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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2014 Feb 1;33(1):81–96. doi: 10.1007/s11113-013-9312-7

Table 2.

Age-specific prevalence rates of ADL disability by race/ethnicity and sex

Sex Age Non-Hispanic
whites
Non-Hispanic
blacks
U.S.-born
Hispanics
Foreign-born
Hispanics
Prev 95 % CI Prev 95 % CI Prev 95 % CI Prev 95 % CI
Males 50–54 0.072 (0.064,
0.080)
0.141 (0.119,
0.162)
0.179 (0.137,
0.221)
0.076 (0.049,
0.103)
55–59 0.087 (0.081,
0.093)
0.149 (0.131,
0.168)
0.150 (0.117,
0.183)
0.131 (0.105,
0.157)
60–64 0.094 (0.086,
0.101)
0.164 (0.141,
0.188)
0.131 (0.097,
0.165)
0.169 (0.131,
0.207)
65–69 0.101 (0.093,
0.109)
0.162 (0.135,
0.189)
0.137 (0.097,
0.177)
0.190 (0.144,
0.236)
70–74 0.126 (0.116,
0.136)
0.229 (0.193,
0.264)
0.193 (0.133,
0.252)
0.236 (0.183,
0.289)
75–79 0.174 (0.162,
0.186)
0.294 (0.249,
0.338)
0.284 (0.196,
0.372)
0.258 (0.185,
0.331)
80–84 0.232 (0.217,
0.248)
0.305 (0.249,
0.361)
0.382 (0.268,
0.496)
0.331 (0.247,
0.416)
Females 50–54 0.084 (0.078,
0.090)
0.167 (0.149,
0.185)
0.129 (0.101,
0.158)
0.147 (0.121,
0.174)
55–59 0.097 (0.091,
0.103)
0.213 (0.196,
0.230)
0.176 (0.144,
0.208)
0.240 (0.211,
0.268)
60–64 0.108 (0.101,
0.115)
0.227 (0.207,
0.247)
0.227 (0.186,
0.268)
0.254 (0.217,
0.291)
65–69 0.119 (0.110,
0.128)
0.208 (0.185,
0.230)
0.221 (0.168,
0.274)
0.272 (0.227,
0.317)
70–74 0.142 (0.133,
0.151)
0.240 (0.216,
0.264)
0.198 (0.145,
0.251)
0.290 (0.235,
0.345)
75–79 0.198 (0.187,
0.209)
0.312 (0.280,
0.344)
0.285 (0.218,
0.353)
0.337 (0.276,
0.399)
80–84 0.280 (0.267,
0.293)
0.446 (0.403,
0.489)
0.311 (0.230,
0.392)
0.425 (0.339,
0.510)

Source Health and Retirement Study, 1998–2008