Table 2.

Disability Transitions for Older Adults by Sex and Education for Urban Mexico and São Paulo, Brazil: Mexico-MHAS (2001–2003) and São Paulo-SABE (2000–2006) (Percent)

Sample State in Wave 1 and Wave 2	Total population			Males			Females
	All	No schooling	With schooling	All	No schooling	With schooling	All	No schooling	With schooling
	SABE (N=2,119)
Nagi disabled at baseline	65.2	74.2	61.2	53.4	61.3	50.5	73.3	81.5	69.3
Remained disabled by wave 2	43.0	45.2	38.9	48.6	28.5	33.5	32.0	43.4	51.6
Became active by wave 2	5.4	6.6	3.3	4.7	4.2	8.2	6.9	2.9	5.7
Died by wave 2	34.1	28.7	44.1	27.6	59.7	41.4	47.1	37.5	21.8
Lost to follow-up	17.5	19.5	13.7	19.2	7.6	16.9	14.0	16.2	20.9
No Nagi disability at baseline	34.8	25.8	38.8	46.6	38.7	49.5	26.7	18.5	34.8
Remained w/o disability by wave 2	27.8	29.3	22.6	24.6	22.0	32.9	16.6	23.4	24.9
Became disabled by wave 2	31.0	30.2	33.9	36.8	31.9	24.6	30.4	36.4	37.0
Died by wave 2	19.8	17.7	26.8	11.4	33.0	24.9	26.2	19.5	8.9
Lost to follow-up	21.4	22.8	16.7	27.2	13.2	17.6	26.7	20.8	29.2
	MHAS (N=4,207)
Nagi disabled at baseline	55.9	67.2	52.4	43.9	61.2	39.3	65.7	71.9	63.6
Remained disabled by wave 2	51.7	54.2	50.7	43.7	56.0	41.6	56.0	56.0	56.0
Became active by wave 2	29.2	26.9	30.2	34.7	26.4	36.8	26.3	26.4	26.3
Died by wave 2	7.5	8.6	7.0	9.3	7.4	8.6	6.5	7.4	6.1
Lost to follow-up	11.6	10.3	12.1	12.3	10.2	13.0	11.2	10.2	11.7
No Nagi disability at baseline	44.1	32.8	47.6	56.1	38.8	60.7	34.3	28.1	36.4
Remained w/o disability by wave 2	58.3	52.8	59.7	61.1	49.7	62.3	54.8	49.7	56.3
Became disabled by wave 2	26.9	32.2	25.5	22.5	35.8	21.0	32.5	35.8	31.5
Died by wave 2	2.2	3.3	1.9	2.7	4.7	2.8	1.6	4.7	0.6
Lost to follow-up	12.6	11.7	12.9	13.8	9.8	13.9	11.2	9.8	11.6

Note: Disability is defined as having difficulty with at least one Nagi activity.

Source: MHAS 2001–2003 and SABE 2000–2006.