Health
Conditions
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.
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January 11, 2007
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