Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); 1997

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 1997

**Would you say that in general your health is?**
(Weighted Column Percents)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Excellent		22.3	20.1	27.2	27.7	25.2	20.2	11.0
Very good		36.7	48.3	41.1	36.2	34.8	32.2	30.5
Good		28.1	27.3	22.9	26.6	27.2	29.3	35.6
Fair		10.0	4.2	8.2	7.7	10.0	12.9	16.4
Or poor		2.8		.7	1.9	2.8	5.3	6.2
Don't know/Not sure		.1					.2	.3
Male	Excellent	24.6	27.0	30.7	28.1	26.8	23.2	9.4
	Very good	35.5	45.4	41.0	36.9	32.6	33.8	24.5
	Good	26.9	23.6	19.3	24.9	27.3	25.0	41.9
	Fair	10.1	4.0	8.2	8.4	10.6	14.3	15.9
	Or poor	2.7		.8	1.7	2.7	3.2	8.1
	Don't know/Not sure	.1					.5
Female	Excellent	20.1	12.9	23.6	27.2	23.6	17.3	12.1
	Very good	37.8	51.5	41.2	35.4	37.1	30.6	34.8
	Good	29.2	31.3	26.6	28.2	27.0	33.3	31.0
	Fair	9.9	4.3	8.1	7.0	9.4	11.5	16.7
	Or poor	2.9		.6	2.1	2.9	7.2	4.9
	Don't know/Not sure	.1						.6
Denominator is: All survey respondents

**Would you say that in general your health is?**
(Unweighted Frequencies)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Total		3308	292	607	750	592	391	676
Excellent		727	55	159	205	153	79	76
Very good		1209	136	245	287	212	129	200
Good		936	87	152	191	151	117	238
Fair		329	14	45	53	59	45	113
Or poor		103		6	14	17	20	46
Don't know/Not sure		4					1	3
Male	Total	1399	153	273	327	241	170	235
	Excellent	343	36	85	91	66	39	26
	Very good	486	65	103	127	77	59	55
	Good	390	45	62	82	64	42	95
	Fair	137	7	20	20	28	24	38
	Or poor	42		3	7	6	5	21
	Don't know/Not sure	1				1
Female	Total	1909	139	334	423	351	221	441
	Excellent	384	19	74	114	87	40	50
	Very good	723	71	142	160	135	70	145
	Good	546	42	90	109	87	75	143
	Fair	192	7	25	33	31	21	75
	Or poor	61		3	7	11	15	25
	Don't know/Not sure	3						3
Denominator is: All survey respondents

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