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Baseline Monograph - White Men: Current Health Status

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Age In Three Categories
65-69 70-79 80+
GENERAL HEALTH EXCELLENT 113 17.4% 174 15.1% 44 12.6%
VERY GOOD 173 26.7% 276 23.9% 85 24.3%
GOOD 232 35.7% 467 40.5% 127 36.3%
FAIR 105 16.2% 216 18.7% 70 20.0%
POOR 24 3.7% 17 1.5% 24 6.9%
MISSING 2 .3% 3 .3%

HEALTH COMPARED TO OTHERS BETTER THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE 346 53.3% 660 57.2% 236 67.4%
ABOUT THE SAME AS OTHERS YOUR AGE 234 36.1% 397 34.4% 88 25.1%
WORSE THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE 35 5.4% 21 1.8% 6 1.7%
MISSING 34 5.2% 75 6.5% 20 5.7%
BED DAYS LAST TWO WEEKS NONE 636 98.1% 1126 97.7% 342 97.7%
1-7 DAYS 11 1.7% 25 2.2% 5 1.4%
8-14 DAYS 1 .2% 1 .1% 3 .9%
ILLNESS CAUSING BED DAYS ARTHRITIS 1 .2% 2 .2%

COLD OR FLU 5 .8% 10 .9% 4 1.1%
GENERAL FATIGUE / WEAKNESS (INCL. OLD AGE) 1 .2% 4 .3% 1 .3%
LUNG DISEASE OR EMPHYSEMA,BRONCHITIS



1 .3%
OTHER 3 .5% 4 .3% 2 .6%
NOT APPLICABLE 639 98.5% 1133 98.3% 342 97.7%
NERVOUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER NO 608 93.7% 1080 93.7% 328 93.7%
YES 39 6.0% 70 6.1% 22 6.3%
UNKNOWN 2 .3% 3 .3%

HEARING PROBLEM NO 443 68.3% 692 60.0% 156 44.6%
YES 205 31.6% 452 39.2% 192 54.9%
MISSING 1 .2% 9 .8% 2 .6%
VISION PROBLEM NO 544 83.8% 906 78.6% 209 59.7%
YES 102 15.7% 245 21.2% 139 39.7%
MISSING 3 .5% 2 .2% 2 .6%
KIDNEY DISEASE NO 637 98.2% 1120 97.1% 339 96.9%
YES 9 1.4% 24 2.1% 4 1.1%
UNKNOWN 3 .5% 9 .8% 7 2.0%
ARTHRITIS NO 407 62.7% 602 52.2% 182 52.0%
YES 234 36.1% 543 47.1% 160 45.7%
UNKNOWN 8 1.2% 8 .7% 8 2.3%
EVER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER NO 570 87.8% 966 83.8% 280 80.0%
YES 79 12.2% 185 16.0% 68 19.4%
MISSING

2 .2% 2 .6%
CANCER IN PAST 5 YEARS NO 49 7.6% 94 8.2% 37 10.6%
YES 32 4.9% 91 7.9% 28 8.0%
NOT APPLICABLE 568 87.5% 968 84.0% 285 81.4%
LUNG DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA OR BRONCHITIS NO 584 90.0% 1044 90.5% 315 90.0%
YES 62 9.6% 105 9.1% 32 9.1%
UNKNOWN 3 .5% 4 .3% 3 .9%