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Baseline Monograph - White Women: Current Health Status

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Age In Three Categories
65-69 70-79 80+
GENERAL HEALTH EXCELLENT 172 16.2% 185 12.9% 35 10.9%
VERY GOOD 271 25.6% 381 26.6% 75 23.4%
GOOD 400 37.7% 530 37.0% 111 34.7%
FAIR 184 17.4% 289 20.2% 81 25.3%
POOR 31 2.9% 47 3.3% 17 5.3%
MISSING 2 .2% 1 .1% 1 .3%
HEALTH COMPARED TO OTHERS BETTER THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE 506 47.8% 786 54.8% 189 59.1%
ABOUT THE SAME AS OTHERS YOUR AGE 445 42.1% 519 36.2% 105 32.8%
WORSE THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE 46 4.3% 42 2.9% 10 3.1%
MISSING 61 5.8% 86 6.0% 16 5.0%
BED DAYS LAST TWO WEEKS NONE 1015 95.9% 1379 96.3% 306 95.6%
1-7 DAYS 40 3.8% 49 3.4% 13 4.1%
8-14 DAYS 3 .3% 4 .3% 1 .3%
ILLNESS CAUSING BED DAYS HEART ATTACK OR CHF



1 .3%
ARTHRITIS 1 .1% 3 .2% 2 .6%
COLD OR FLU 12 1.1% 16 1.1% 3 .9%
INJURY 1 .1% 1 .1% 1 .3%
GENERAL FATIGUE / WEAKNESS (INCL. OLD AGE) 3 .3% 4 .3% 1 .3%
LUNG DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA, OR BRONCHITIS 1 .1% 2 .1%

OTHER 18 1.7% 19 1.3% 3 .9%
NOT APPLICABLE 1024 96.6% 1388 96.9% 309 96.6%
NERVOUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER NO 943 89.0% 1277 89.1% 278 86.9%
YES 111 10.5% 149 10.4% 39 12.2%
UNKNOWN 6 .6% 7 .5% 3 .9%
HEARING PROBLEM NO 866 81.7% 1064 74.2% 187 58.4%
YES 191 18.0% 363 25.3% 132 41.3%
MISSING 3 .3% 6 .4% 1 .3%
VISION PROBLEM NO 889 83.9% 1046 73.0% 171 53.4%
YES 166 15.7% 376 26.2% 148 46.3%
MISSING 5 .5% 11 .8% 1 .3%
KIDNEY DISEASE NO 1026 96.8% 1379 96.2% 304 95.0%
YES 29 2.7% 47 3.3% 13 4.1%
UNKNOWN 5 .5% 7 .5% 3 .9%
ARTHRITIS NO 502 47.4% 602 42.0% 110 34.4%
YES 544 51.3% 817 57.0% 205 64.1%
UNKNOWN 14 1.3% 14 1.0% 5 1.6%
EVER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER NO 917 86.5% 1191 83.1% 271 84.7%
YES 140 13.2% 241 16.8% 48 15.0%
MISSING 3 .3% 1 .1% 1 .3%
CANCER IN PAST 5 YEARS NO 98 9.2% 150 10.5% 31 9.7%
YES 45 4.2% 91 6.4% 16 5.0%
NOT APPLICABLE 917 86.5% 1192 83.2% 273 85.3%
LUNG DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA, OR BRONCHITIS NO 959 90.5% 1282 89.5% 288 90.0%
YES 96 9.1% 142 9.9% 30 9.4%
UNKNOWN 5 .5% 9 .6% 2 .6%