±1.37)	(±0.33)	(±1.41)	6.0	(±1.24)	(±0.31)	(±1.28)	3.9
IADL only, %	9.0	5.5	−3.5		8.6	4.6	−3.0		6.7	4.2	−2.5		5.4	3.0	−1.4
(SE)	(±0.73)	(±0.17)	(±0.75)	−4.7	(±0.82)	(±0.17)	(±0.83)	−3.6	(±0.75)	(±0.16)	(±0.77)	−3.2	(±0.65)	(±0.13)	(±0.66)	−2.1
1 or 2 ADLs, %	9.1	6.7	−2.4		9.6	6.5	−3.1		7.8	5.9	−1.9		6.5	5.9	−0.6
(SE)	(±0.73)	(±0.19)	(±0.75)	−3.2	(±0.86)	(±0.20)	(±0.88)	−3.5	(±0.80)	(±0.19)	(±0.82)	−2.3	(±0.72)	(±0.18)	(±0.74)	−0.8
3 or 4 ADLs	4.6	2.9	−1.7		5.9	3.6	−2.3		6.1	3.1	−3.0		4.1	3.4	−0.7
(SE)	(±0.53)	(±0.12)	(±0.54)	−3.1	(±0.69)	(±0.15)	(±0.71)	−3.2	(±0.71)	(±0.14)	(±0.72)	−4.2	(±0.57)	(±0.14)	(±0.58)	−1.2
5 or 6 ADLs	6.4	3.5	−2.9		6.2	2.7	−3.5		5.1	2.8	−2.3		4.7	2.7	−2.0
(SE)	(±0.62)	(±0.14)	(±0.64)	−4.5	(±0.71)	(±0.13)	(±0.72)	−4.9	(±0.65)	(±0.13)	(±0.66)	−3.5	(±0.61)	(±0.13)	(±0.62)	−1.7
Institutional, %	4.3	7.1	2.8		4.7	6.3	1.6		4.5	5.8	1.3		3.6	4.2	0.6
(SE)	(±0.51)	(±0.19)	(±0.54)	5.2	(±0.62)	(±0.20)	(±0.65)	2.5	(±0.62)	(±0.19)	(±0.65)	2.0	(±0.54)	(±0.16)	(±0.56)	1.1
Year						82–89				89–94				94–99
Percent decline in disabled population per year					−0.21	0.27			0.96	0.38			1.21	0.51