Table 2.

Age, education, and gender specific reference values for Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS^*) examination in Australian whites (n = 16,360).

	Education <9 years		Education 9–11 years		Education 12 years		Education 13–15 years		Education ≥16 years
Age, years	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
70–74	n = 775	n = 669	n = 1,797	n = 1,326	n = 561	n = 445	n = 783	n = 671	n = 1,159	n = 1,259
	79, 81, 84, 86, 94	79, 80, 82, 84, 92	82, 84, 86, 89, 95	81, 81, 84, 87, 93	83, 85, 87, 89, 96	79, 80, 84, 86, 94	82, 85, 88, 91, 96	81, 84, 86, 89, 95	86, 88, 90, 92, 97	82, 85, 88, 90, 96
75–79	n = 463	n = 356	n = 893	n = 605	n = 268	n = 199	n = 390	n = 253	n = 462	n = 453
	78, 80, 82, 86, 93	78, 79, 81, 83, 91	80, 82, 85, 87, 94	79, 80, 83, 85, 93	80, 80, 85, 89, 95	78, 78, 82, 85, 93	81, 82, 84, 88, 95	78, 80, 83, 86, 93	82, 85, 87, 90, 96	84, 85, 87, 89, 95
80+	n = 339	n = 239	n = 527	n = 290	n = 176	n = 123	n = 211	n = 186	n = 224	n = 258
	78, 79, 81, 84, 92	78, 79, 80, 82, 90	78, 79, 82, 85, 93	79, 79, 82, 84, 91	78, 80, 84, 86, 93	80, 80, 82, 85, 92	78, 81, 82, 86, 94	78, 79, 83, 86, 93	80, 82, 87, 89, 95	81, 83, 85, 86, 94

Note:

^*Data reported as 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th & 50th (median) percentiles.