Table 3.

Estimated trends for reported vision problems (inability to read a newspaper with or without glasses)

		1980–2005	1980–1996/1997	1996/1997–2005	Difference
Total	65–69	−0.07n.s.	−0.04n.s.	−0.18n.s.	−0.14n.s.
	70–74	−0.08n.s.	+0.02n.s.	+0.06n.s.	+0.04n.s.
	75–79	−0.22*	−0.24n.s.	−0.36n.s.	−0.12n.s.
	80–84	−0.38*	−0.20n.s.	−1.43*	−1.23*
Men	65–69	−0.05n.s.	+0.04n.s.	−0.29n.s.	−0.33n.s.
	70–74	+0.04n.s.	+0.27†	−0.10n.s.	−0.37n.s.
	75–79	+0.09n.s.	+0.09n.s.	+0.04n.s.	−0.05n.s.
	80–84	−0.46*	−0.21n.s.	−1.97**	−1.76**
Women	65–69	−0.08n.s.	−0.11n.s.	−0.09n.s.	+0.02n.s.
	70–74	−0.19*	−0.18n.s.	+0.16n.s.	+0.34n.s.
	75–79	−0.45**	−0.48†	−0.62n.s.	−0.14n.s.
	80–84	−0.32n.s.	−0.21n.s.	−0.97n.s.	−0.76n.s.