General Health
Would you say that your general health is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor?
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
Total # of Respondents |
Fair or Poor |
C.I. |
Excellent, very good or good |
C.I. |
All Adults |
11260 |
15.2 |
14.3-16.0 |
84.8 |
84.0-85.7 |
General Health by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Fair or Poor
|
C.I.
|
Excellent, very good or good
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
556 |
9.6 |
6.77- 12.5 |
90.4 |
87.3-93.4 |
25-34 |
1555 |
9.3 |
7.27- 11.2 |
90.8 |
88.7-92.8 |
35-44 |
2444 |
10.2 |
8.62- 11.8 |
89.8 |
88.2-91.4 |
45-54 |
2353 |
15.9 |
14.0- 17.9 |
84.0 |
82.1-86.0 |
55-64 |
1699 |
19.2 |
16.8- 21.5 |
80.8 |
78.4-83.2 |
65+ |
2460 |
26.5 |
24.4- 28.6 |
73.5 |
71.4-75.6 |
General Health by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Fair or Poor
|
C.I.
|
Excellent, very good or good
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4492 |
14.1 |
12.8- 15.4 |
85.9 |
84.6-87.3 |
Female |
6768 |
16.2 |
15.1- 17.2 |
83.8 |
82.7-84.9 |
General Health by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Fair or Poor
|
C.I.
|
Excellent, very good or good
|
C.I.
|
Less than $15,000 |
708 |
38.0 |
33.4-42.5 |
62.0 |
57.5-66.6 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1428 |
27.4 |
24.5-30.4 |
72.6 |
69.6-75.5 |
$25,000-34,999 |
1001 |
20.6 |
17.5-23.8 |
79.4 |
76.2-82.5 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1453 |
12.0 |
10.1-13.8 |
88.0 |
85.9-90.1 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1651 |
8.7 |
7.00-10.4 |
91.3 |
89.6-93.0 |
$75,000+ |
3396 |
4.8 |
3.91-5.63 |
95.2 |
94.4-96.1 |
General Health by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Fair or Poor
|
C.I.
|
Excellent, very good or good
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
880 |
37.8 |
33.7-41.9 |
62.2 |
58.1-66.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3074 |
18.8 |
17.2-20.5 |
81.1 |
79.4-82.9 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2628 |
12.8 |
11.2-14.3 |
87.2 |
85.6-88.8 |
College Graduate |
4636 |
7.8 |
6.92-8.76 |
92.2 |
91.2-93.1 |
General Health by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Fair or Poor
|
C.I.
|
Excellent, very good or good
|
C.I.
|
White/Non-Hispanic |
8501 |
12.0 |
11.2-12.8 |
88.0 |
87.2-88.8 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1026 |
19.6 |
16.8-22.4 |
80.4 |
77.6-83.2 |
Other Race/Non-Hispanic |
531 |
13.9 |
9.77-18.0 |
86.1 |
82.0-90.2 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
61 |
16.0 |
6.25-25.9 |
83.9 |
74.2-93.8 |
Hispanic |
989 |
27.0 |
23.6-30.3 |
73.0 |
69.6-76.4 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level) BRFSS Data Tables Index
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