The data regarding this research is from 120 elderly people over 65 years of age from the Dena province. The average age of these people was 73.1 ± 6.9. 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Most of the elderly participants were illiterate (78.3%). Also, 65.8% were married and the rest were widows or widowers. Regarding income, 68.3% relied on themselves and 31.7% were dependent on their families. Thirty one point seven percent had good income, 10.8% had rather good income, 36.7% had moderate income and 20.8% had no proper or weal income. Forty nine point two percent of the elderly were villagers and 50.8% were residing in the city. Sixty two point five percent lived with their husbands and children, 23.3% lived with their children, 0.8%5 lived with their families and 13.3% lived on their own. The mean and standard deviation for the health promotion behaviors and its sub scales are observed in Table 1. The mean score of health promotion behavior sub-scales in this study are as follows: Prevention 75.52, interpersonal social relations 67.44, stress management 55.41, healthy nutrition 49, and physical activities 43.94. As it is seen in Table 1, using analysis variance significant differences were observed between health promotion behaviors and the sub-scales of stress management, physical activity and interrelations between men and women. The difference was not significant about the sub-scales of healthy nutrition and prevention.