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. 2017 Dec 26;4:126–134. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.12.006

Table 4.

Percent of population with work disability at age 65 and years at ages 20-65 with work disability, 1968-1990, 1991-2004, and 2005-2015.

1968-1990
1991-2004
2005-2015
Moderate Severe Moderate Severe Moderate Severe
Women


 

 

 

 

 

 


African American
 % at age 65 11.2 (10.6-11.8) 18.9 (17.8-20.0) 10.4 (9.6-11.0) 12.2 (11.4-13.1) 9. 0 (8.4-9.5)* 11.0 (10.3-11.4)*
 % ages 20-65 7.4 (7.0-7.8) 7.2 (6.8-7.5) 7.2 (6.8-7.6) 6.2 (5.8-6.7) 7.0 (6.7-7.4)* 5.5 (5.2-5.9)*


 

 

 

 

 

 


Hispanic
 % at age 65 12.3 (11.0-13.9) 13.9 (12.6-15.9) 10.7 (10.5-12.2) 9.1 (8.6-9.8) 9.2 (7.9-11.0)* 8.3 (7.4-9.4)*
 % ages 20-65 8.1 (7.6-8.9) 7.6 (6.8-8.5) 7.3 (6.9-7.9) 6.1 (5.7-7.0) 6.7 (6.1-7.6)* 5.2 (4.1-6.4)*


 

 

 

 

 

 


White
 % at age 65 13.7 (13.1-14.3) 13.7 (13.0-14.3) 12.8(12.2-13.5) 8.7 (8.2-9.1) 11.1 (10.5-11.8)* 7.5 (7.2-7.9)*
 % ages 20-65 8.8 (8.4-9.2) 8.3 (8.0-8.7) 8.6 (8.1-8.9) 7.1 (6.7-7.5) 8.4 (8.0-8.7)* 6.2 (5.8-6.5)*


 

 

 

 

 

 


Men


 

 

 

 

 

 


African American
 % at age 65 6.8 (6.4-7.1) 17.4 (16.7-18.4) 5.9 (5.5-6.3) 10.8 (10.2-11.6) 5.1 (4.7-5.4)* 9.6 (9.0-10.1)*
 % ages 20-65 4.6 (4.4-4.7) 4.2 (4.0-4.5) 4.5 (4.3-4.7) 3.5 (3.3-3.8) 4.7 (4.5-4.9)* 3.2 (3.1-3.4)*


 

 

 

 

 

 


Hispanic
 % at age 65 6.9 (6.4-7.4) 13.1 (12.0-14.0) 5.8 (5.3-6.4) 8.3 (7.6-9.1) 4.8 (4.3-5.4)* 7.5 (6.8-8.1)*
 % ages 20-65 4.4 (4.2-4.6) 4.1 (3.8-4.3) 4.0 (3.7-4.3) 3.1 (2.7-3.6) 3.9 (3.5-4.2)* 2.7 (2.3-3.1)*


 

 

 

 

 

 


White
 % at age 65 8.5 (8.2-8.9) 12.8 (12.1-13.4) 7.7 (7.3-8.1) 7.9 (7.4-8.4) 6.6 (6.2-6.9)* 6.9 (6.6-7.1)*
 % ages 20-65 5.6 (5.4-5.8) 5.1 (4.9-5.2) 5.5 (5.3-5.7) 4.2 (3.9-4.4) 5.7 (5.5-6.0)* 3.7 (3.5-3.9)*

aData source, Panel Study of Income Dynamics; results of multinomial logistic Markov models and dynamic microsimulation; % ages 20-65 = percent of life at those ages with moderate or severe work disability; parentheses show 95% confidence intervals.

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p-trend < 0.01.