Table 2A.
Distribution of Mexican adults aged 60 or older in 2001 by disability status based on the number of dimensions with physical limitations in 2003
| Characteristics in 2001 | Disability status in 2003 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same | Worse | Improved | Died | |
| Age 60–74 *** | 53.1 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 4.4 |
| Age 75+ | 38.7 | 26.6 | 22.4 | 12.3 |
| Female *** | 45.5 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 5.5 |
| Male | 54.9 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 7.1 |
| Married *** | 51.8 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 5.0 |
| Not married | 46.7 | 23.3 | 21.9 | 8.1 |
| Rural *** | 46.9 | 23.9 | 21.2 | 6.0 |
| Urban | 52.0 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 6.4 |
| Years of education (avg.) *** | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| No education | 43.1 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 8.1 |
| Between 1 and 6 years | 50.9 | 22.8 | 20.9 | 5.4 |
| 7 years or more | 60.6 | 16.2 | 18.1 | 5.1 |
| Cognition score (avg.) ** | 35.0 | 29.4 | 31.2 | 26.2 |
| Poor self-reported health *** | 36.1 | 22.2 | 29.9 | 11.8 |
| Other self-reported health | 53.4 | 22.3 | 19.6 | 4.7 |
| No income *** | 48.3 | 21.4 | 23.5 | 6.8 |
| Less than 5,000 Mexican Pesos | 48.4 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 6.4 |
| Over 5,000 Mexican Pesos | 58.9 | 16.9 | 20.0 | 4.2 |
| With health insurance | 51.4 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 6.0 |
| Without health insurance | 47.2 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 6.6 |
| Receives social support | 49.7 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 6.6 |
| No social support | 50.8 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 4.4 |
| With hypertension *** | 45.8 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 7.3 |
| Without hypertension | 52.5 | 21.6 | 20.4 | 5.5 |
| With diabetes *** | 42.0 | 25.7 | 22.6 | 9.7 |
| Without diabetes | 51.2 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 5.6 |
| With cancer | 40.2 | 26.5 | 23.5 | 9.8 |
| Without cancer | 49.7 | 22.4 | 21.7 | 6.2 |
| With respiratory disease *** | 40.2 | 21.6 | 27.8 | 10.4 |
| Without respiratory disease | 50.4 | 22.5 | 21.2 | 5.9 |
| With heart condition *** | 35.7 | 20.7 | 30.7 | 12.9 |
| Without heart condition | 50.2 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 6.0 |
| With stroke *** | 37.5 | 21.7 | 23.4 | 17.4 |
| Without stroke | 50.1 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 5.9 |
| Depressive symptoms (avg.) *** | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| With depression | 41.9 | 22.9 | 26.9 | 8.3 |
| Without depression | 57.7 | 21.8 | 16.4 | 4.1 |
| Unweighted N | 2,837 | 1,268 | 1,238 | 454 |
Note: Authors’ own elaboration with data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (Mexican Health and Aging Study, 2001, 2003). Values shown are unweighted. All values are percentages unless noted and each row adds up to 100%. Chi-square tests were calculated to establish whether the differences between the categories of physical limitation and each covariate were significant.
Significance:
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01;
***
p ≤ .001.