Percentage of Adults with Fair or Poor Self-Perceived Health Status

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 474 17.9 1.1 15.7 20.1
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SEX . . . . .
Male 185 22.6 2.2 18.2 26.9
Female 289 13.4 2.0 9.5 17.4
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 15 21.6 8.9 4.1 39.0
25-34 years 48 11.6 0.7 10.3 13.0
35-44 years 85 16.7 4.4 8.1 25.4
45-54 years 107 12.8 2.0 8.8 16.8
55-64 years 90 18.7 2.0 14.8 22.6
65+ years 121 25.3 4.7 16.2 34.5
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 183 16.4 2.3 11.9 20.9
Non-Hispanic 291 18.0 1.0 16.0 20.1
RACE . . . . .
White Only 144 18.0 1.0 16.0 20.1
Black Only 188 19.2 1.4 16.5 22.0
Other Race Only 121 15.5 2.6 10.3 20.7
More than One Race 18 16.6 4.2 8.5 24.8
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 151 27.0 2.7 21.7 32.2
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 172 32.8 3.6 25.7 40.0
Some College 104 10.8 4.0 3.0 18.6
College Graduate 43 7.8 0.8 6.3 9.3
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 104 25.3 9.1 7.5 43.0
$15,000 - $24,999 168 25.9 1.9 22.2 29.7
$25,000 - $34,999 62 18.4 4.7 9.2 27.6
$35,000 - $49,999 46 11.7 3.5 4.8 18.5
$50,000+ 40 10.0 1.2 7.7 12.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 202 13.1 2.0 9.2 17.0
Out of Work 26 13.6 8.3 0.0 29.9
Homemaker / Student 32 4.2 0.5 3.3 5.2
Retired 114 26.7 3.0 20.9 32.5
Unable to Work 98 78.4 3.9 70.7 86.1
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 106 24.5 3.6 17.5 31.6
1-19 Hours 10 4.7 2.7 0.0 10.1
20-39 Hours 47 11.4 4.1 3.2 19.5
40 + Hours 147 13.6 1.7 10.2 16.9
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 222 17.1 1.6 14.0 20.1
Divorced / Separated 113 21.9 7.9 6.4 37.4
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 17 15.9 1.8 12.5 19.4
Rural 18 21.1 4.6 12.1 30.2
Densely-settled Rural 65 11.6 6.2 0.0 23.7
Semi-urban 54 21.8 0.9 20.1 23.5
Urban 311 18.4 2.1 14.2 22.6
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 133 61.3 2.9 55.7 66.9
No Diabetes 339 13.7 0.6 12.4 15.0
ASTHMA STATUS . . . . .
Current Asthma 59 25.8 5.6 14.8 36.7
No Current Asthma 413 16.7 0.7 15.2 18.1
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATOR . . . . .
14+ days mental health not good 101 39.8 7.8 24.5 55.0
<14 days mental health not good 365 15.9 0.8 14.3 17.5
HYPERTENSION STATUS . . . . .
Hypertension 235 25.3 3.1 19.1 31.4
No Hypertension 237 14.6 1.2 12.3 16.9
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 108 11.6 2.0 7.6 15.6
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 135 11.0 1.5 8.1 13.8
Obese (BMI >= 30) 176 32.9 3.4 26.2 39.6
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 126 10.7 2.9 5.0 16.4
Insufficient 185 20.1 5.6 9.2 31.0
No Activity 145 34.7 7.2 20.5 48.9

Numerator: Respondents reporting that in general their health is fair or poor.
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.