Fifteen
percent of the decedents were reported to suffer from some type of memory
impairment, and 13 percent reported other mental, nervous, or emotional
problems. Almost one-third (32 percent) of the decedents were reported to
suffer from some form of arthritis
Number
and percent of decedents reported to have had selected health conditions
during their lifetime: United States, 1993
Health
condition
Number
Percent1
Standard
error of
percent
95
percent
confidence
interval
(+/- percent)
Hypertension
949,000
42.8
0.9862
1.9
Heart
attack
593,000
26.8
0.8647
1.7
Angina
pectoris
559,000
25.2
0.8816
1.7
Stroke
444,000
20.0
0.8111
1.6
Alzheimer's
disease
117,000
5.3
0.4756
0.9
Other
memory impairment
219,000
9.9
0.6142
1.2
Other
mental, nervous, or emotional problems
287,000
13.0
0.6700
1.3
Diabetes
411,000
18.6
0.8009
1.6
Cancer,
except skin
712,000
32.1
0.6594
1.3
Asthma
139,000
6.3
0.4481
0.9
Other
lung condition
369,000
16.7
0.7134
1.4
Cirrhosis
of the liver
86,000
3.9
0.3545
0.7
Arthritis
719,000
32.4
0.9338
1.8
1
Percents based on 2,215,000 decedents.
NOTES: Excludes deaths to persons under 15 years of age and those deaths
occurring in South Dakota.
Standard errors are estimated using the statistical software package
SUDAAN.
SOURCE: NCHS, National Mortality Followback Survey -- provisional data,
1993.
About one-half of the
decedents were reported to have had a functional limitation due to
physical or mental conditions during their last year of life. Responses
ranged from a high of 59 percent for walking a quarter of a mile, to a low
of 24 percent for using the telephone.
Number
and percent of decedents reported to have had select functional
limitations in the last year of life as a result of physical or mental
conditions: United States, 1993
Functional
limitation
Number
Percent1
Standard
error of
percent
95
percent
confidence
interval
(+/- percent)
Lifting/carrying
10 lbs.
1,213,000
54.7
0.9784
1.9
Climbing
a flight of stairs w/o rest
1,243,000
56.1
0.9750
1.9
Walking
a quarter of a mile
1,310,000
59.1
0.9568
1.9
Heavy
housework
1,109,000
50.0
0.9763
1.9
Shopping
for personal items
1,021,000
46.1
0.9785
1.9
Going
outside the home alone
1,116,000
50.4
0.9819
1.9
Light
housework
920,000
41.5
0.9735
1.9
Preparing
meals
822,000
37.1
0.9451
1.9
Managing
money
711,000
32.1
0.9329
1.8
Using
the telephone
525,000
23.7
0.8646
1.7
Getting
around inside the home
857,000
38.7
0.9727
1.9
Walking
1,202,000
54.3
0.9727
1.9
Getting
in and out of bed or chairs
1,041,000
47.0
0.9775
1.9
Eating
753,000
34.0
0.9253
1.8
Using
the toilet
963,000
43.5
0.9747
1.9
Bathing
or showering
1,148,000
51.8
0.9682
1.9
Dressing
1,005,000
45.4
0.9801
1.9
1
Percents based on 2,215,000 decedents.
NOTES: Excludes deaths to persons under 15 years of age and those deaths
occurring in South Dakota.
Standard errors are estimated using the statistical software package
SUDAAN.
SOURCE: NCHS, National Mortality Followback Survey -- provisional data,
1993.
Fifty-eight percent of
the decedents with reported functional limitations received help at home
from their spouse. Daughters and visiting nurses provided home help for 46
and 31 percent of the decedents, respectively.
Number
and percent of decedents with reported functional limitations who received
help at home by who provided assistance: United States, 1993
Assistance
provider
Number
Percent1
Standard
error of
percent
95
percent
confidence
interval
(+/- percent)
Spouse
494,000
57.3
1.5543
3.0
Mother
42,000
4.9
0.5393
1.1
Father
11,000
1.3
0.2333
0.5
Son
194,000
22.5
1.3642
2.7
Daughter
401,000
46.5
1.6080
3.2
Other
relative
239,000
27.7
1.4308
2.8
Neighbor
or friend
118,000
13.7
1.1082
2.2
Home
hospice care
148,000
17.2
1.1596
2.3
Visiting
nurse
263,000
30.6
1.5063
3.0
Visiting
homemaker
81,000
9.4
0.9728
1.9
Personal
care aide
114,000
13.2
1.1147
2.2
Other
person
75,000
8.7
0.9182
1.8
1
Percents based on 861,000 decedents with functional limitations who
received home help.
NOTES: Excludes deaths to persons under 15 years of age and those deaths
occurring in South Dakota.
Standard errors are estimated using the statistical software package
SUDAAN.
SOURCE: NCHS, National Mortality Followback Survey -- provisional data,
1993.
Almost 60 percent of
the decedents were reported to have spent at least one-half a day in bed
due to illness or injury. Illness or injury kept 9 percent of the
decedents in bed at least one-half of each day during their last year of
life.
Number
and percent distribution of decedents by time illness or injury kept
decedent in bed for more than half a day during the last year of life:
United States, 1993
Number
of times illness kept in bed
Number
Percent
Standard
error of
percent
95
percent
confidence
interval
(+/- percent)
Total
2,215,000
100.0
0.0000
0.0
None
803,000
36.2
0.9345
1.8
1
to 6 days
246,000
11.1
0.6383
1.3
7
to 13 days
112,000
5.0
0.4474
0.9
14
days to under 1 month
185,000
8.3
0.5502
1.1
1
up to 3 months
269,000
12.1
0.6449
1.3
3
up to 6 months
148,000
6.7
0.5014
1.0
6
up to 9 months
62,000
2.8
0.3232
0.6
9
up to 12 months
68,000
3.1
0.3350
0.7
Entire
year
202,000
9.1
0.5799
1.1
Item
nonresponse
123,000
5.5
0.4366
0.9
NOTES:
Excludes deaths to persons under 15 years of age and those deaths
occurring in South Dakota.
Figures may not add to totals due to rounding. Standard errors are
estimated using the statistical software package SUDAAN.
SOURCE: NCHS, National Mortality Followback Survey -- provisional data,
1993.