Elderly health status, and medical history of chronic conditions, Oromia, Jimma Town, 2012.

Table 3: Elderly health status, and medical history of chronic conditions, Oromia, Jimma Town, 2012.

Self‐reported health status		Frequency (n = 417)	%
Physical and mental health status rating during the last 30 days	Very bad	12	2.9
	Bad	47	11.3
	Moderate	272	65.2
	High	78	18.7
	Very high	8	1.9
Difficulty with picking up things in the last 30 days	Yes	112	26.9
Difficulty with picking up things in the last 30 days	No	305	73.1
Difficulty seeing and recognizing an object at a distance of about 20 meters	Yes	115	27.6
	No	302	72.4
Cognitive impairment in the last 30 days	Yes	97	23.3
Cognitive impairment in the last 30 days	No	320	76.7
Feels pain	Always	33	7.9
	Sometimes	259	62.1
	Never	125	30.0