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Concluding Remarks<br />

◦ <strong>Health</strong> inequality with more districts have<br />

high percentage <strong>of</strong> unhealthy older<br />

persons. Yet, most districts have high<br />

physical independence.<br />

◦ Good SRHS <strong>and</strong> functional capacity varies<br />

gre<strong>at</strong>ly by district, implying th<strong>at</strong> policy<br />

making process <strong>at</strong> district level should<br />

pay <strong>at</strong>tention to <strong>the</strong>ir local needs.<br />

◦ Region, type <strong>of</strong> districts <strong>and</strong> sex also play<br />

important role in SRHS <strong>and</strong> physical<br />

independence.<br />

◦ The two variables have strong positive<br />

correl<strong>at</strong>ion.

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