SELF-REPORTED HEALTH STATUS
In 2001, nearly two-thirds of women and men reported
being in excellent or very good health. For both men and
women,
the percent reporting their health as excellent or very
good declined significantly with age. While 65.9 percent
of females
between the ages of 18 and 64 reported their health as
excellent or very good, only 50.1 percent of females aged
65 and older
did so.
More than half of women in all racial and ethnic groups
reported being in excellent or very good health, although
a greater
proportion of non-Hispanic White and Hispanic females rated
their health as excellent or very good than Non-Hispanic
Black women. Non-Hispanic Black women were most likely
to report being in fair or poor health. Women of other
races1 were the most likely to report being in excellent or very
good health (65.3 percent) and the least likely to report
being in fair or poor health (10.0 percent).
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1Other
races may include Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan
Native or multiracial. [Back
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