Baseline Monograph - African American Women: Current Health Status

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Age In Three Categories
65-6970-7980+
GENERAL HEALTHEXCELLENT 21 11.0% 12 3.9% 3 3.8%
VERY GOOD 32 16.8% 52 17.0% 12 15.0%
GOOD 67 35.1% 97 31.7% 26 32.5%
FAIR 62 32.5% 115 37.6% 25 31.3%
POOR 9 4.7% 30 9.8% 14 17.5%
HEALTH COMPARED TO OTHERSBETTER THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE 83 49.4% 131 47.5% 34 53.1%
ABOUT THE SAME AS OTHERS YOUR AGE 71 42.3% 120 43.5% 27 42.2%
WORSE THAN OTHERS YOUR AGE 6 3.6% 14 5.1% 3 4.7%
MISSING 8 4.8% 11 4.0%

BED DAYS LAST TWO WEEKSNONE 182 95.3% 285 92.2% 77 96.3%
1-7 DAYS 9 4.7% 20 6.5% 2 2.5%
8-14 DAYS

 4 1.3% 1 1.3%
ILLNESS CAUSING BED DAYSDIABETES 1 .5%

 1 1.3%
ARTHRITIS

 3 1.0%

COLD OR FLU 1 .5% 7 2.3%

INJURY 1 .5% 3 1.0%

GENERAL FATIGUE / WEAKNESS (INCL. OLD AGE)

 3 1.0%

OTHER 6 3.1% 8 2.6% 2 2.5%
NOT APPLICABLE 182 95.3% 285 92.2% 77 96.3%
NERVOUS OR EMOTIONAL DISORDERNO 172 90.1% 268 86.7% 73 91.3%
YES 16 8.4% 40 12.9% 7 8.8%
UNKNOWN 3 1.6% 1 .3%

HEARING PROBLEMNO 158 82.7% 246 79.9% 61 76.3%
YES 33 17.3% 61 19.8% 19 23.8%
MISSING

 1 .3%

VISION PROBLEMNO 122 63.9% 187 60.9% 44 55.7%
YES 66 34.6% 118 38.4% 35 44.3%
MISSING 3 1.6% 2 .7%

KIDNEY DISEASENO 187 97.9% 291 94.2% 74 92.5%
YES 3 1.6% 13 4.2% 5 6.3%
UNKNOWN 1 .5% 5 1.6% 1 1.3%
ARTHRITISNO 81 42.4% 97 31.4% 27 33.8%
YES 108 56.5% 209 67.6% 52 65.0%
UNKNOWN 2 1.0% 3 1.0% 1 1.3%
EVER DIAGNOSED WITH CANCERNO 180 94.7% 279 90.3% 71 88.8%
YES 10 5.3% 30 9.7% 9 11.3%
CANCER IN PAST 5 YEARSNO 6 3.1% 23 7.4% 9 11.3%
YES 4 2.1% 8 2.6%

NOT APPLICABLE 181 94.8% 278 90.0% 71 88.8%
LUNG DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA, OR BRONCHITISNO 164 85.9% 281 90.9% 72 90.0%
YES 26 13.6% 25 8.1% 8 10.0%
UNKNOWN 1 .5% 3 1.0%