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HEALTH STATUS MODULE

R1: At Risk For Fair Or Poor General Health

Respondents With Fair Or Poor General Health Status, 2003

Characteristics

# of
Respondents

# with Fair
 or Poor
 General
 Health

Percent of
Respondents
 with Fair or
 Poor General
 Health

95%
 Confidence
 Interval

Total

3016

444

13.2

11.9-14.5

 

 

 

 

 

Age Group (years) 
18 – 24

234

15

6.2

2.7-9.7

25 – 34

395

24

6.1

3.4-8.7

35 – 44

551

39

6.9

4.6-9.2

45 – 54

640

91

13.0

10.2-15.8

55 – 64

444

78

17.1

13.4-20.8

65+

725

192

27.4

23.8-30.9

 

 

 

 

 

Sex 
Male

1277

173

11.9

10.1-13.8

Female

1739

271

14.4

12.6-16.2

 

 

 

 

 

Race 
White

2790

394

12.8

11.5-14.2

Amer. Indian

89

21

16.8

8.8-24.8

Other

107

20

13.9

7.3-20.5

 

 

 

 

 

Education 
Less than H.S.

266

90

32.7

26.5-38.8

H.S. Grad

926

168

15.4

12.9-17.9

Some College

972

122

11.0

8.9-13.1

College Grad

847

62

7.1

5.1-9.1

 

 

 

 

 

Household Income
$0 – 14,999

326

110

27.6

22.0-33.1

$15,000 – 24,999

545

113

19.8

15.9-23.7

$25,000 – 49,999

999

109

9.9

8.0-11.8

$50,000 – 74,999

469

22

4.9

2.6-7.1

$75,000+

339

22

6.7

3.8-9.6

 

 

 

 

 

Marital Status 
Married

1733

208

11.8

10.2-13.4

Divorced

352

67

18.7

14.2-23.2

Widowed

369

96

27.1

22.2-31.9

Separated

32

8

21.4

6.1-36.7

Never Married

465

58

10.1

6.7-13.4

Member of Unmarried Couple

60

7

10.2

2.1-18.4

 

 

 

 

 

Employment 
Employed

1947

153

7.0

5.8-8.2

Not Employed

76

18

20.6

10.6-30.7

Student/Home-worker

317

48

13.6

9.1-18.0

Retired/Unable to Work

669

224

33.9

29.9-37.8

 

 

 

 

 

Health Plan 
Health Coverage

2694

382

12.7

11.3-14.0

Don’t Have Coverage

309

61

17.8

12.9-22.8

 

 

 

 

 

Diabetes 
Yes

227

109

49.4

42.2-56.7

Only during pregnancy

20

4

19.0

0-40.3

No

2766

329

10.7

9.4-11.9

 

 

 

 

 

High Blood Pressure
Yes

837

215

25.0

21.8-28.2

During pregnancy

20

2

7.8

0-20.3

No

2148

225

9.5

8.1-10.9

 

 

 

 

 

Current Asthma 
Yes

219

72

30.2

23.5-36.9

No

75

11

12.6

5.2-20.1

 

 

 

 

 

Current Smoking 
Yes

633

109

14.9

11.9-17.8

No

2374

333

12.7

11.3-14.2

 

 

 

 

 

High Cholesterol 
Yes

821

190

22.5

19.4-25.6

No

1522

189

11.4

9.7-13.2

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Activity (PA) 
Meet PA

1330

125

8.4

6.8-10.0

Insufficient PA

1098

143

12.4

10.2-14.6

No PA

381

138

33.9

28.8-39.1

 

 

 

 

 

Disability 
Yes

537

239

43.9

39.2-48.7

No

2443

198

7.3

6.2-8.4

 

 

 

 

 

Overweight or Obese 
Yes

1846

311

15.1

13.4-16.9

No

1030

110

9.7

7.6-11.7


 Respondents With Fair Or Poor General Health Status*, 1996-2003

Characteristics

# of
Respondents

# with Fair
 or Poor
 General
 Health

Percent of
 respondents
 with Fair or
 Poor General
 Health

95%
 Confidence
 Interval

Total

14779

2028

12.6

12.0-13.2

 
Race
White

14089

1891

12.3

11.7-12.9

Amer. Indian

438

96

20.7

16.5-24.9

Other

209

32

13.0

8.2-17.8

         

Table Type Percentage with risk factor
Definition: R1: At Risk For Fair Or Poor General Health: Respondents who reported their general health status as fair or poor
Denominator: All Respondents

 

 

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