Days
of Poor Health
During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your usual activities, such as self-care, work or recreation?
Denominator excludes respondents reporting no days of poor physical or mental health, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses
.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
None
|
C.I.
|
1-2
|
C.I.
|
3-7
|
C.I.
|
8-29
|
C.I.
|
30
|
C.I.
|
All Ages |
5807 |
61.6 |
60.1-63.1 |
11.8 |
10.8-12.8 |
11.4 |
10.4-12.5 |
8.8 |
7.90-9.74 |
6.3 |
5.56-7.04 |
Days of Poor Health by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
None
|
C.I.
|
1-2
|
C.I.
|
3-7
|
C.I.
|
8-29
|
C.I.
|
30
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
338 |
57.9 |
52.0-63.8 |
16.4 |
12.1-20.8 |
16.4 |
11.9-20.9 |
6.3 |
3.63-8.89 |
3.0 |
0.95-5.07 |
25-34 |
843 |
62.7 |
58.8-66.6 |
15.1 |
12.5-17.8 |
13.0 |
10.3-15.6 |
7.8 |
5.32-10.4 |
1.4 |
0.64-2.10 |
35-44 |
1351 |
63.0 |
59.9-66.0 |
12.8 |
10.7-14.8 |
10.6 |
8.74-12.5 |
9.0 |
7.03-11.0 |
4.6 |
3.13-6.03 |
45-54 |
1280 |
62.7 |
59.5-65.8 |
11.2 |
9.26-13.2 |
9.8 |
7.94-11.7 |
8.7 |
6.83-10.5 |
7.6 |
5.85-9.45 |
55-64 |
791 |
60.7 |
56.5-64.8 |
8.5 |
6.32-10.7 |
9.1 |
6.26-11.9 |
11.5 |
8.84-14.2 |
10.2 |
7.72-12.7 |
65+ |
1122 |
60.7 |
57.3-64.0 |
6.2 |
4.67-7.77 |
10.7 |
8.53-12.8 |
10.2 |
8.14-12.3 |
12.2 |
9.89-14.6 |
Days of Poor Health by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
None
|
C.I.
|
1-2
|
C.I.
|
3-7
|
C.I.
|
8-29
|
C.I.
|
30
|
C.I.
|
Male |
2057 |
61.3 |
58.8-63.9 |
12.7 |
10.9-14.4 |
11.1 |
9.36-12.8 |
9.3 |
7.72-10.9 |
5.6 |
4.52-6.72 |
Female |
3750 |
61.8 |
60.0-63.7 |
11.2 |
10.0-12.4 |
11.7 |
10.4-13.0 |
8.4 |
7.38-9.46 |
6.8 |
5.82-7.82 |
Days of Poor Health by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of respondents
|
None
|
C.I.
|
1-2
|
C.I.
|
3-7
|
C.I.
|
8-29
|
C.I.
|
30
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
442 |
47.2 |
41.3-53.1 |
7.1 |
4.22-9.98 |
11.6 |
7.62-15.6 |
18.0 |
13.8-22.3 |
16.0 |
12.1-20.0 |
$15,000-24,999 |
808 |
55.5 |
51.1-59.9 |
11.8 |
8.79-14.7 |
12.4 |
9.54-15.2 |
10.6 |
7.65-13.5 |
9.8 |
7.53-12.1 |
$25,000-34,999 |
542 |
62.1 |
57.2-67.0 |
8.9 |
6.29-11.6 |
12.3 |
9.02-15.5 |
7.9 |
5.39-10.4 |
8.8 |
5.61-12.0 |
$35,000-49,999 |
792 |
59.4 |
55.2-63.5 |
13.7 |
10.8-16.6 |
13.3 |
10.4-16.2 |
8.8 |
6.57-11.0 |
4.9 |
3.12-6.64 |
$50,000-74,999 |
876 |
64.0 |
60.2-67.8 |
13.8 |
11.2-16.4 |
9.8 |
7.47-12.2 |
8.7 |
6.23-11.2 |
3.7 |
2.19-5.25 |
$75,000+ |
1564 |
67.3 |
64.6-70.0 |
13.6 |
11.7-15.6 |
10.4 |
8.64-12.2 |
6.0 |
4.52-7.46 |
2.6 |
1.77-3.49 |
Days of Poor Health by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
None
|
C.I.
|
1-2
|
C.I.
|
3-7
|
C.I.
|
8-29
|
C.I.
|
30
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
484 |
51.0 |
45.3-56.7 |
7.2 |
4.43-10.0 |
12.7 |
8.74-16.7 |
15.4 |
11.1-19.8 |
13.6 |
10.2-17.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
1603 |
61.7 |
58.8-64.6 |
9.6 |
7.77-11.5 |
12.4 |
10.3-14.4 |
8.7 |
7.06-10.4 |
7.6 |
6.12-9.18 |
Some Post-H.S. |
1404 |
60.7 |
57.6-63.9 |
12.4 |
10.3-14.6 |
12.0 |
9.83-14.1 |
9.1 |
7.28-10.9 |
5.8 |
4.40-7.10 |
College Graduate |
2298 |
65.2 |
62.9-67.5 |
14.6 |
12.9-16.3 |
10.1 |
8.63-11.5 |
6.8 |
5.56-7.96 |
3.3 |
2.48-4.20 |
Days of Poor Health by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
None
|
C.I.
|
1-2
|
C.I.
|
3-7
|
C.I.
|
8-29
|
C.I.
|
30
|
C.I.
|
White/Non-Hispanic |
4395 |
62.4 |
60.7-64.1 |
11.5 |
10.4-12.6 |
11.5 |
10.3-12.7 |
8.5 |
7.55-9.51 |
6.1 |
5.29-6.93 |
Black or African American/Non-Hispanic |
524 |
54.8 |
49.8-59.8 |
11.4 |
8.25-14.6 |
11.8 |
8.60-15.1 |
14.0 |
10.4-17.7 |
7.9 |
5.21-10.7 |
Other Race/Non-Hispanic |
242 |
61.4 |
54.0-68.8 |
16.0 |
10.6-21.5 |
10.4 |
6.21-14.6 |
6.1 |
1.53-10.6 |
6.1 |
2.47-9.77 |
Multiracial/Non-Hispanic |
38 |
53.8 |
35.3-72.2 |
10.4 |
-2.4-23.1 |
11.3 |
0.45-22.2 |
11.7 |
1.23-22.2 |
12.8 |
-.64-26.3 |
Hispanic |
539 |
62.4 |
57.5-67.3 |
11.9 |
8.76-15.0 |
11.8 |
8.38-15.3 |
8.1 |
5.34-10.9 |
5.8 |
3.70-7.90 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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