TABLE 3—

Percentage of Expected Life in Various States of Health, at Birth and at Ages 20–64, 65, and 85 Years, by Gender: United States, 1970–2010

	Males, %					Females, %
State of Health	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
At birth
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Free of disability	84.2	81.6	81.8	81.0	80.1	84.0	80.9	81.1	81.3	80.7
With disability in community	14.9	17.4	17.3	18.4	19.3	14.6	17.3	17.0	17.4	18.3
Institutionalized	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0
At ages 20–64 y
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Free of disability	85.5	83.4	84.4	84.0	84.0	87.4	84.8	85.0	84.6	84.2
With disability in community	14.0	16.1	15.3	15.8	16.0	12.1	15.0	14.5	15.1	15.1
Institutionalized	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2
At age 65 y
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Free of disability	51.2	47.8	49.1	50.9	52.5	54.2	50.5	52.0	55.0	56.7
With disability in community	45.0	48.0	46.6	46.0	45.2	39.2	41.5	39.9	39.3	39.4
Institutionalized	3.8	4.2	4.3	3.1	2.3	6.6	8.0	8.1	6.3	4.4
At age 85 y
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Free of disability	30.4	29.0	30.8	32.7	32.8	25.2	26.0	25.5	28.8	31.9
With disability in community	56.7	55.0	51.9	56.4	60.3	54.0	47.6	46.2	51.5	53.6
Institutionalized	12.9	16.0	17.3	10.9	6.9	20.8	26.3	28.2	19.7	13.0

Note. Life expectancy in states sometimes does not add to 100% because of rounding.