Baseline descriptive statistics of the sample (in 2005) (unweighted)
| Outcome variables (at the follow-up) | |
| Incidence of disability | 34.6 |
| Incidence of at least one short-term morbidity (last 30 days) | 18.1 |
| Incidence of at least one long-term morbidity (last 365 days) | 29.7 |
| Incidence of at least long-term multi-morbidity morbidity | 8.0 |
| Independent variables | |
| Age (years) Mean(SD) | 66.2 (6.1) |
| Age category (years) | |
| 60–69 (young-old) | 70.2 |
| 70–79 (old-old) | 24.9 |
| 80+ (oldest-old) | 4.9 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 48.4 |
| Female | 51.6 |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 73.8 |
| Urban | 26.2 |
| Current marital status | |
| Married | 68.1 |
| Not married | 31.9 |
| Education | |
| College | 3.3 |
| Secondary school | 17.9 |
| Primary school | 18.0 |
| No formal schooling | 60.8 |
| Wealth quintile | |
| Richest | 24.8 |
| Rich | 22.7 |
| Middle | 21.9 |
| Poor | 16.3 |
| Poorest | 14.3 |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | 82.3 |
| Islam | 9.5 |
| Christianity | 3.0 |
| Others | 5.1 |
| Caste | |
| Forward caste | 26.2 |
| Other backward caste (OBC) | 36.5 |
| Scheduled caste | 17.9 |
| Scheduled tribe | 5.8 |
| Others | 13.9 |
| Living arrangement | |
| Joint family | 76.9 |
| Nuclear family | 21.2 |
| Alone | 1.9 |
| Drink alcohol | |
| Never | 92.6 |
| Sometimes | 5.4 |
| Daily | 2.0 |
| Chew bidi/gutka | |
| Never | 79.4 |
| Sometimes | 2.7 |
| Daily | 17.9 |
| Smoking | |
| Never | 81.5 |
| Sometimes | 3.1 |
| Daily | 15.4 |
| Total | 10,218 |
| Incidence of disability | 34.6 |
| Incidence of at least one short-term morbidity (last 30 days) | 18.1 |
| Incidence of at least one long-term morbidity (last 365 days) | 29.7 |
| Incidence of at least long-term multi-morbidity morbidity | 8.0 |
| Age (years) Mean(SD) | 66.2 (6.1) |
| 60–69 (young-old) | 70.2 |
| 70–79 (old-old) | 24.9 |
| 80+ (oldest-old) | 4.9 |
| Male | 48.4 |
| Female | 51.6 |
| Rural | 73.8 |
| Urban | 26.2 |
| Married | 68.1 |
| Not married | 31.9 |
| College | 3.3 |
| Secondary school | 17.9 |
| Primary school | 18.0 |
| No formal schooling | 60.8 |
| Richest | 24.8 |
| Rich | 22.7 |
| Middle | 21.9 |
| Poor | 16.3 |
| Poorest | 14.3 |
| Hinduism | 82.3 |
| Islam | 9.5 |
| Christianity | 3.0 |
| Others | 5.1 |
| Forward caste | 26.2 |
| Other backward caste (OBC) | 36.5 |
| Scheduled caste | 17.9 |
| Scheduled tribe | 5.8 |
| Others | 13.9 |
| Joint family | 76.9 |
| Nuclear family | 21.2 |
| Alone | 1.9 |
| Never | 92.6 |
| Sometimes | 5.4 |
| Daily | 2.0 |
| Never | 79.4 |
| Sometimes | 2.7 |
| Daily | 17.9 |
| Never | 81.5 |
| Sometimes | 3.1 |
| Daily | 15.4 |