Baseline Monograph - African American Men: Current Health Status

		Age In Three Categories
		65-69		70-79		80+
GENERAL HEALTH	EXCELLENT	13	10.7%	15	8.6%	3	6.5%
	VERY GOOD	24	19.7%	28	16.0%	6	13.0%
	GOOD	45	36.9%	58	33.1%	15	32.6%
	FAIR	33	27.0%	56	32.0%	20	43.5%
	POOR	6	4.9%	18	10.3%	2	4.3%
	MISSING	1	.8%
HEALTH COMPARED TO OTHERS	BETTER THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE	57	53.8%	81	50.6%	28	65.1%
	ABOUT THE SAME AS OTHERS YOUR AGE	44	41.5%	68	42.5%	15	34.9%
	WORSE THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE	3	2.8%	8	5.0%
	MISSING	2	1.9%	3	1.9%
BED DAYS LAST TWO WEEKS	NONE	116	95.1%	172	98.3%	45	97.8%
	1-7 DAYS	5	4.1%	2	1.1%	1	2.2%
	8-14 DAYS	1	.8%	1	.6%
ILLNESS CAUSING BED DAYS	ARTHRITIS	1	.8%
	COLD OR FLU	2	1.6%	1	.6%
	OTHER	2	1.6%
	NOT APPLICABLE	117	95.9%	174	99.4%	46	100.0%
NERVOUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER	NO	115	94.3%	162	92.6%	44	95.7%
	YES	7	5.7%	12	6.9%	2	4.3%
	UNKNOWN			1	.6%
HEARING PROBLEM	NO	103	85.1%	130	74.3%	28	60.9%
HEARING PROBLEM	YES	18	14.9%	45	25.7%	18	39.1%
VISION PROBLEM	NO	87	71.3%	112	64.0%	29	64.4%
	YES	34	27.9%	62	35.4%	15	33.3%
	MISSING	1	.8%	1	.6%	1	2.2%
KIDNEY DISEASE	NO	119	97.5%	167	95.4%	40	87.0%
	YES	1	.8%	6	3.4%	4	8.7%
	UNKNOWN	2	1.6%	2	1.1%	2	4.3%
ARTHRITIS	NO	72	59.0%	88	50.3%	23	50.0%
	YES	46	37.7%	85	48.6%	22	47.8%
	UNKNOWN	4	3.3%	2	1.1%	1	2.2%
EVER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER	NO	114	93.4%	154	88.0%	45	97.8%
EVER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER	YES	8	6.6%	21	12.0%	1	2.2%
CANCER IN PAST 5 YEARS	NO	4	3.3%	13	7.4%	1	2.2%
	YES	3	2.5%	8	4.6%
	NOT APPLICABLE	115	94.3%	154	88.0%	45	97.8%
LUNG DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA OR BRONCHITIS	NO	109	89.3%	156	89.1%	41	89.1%
	YES	12	9.8%	18	10.3%	5	10.9%
	UNKNOWN	1	.8%	1	.6%