Table 1.

Comparison of activities of daily living ability among older adults with different characteristics.

Demographic Characteristics	Category	Survey Number of People	Percentage (%)	Mildly Damaged Number of People	Mild Impairment Rate (%)	Severe Damage Number of People	Severe Impairment Rate (%)
Gender	Male	4920	48.48	1167	23.72 a	623	12.66 a
	Female	5228	51.52	539	10.31	312	5.97
Age (years)	60–69	5218	51.42	28	0.54 a	13	0.25 a
	70–79	3369	33.20	1077	31.97	168	4.99
	≧80	1561	15.38	655	41.96	754	48.30
Marital Status	Married	7254	71.48	1006	13.89 a	106	1.46 a
	Divorce	673	6.63	127	18.87	65	9.66
	Bereaved Spouse	2151	21.20	613	28.50	757	35.19
	Unmarried	70	0.69	14	20.00	7	10.00
Education level	Illiterate	5460	53.80	1262	23.11 a	648	11.87 a
	Primary School	3706	36.52	464	12.52	271	7.31
	Junior High School and above	982	9.68	34	3.46	16	1.63
Exercise	Exercise	5767	56.83	695	12.05 a	181	3.14 a
	No Exercise	4381	43.17	1065	24.31	754	17.21
Smoking status	Smoking	5395	53.16	1452	26.91 a	902	16.72 a
	No Smoking	4753	46.84	308	6.48	33	0.69
Drinking situation	Drinking	4545	44.79	1090	23.98 a	580	12.76 a
	No Alcohol	5603	55.21	670	11.96	355	6.34
Is disabled	Disability	2841	28.00	795	27.98 a	789	27.77 a
	No Disability	7307	72.00	965	13.21	146	2.00
Have a chronic disease	Yes	2908	32.37	1065	36.62 a	934	32.12 a
	No	7240	67.63	695	9.60	1	0.01
Self-assessment of health status	Not Good	1209	11.91	169	13.98 a	566	46.82 a
	General	5074	50.00	1522	30.00	362	7.13
	Good	3865	38.09	69	1.79	43	1.11

Note: ^a: p < 0.01.