APPENDIX B

Table 1. Number of Dependent and Bedridden Persons at Home by Sex and Age: 1989 and 1992

Dependent (= person dependents) means s household member who is aged 6 and over and needs support in bathing, moving inside home,

changing clothes, ecreting, having meals, changing body position. Bedridden 1st home) means s patient who is in bed almost the whole day.

Source: Ministry of Health end Welfare, Comprehensive Survey of Living Condition of the People on Health and Welfare. Various Years.

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