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Activities of daily living (ADLs) are basic activities that support survival, including eating, bathing, and toileting. See Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)

Asset income includes money income reported in the Current Population Survey from interest (on savings or bonds), dividends, income from estates or trusts, and net rental income. Capital gains are not included.

These benefits provide wives of dependents with half of their husband's basic benefit and surviving widows with their husband's full basic benefit. Divorced women can receive auxiliary spouse/widow benefits based on a marriage of at least 10 years' duration.

This is a measure of body weight adjusted for height that correlates with body fat. A tool for indicating weight status in adults, BMI is generally computed using metric units and is defined as weight divided by height or kilograms/meters. The categories used in this report are consistent with those set by the World Health Organization. For adults [..]

For the purpose of national mortality statistics, every death is attributed to one underlying condition, based on information reported on the death certificate and using the international rules for selecting the underlying cause of death from the conditions stated on the death certificate. In addition to the underlying cause, all other conditions r [..]

See Population.

See Population.

Crowded housing is defined as households that have more than one person per room.

The death rate is calculated by dividing the number of deaths in a population in a year by the midyear resident population. For census years, rates are based on unrounded census counts of the resident population as of April 1. Death rates are expressed as the number of deaths per 100,000 people. The rate may be restricted to deaths in specific age, [..]