Disability among older people; United States and Canada

Details

• Personal Author:
  Kovar, Mary Grace ; Weeks, Julie Dawson ; Forbes, William F. (William Frederick), 1924-
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Data from two national surveys of community-dwelling people 55 years of age and over are the basis of tables presenting 25 measures of disability for each country. The report includes discussions of similarity and differences between the countries, methods used to make the data comparable, and limitations on interpretation of the data.
• Content Notes:
  [by Mary Grace Kovar, Julie Dawson Weeks, and William F. Forbes].
  
  Chiefly tables.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Disabled Older People With Disabilities
• Source:
  Vital and health statistics. Series 5, Comparative international vital and health statistics reports ; no. 8 ; DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 95-1484
• Series:
  Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States ; Canada
• Pages in Document:
  print; iv, 82 p. : map ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5bab4b266bbf019ca10222c822452fd044309a63173edda9669d8f9b2f7512145cc45d90580f4de299c165f83e261d4098ca584965f14803ebe9251e6539ea9e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6511/cdc_6511_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 416.41 KB ]