Community Assessment and Health Promotion
    1998 Adult Behavior Risk Factor Survey, Results by Demographic Characteristics, Nashville/Davidson County

Health Status
Q1. Would you say your health is . . .?
Response   Age Sex Marital Status Children < 18
Total 18-25 25-44 45-64 65+ M F Marrd DV/SP Singl Widow <5yrs 5-12 13-17
EXCELLENT 23% 26% 28% 20% 16% 27% 20% 26% 19% 23% 15% 29% 27% 25%
VERY GOOD 32% 34% 35% 30% 27% 29% 34% 32% 33% 33% 25% 35% 35% 31%
GOOD 31% 32% 29% 34% 33% 32% 31% 30% 32% 33% 33% 27% 29% 32%
FAIR 10% 6% 6% 12% 18% 8% 11% 9% 10% 8% 19% 6% 7% 9%
POOR 4% 2% 2% 5% 7% 3% 4% 2% 6% 3% 8% 2% 3% 3%
Response Race Education Income Health Status
W B O <HS HS >HS <10K 10-24 25-49 50K+ Ex, Vgood, Good Fair & Poor
EXCELLENT 25% 16% 32% 13% 15% 30% 13% 14% 23% 35% 27%  
VERY GOOD 34% 27% 27% 19% 32% 34% 26% 25% 36% 39% 37%
GOOD 30% 38% 30% 38% 37% 27% 29% 38% 32% 22% 36%
FAIR 8% 16% 8% 19% 11% 7% 23% 14% 8% 3%   73%
POOR 4% 3% 3% 11% 4% 2% 9% 8% 1% 1% 27%
Q2. Now thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury, how many days during the last 30 days was your physical health not good?
Response   Age Sex Marital Status Children < 18
Total 18-25 25-44 45-64 65+ M F Marrd DV/SP Singl Widow <5yrs 5-12 13-17
NONE 70% 59% 71% 70% 72% 74% 66% 72% 66% 67% 71% 70% 71% 66%
0 - 5 18% 33% 20% 16% 10% 16% 20% 18% 17% 22% 12% 21% 21% 24%
6-10 4% 5% 3% 4% 5% 3% 5% 3% 5% 5% 5% 3% 2% 5%
11-15 3% 1% 2% 3% 4% 2% 3% 2% 4% 2% 4% 2% 2% 1%
16-20 1%   1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%     1%
21-30 5% 2% 3% 6% 9% 4% 5% 4% 7% 3% 8% 4% 4% 3%
Response Race Education Income Health Status
W B O <HS HS >HS <10K 10-24 25-49 50K+ Ex, Vgood, Good Fair & Poor
NONE 71% 67% 71% 60% 71% 71% 58% 62% 71% 79% 75% 36%
0 - 5 17% 21% 21% 14% 16% 20% 15% 18% 21% 17% 18% 20%
6-10 4% 4% 3% 8% 4% 3% 5% 5% 5% 2% 3% 11%
11-15 3% 2%   6% 3% 2% 5% 5% 1% 1% 2% 9%
16-20 1%     1% 1%   1% 1%   1%   3%
21-30 5% 5% 4% 10% 6% 3% 15% 9% 2% 2% 2% 21%
Q3. Now thinking about your mental health, which includes physical stress, depression, and problems with emotions, how many days during the last 30 days was your mental health not good?
Response   Age Sex Marital Status Children < 18
Total 18-25 25-44 45-64 65+ M F Marrd DV/SP Singl Widow <5yrs 5-12 13-17
NONE 67% 51% 60% 72% 86% 72% 63% 70% 63% 57% 82% 61% 62% 58%
0 - 5 19% 30% 25% 15% 6% 17% 20% 18% 19% 25% 7% 25% 22% 21%
6-10 4% 6% 4% 3% 2% 2% 5% 4% 3% 5% 3% 5% 5% 7%
11-15 4% 7% 4% 3% 1% 3% 4% 2% 5% 6% 3% 3% 5% 5%
16-20 1% 1% 2% 1%   1% 1%   3% 1%   1% 1% 1%
21-30 6% 5% 6% 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 8% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8%
Response Race Education Income Health Status
W B O <HS HS >HS <10K 10-24 25-49 50K+ Ex, Vgood, Good Fair & Poor
NONE 68% 66% 62% 68% 67% 68% 64% 60% 67% 69% 70% 53%
0 - 5 19% 18% 21% 12% 18% 21% 13% 22% 20% 21% 20% 14%
6-10 3% 5% 1% 6% 4% 3% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% 7%
11-15 3% 4% 8% 5% 4% 3% 6% 5% 3% 2% 3% 8%
16-20 1% 1%   2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2%
21-30 5% 6% 7% 9% 7% 4% 11% 7% 4% 4% 4% 16%
Q4. During the past 30 days, about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?
Response   Age Sex Marital Status Children < 18
Total 18-25 25-44 45-64 65+ M F Marrd DV/SP Singl Widow <5yrs 5-12 13-17
NONE 83% 78% 83% 82% 88% 85% 81% 86% 78% 79% 88% 86% 83% 80%
0 - 5 9% 17% 9% 9% 4% 7% 10% 8% 9% 12% 4% 8% 11% 14%
6-10 2% 2% 2% 3% 2% 2% 3% 2% 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2%
11-15 2%   2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 4% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1%
16-20     1% 1%         1% 1%        
21-30 3% 3% 3% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% 4% 3% 3% 3%
Response Race Education Income Health Status
W B O <HS HS >HS <10K 10-24 25-49 50K+ Ex, Vgood, Good Fair & Poor
NONE 83% 84% 91% 76% 82% 85% 73% 78% 84% 90% 87% 59%
0 - 5 9% 9% 6% 9% 9% 9% 13% 9% 10% 7% 9% 9%
6-10 3% 2% 1% 3% 2% 2% 7% 4% 2% 1% 2% 7%
11-15 2% 2% 1% 4% 2% 1% 3% 3% 2% 1% 1% 9%
16-20         1%     1%       3%
21-30 3% 3% 1% 7% 4% 2% 6% 5% 2% 2% 2% 14%


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