本文以日本某区居住的所谓健康老人为对象,探讨日常活动能力(ADL)与寿命的关系。 对象及方法 选择爱知县三好街的65岁以上、曾于1979年至1980年接受过检查、截止1982年12月31日,确诊存活和已经死亡的959名男女老人为研究对象。65～岁男152 This article aims at the so-called healthy elderly people living in a certain district in Japan and discusses the relationship between daily activity ability (ADL) and life span. Subjects and Methods 959 elderly men and women who were diagnosed with surviving and died have been selected as the subjects of age 65 or older at Sanhao Street, Aichi Prefecture, who had been examined from 1979 to 1980, and as of December 31, 1982. 65-year-old male 152