Transitions in activities of daily living in Mexico, 2001-2012.

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.

Materials And 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.