Abstract: This paper was from sampling survey of health status for elderly adults over 60 years old in Nanjing city. This article ex- amine ability of activities of daily living(ADL)and instrumen- tal activities of daily living (IADL). Results showed that the rate of lost for daily activities was increasing with aging and these were significant difference in sexes(X²=7. 75,P<005) The analysis of Logistic regressing showed that ability of daily activities living were affected by age,volume of chronic condi- tion,marriage,physical trainness,satisfaction of living.