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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2014 Sep 10;27(3):519–550. doi: 10.1177/0898264314552690

Table 4.

Projected rural/urban distributions of young-old and oldest-old ADL disabled elders (in thousands), under the Medium scenario, 2010–2050

Disabled young-old aged 65–79 Disabled oldest-old aged 80+
urban rural Total urban rural Total
year # % # % # % # % # % # %
2010 2,356 50.0 2,354 50.0 4,709 100 1,677 45.7 1,993 54.3 3,670 100
2020 3,785 53.7 3,266 46.3 7,052 100 2,870 51.0 2,752 49.0 5,622 100
2030 6,358 60.8 4,096 39.2 10,454 100 4,682 54.9 3,844 45.1 8,526 100
2040 9,598 66.8 4,771 33.2 14,369 100 8,518 60.5 5,560 39.5 14,078 100
2050 10,320 76.8 3,112 23.2 13,432 100 15,841 66.4 8,023 33.6 23,864 100