Figure 12.3. Age-sex-adjusted
percent of adults aged 65 years and over who need the help of other persons with personal care needs, by
race/ethnicity: United States, January-June 2002
NOTES: Personal care
needs or activities of daily living (ADL) include such things as eating,
bathing, dressing, or getting around inside the person’s home. Estimates
are age-sex-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using three age
groups: 65-74 years, 75-84 years, and 85 years and over.
DATA SOURCE: Based on
data collected from January through June in the Family Core component of
the 2002 National Health Interview Survey.
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The age-sex-adjusted percent of persons who needed
help with personal care from other persons was 9.4% for Hispanic persons,
5.9% for white non-Hispanic persons, and 9.9% for black non-Hispanic
persons.
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Hispanic persons and black non-Hispanic persons
were more likely than white non-Hispanic persons to need help with personal
care from other persons.
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