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Healthy New Jersey 2010
State Health Issues
Opinion Survey

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Overview

Appendicies

Table of Contents

 

Table 3
Most Important Health Issue Among Those Listed [A-3]

 

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Cancer Access/ pay for care AIDS -HIV Alcohol & drug abuse Heart disease Work/ environ hazard Teen preg- nancy STDs Infect- ious disease Racial diffrnce Infant deaths Injuries No choice/ Other Don't Know (n)
TOTAL 24% 16% 15% 6% 5% 4% 4% 3% 2% 2% 1% --% 13% 4% (804)

Gender














--Male 23 16 16 7 7 4 4 2 3 3 1 1 11 3 (389)
--Female 25 15 15 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 1 -- 14 5 (415)

Race














--White 29 19 9 6 6 4 3 1 3 2 1 -- 13 4 (571)
--Black 11 7 40 3 2 3 3 5 -- 3 3 1 14 6 (101)
--Hispanic 14 9 25 8 3 4 7 12 2 4 2 -- 7 1 (65)
--Asian/Other 20 11 20 13 2 1 8 2 2 5 2 -- 8 7 (45)

Age














--18 to 29 18 14 22 8 1 3 6 9 3 4 -- 1 10 2 (142)
--30 to 49 27 15 17 6 5 4 4 1 3 3 3 -- 10 2 (340)
--50 to 64 29 23 11 5 6 2 2 -- 1 1 -- -- 14 6 (193)
--65 and older 22 13 10 6 9 2 2 1 2 1 -- -- 23 10 (118)

Has Child under 18














--Yes 19 16 20 5 3 5 5 2 4 3 3 1 11 4 (304)
--No 28 15 12 7 6 2 3 3 2 2 1 -- 14 4 (495)

Region of State














--North 22 14 17 8 6 3 5 4 3 3 1 1 13 2 (386)
--Central 28 19 14 5 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 -- 10 5 (205)
--South 24 15 14 5 6 5 4 1 1 2 1 -- 14 6 (213)

Type of Municipality














--Major urban center 11 11 25 13 3 2 6 7 4 4 2 1 8 4 (68)
--Urban and surround 17 10 21 7 6 3 7 4 4 2 1 1 17 3 (164)
--Older town/suburb 29 20 11 7 4 6 2 2 1 1 2 -- 13 3 (181)
--Newer suburb 27 19 15 4 6 2 4 1 1 3 1 -- 12 5 (270)
--Rural 32 16 9 5 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 -- 12 7 (120)

PAST SURVEYS














--April 1991 11% 15% 35% 11% 3% 7% 4% 2% 1% na 1% 1% 9% --% (800)

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