Table 1.
Percent With a Score on Performance-Based Tests and Self-Report Items by Age Group and Gender.
| Age group | Gender | ||||||||
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| Tests and items | Total | 65-69 years |
70-74 years |
75-79 years |
80-84 years |
85-89 years |
90+ years |
Male | Female |
| Total (N) | 7,609 | 1,409 | 1,579 | 1,513 | 1,505 | 953 | 650 | 3,171 | 4,438 |
| Performance tests | |||||||||
| Balance | 94.7% | 96.4% | 95.7% | 94.9% | 93.9% | 92.2% | 93.2% | 94.5% | 94.8% |
| Walking speed | 92.0% | 94.5% | 92.2% | 92.3% | 91.2% | 90.1% | 90.3% | 92.0% | 92.0% |
| Repeated chair stand | 91.7% | 93.2% | 92.9% | 91.6% | 91.5% | 88.4% | 91.1% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| Grip strength | 92.8% | 96.0% | 95.1% | 93.2% | 92.5% | 88.2% | 86.9% | 93.9% | 92.0% |
| Peak air flow | 90.5% | 94.7% | 93.3% | 91.5% | 89.9% | 84.5% | 82.3% | 92.1% | 89.3% |
| Self-report items | |||||||||
| Walking 6 or 3 blocks | 99.4% | 99.9% | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 98.9% | 99.6% | 99.4% |
| Climbing 20 or 10 stairs | 99.0% | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.0% | 99.5% | 99.3% | 99.3% |
| Lifting 20 or 10 pounds | 98.1% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.2% | 99.5% | 99.7% | 99.6% |
| Bending or kneeling | 97.7% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.5% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 99.5% | 99.8% | 99.7% |
| Reaching or stretching | 97.2% | 99.7% | 99.9% | 99.8% | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.5% | 99.6% | 99.7% |
| Grasping or gripping | 96.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.7% | 99.9% | 99.9% |
Source. National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS; 2011).
Note. N = 7,609 persons 65 years and older. Excludes nursing home residents. For performance tests, persons missing a score are those who were eligible for a test but no test information was obtained (test could not be administered, e.g., not enough space for walking test; no appropriate chair; or missing for other reasons). For self-report items, persons missing a score are those with responses of don't know or refused.