title: Transitions in activities of daily living in Mexico, 2001-2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper describes the 2001-2012 progression of limitations in daily activities in the Mexican elderly population aged 60 or older and identifies how sociodemographic and health factors affect these progressions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data come from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), a national sample of adults born in 1951 or earlier, including a baseline survey in 2001 and follow-ups in 2003 and 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Difficulty in getting dressed is the activity that has the highest prevalence in all three waves for both genders. In the 11-year transition, 42.8% of the respondents with no limitations in 2001 reported no limitations in 2012. In contrast, 60.8% of those who reported three or more limitations in 2001 had died by 2012.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With the rapid aging of the Mexican population, the knowledge of patterns of deterioration of functional limitations will prove useful for future public health policies.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Sciences Academic Division & Research Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Estados Unidos de América.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Díaz-Venegas
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De La Vega
authors.affiliation: Collaborating Center on Aging and Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, Estados Unidos de América.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors