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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Health J. 2013 Nov 8;7(2):206–215. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2013.10.007

Table 6.

Percentage of individuals in the five largest eligibility reason categories by type of transition in a 1-year period

Condition and
Disability
Measure
Transition* N Percentage in each Condition and type of transition,
No
disability
Stable Improving Worsening Death
Mental Disorders

Mobility 1 1061 47.8 48.4 1.7 1.3 .8
2 873 50.3 45.8 1.4 1.3 1.3

ADL 1 1065 70.0 19.9 4.3 4.9 .8
2 874 69.3 19.5 5.0 4.9 1.3

IADL 1 1049 32.1 46.7 10.3 10.0 .9
2 873 33.4 45.5 10.2 9.7 1.3

Mental Retardation

Mobility 1 629 54.1 40.2 1.9 2.5 1.3
2 519 55.7 39.3 2.5 1.9 .6

ADL 1 635 60.6 28.3 4.6 5.2 1.3
2 520 65.8 24.6 5.4 3.7 .6

IADL 1 596 9.2 64.8 12.6 12.1 1.3
2 513 11.1 65.5 12.9 9.9 .6

Back/Spine/Disc

Mobility 1 461 8.7 83.7 3.0 3.3 1.3
2 356 10.7 82.0 2.8 2.0 2.5

ADL 1 461 27.5 47.5 13.9 9.8 1.3
2 356 30.6 44.7 12.9 9.3 2.5

IADL 1 460 11.7 63.0 14.1 9.8 1.3
2 356 13.8 63.8 9.6 10.4 2.5

Arthritis

Mobility 1 390 8.2 84.6 4.4 1.5 1.3
2 321 7.2 83.8 3.1 4.7 1.2

ADL 1 389 31.9 45.0 12.6 9.3 1.3
2 321 34.3 40.8 10.3 13.4 1.2

IADL 1 389 12.1 62.2 13.1 11.3 1.3
2 321 14.6 68.8 7.8 7.5 1.2

Stroke

Mobility 1 202 21.8 70.3 3.0 2.0 3.0
2 166 22.3 69.9 1.2 5.4 1.2

ADL 1 201 34.3 48.3 10.0 4.5 3.0
2 166 39.3 44.6 7.2 7.8 1.2

IADL 1 201 12.9 63.2 11.4 9.5 3.0
2 166 15.7 59.0 12.7 11.4 1.2
*

Transition 1 = from 1st to 2nd interview, Transition 2 = from 2nd to 3rd interview

No disability reported on both years

Includes Rheumatoid and other arthritis