In terms of health status, only one fourth report good
or above health, half with fair health and another fourth
with poor or very poor health; 3 % have reported physical
disabilities and 9 % live with at least one ADL limitation;
and around one tenth have had at least one
severe functional loss in hearing, vision, speech or brain.
The majority (82 %) have experienced fair or poor memory
and about one tenth report mild/moderate depression
and 3 % major depression. More than one fourth
report a little to some level of pain and one tenth report
quite a bit or a lot of pain. In terms of health services
use, 37 % have had physical examinations in the last
18 months; 31 % have been sick in the last month of
whom 22 % have seen a doctor; 17 % have been recommended
to use inpatient care by a doctor in the last year
but only 12 % have actually used inpatient care.