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Total (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
Total
87.8
CI 87.5/88.1
SE 0.173

Sex (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
Male
87.5
CI 87.1/87.9
SE 0.208
Female
88.1
CI 87.7/88.5
SE 0.207

Race/Ethnicity (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
American Indian or Alaska Native only
83.5
CI 81.2/85.8
SE 1.175
Asian only
93.2
CI 92.3/94.1
SE 0.463
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
86.4
CI 80.3/92.5
SE 3.099
Black or African American only
85.3
CI 84.4/86.2
SE 0.440
White only
87.9
CI 87.5/88.3
SE 0.197
2 or more races
80.1
CI 78.1/82.1
SE 1.011
Hispanic or Latino
88.7
CI 87.8/89.6
SE 0.445
Not Hispanic or Latino
87.5
CI 87.1/87.9
SE 0.189
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
81.9
CI 78.6/85.2
SE 1.664
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
93.7
CI 92.9/94.5
SE 0.433
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
84.3
CI 77.7/90.9
SE 3.358
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
85.4
CI 84.5/86.3
SE 0.449
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
87.4
CI 87.0/87.8
SE 0.221
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
79.5
CI 77.3/81.7
SE 1.134

Age group (percent)

Population 2017
<18
90.5
CI 89.9/91.1
SE 0.290
0-4
93.7
CI 92.9/94.5
SE 0.406
5-11
89.4
CI 88.6/90.2
SE 0.431
12-17
89.3
CI 88.3/90.3
SE 0.486
18-44
93.7
CI 93.3/94.1
SE 0.197
18-24
94.5
CI 93.8/95.2
SE 0.353
25-44
93.4
CI 93.0/93.8
SE 0.223
25 and over
84.5
CI 84.0/85.0
SE 0.230
45-64
83.5
CI 82.8/84.2
SE 0.349
45-54
87.3
CI 86.5/88.1
SE 0.408
55-64
79.6
CI 78.6/80.6
SE 0.497
65 and over
71.0
CI 70.0/72.0
SE 0.528
65-74
77.4
CI 76.3/78.5
SE 0.564
75-84
67.6
CI 65.8/69.4
SE 0.918
85 and over
45.3
CI 42.3/48.3
SE 1.522

Educational attainment (age-adjusted, percent, 25 years and over)

Population 2017
< High school
76.0
CI 74.7/77.3
SE 0.682
High school
82.9
CI 82.2/83.6
SE 0.368
Some college or technical school
84.7
CI 84.0/85.4
SE 0.344
4-year college degree (or more)
91.7
CI 91.2/92.2
SE 0.232

Family income, percent poverty threshold (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
<100
75.1
CI 73.9/76.3
SE 0.602
100-199
82.3
CI 81.5/83.1
SE 0.424
200-399
88.4
CI 87.9/88.9
SE 0.274
400+
92.6
CI 92.2/93.0
SE 0.192

Health insurance status (age-adjusted, percent, <65 years)

Population 2017
Insured
90.1
CI 89.7/90.5
SE 0.184
Private
94.1
CI 93.8/94.4
SE 0.161
Public
75.4
CI 74.5/76.3
SE 0.474
Uninsured
92.3
CI 91.5/93.1
SE 0.406

Geographic location (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
Metropolitan
88.2
CI 87.8/88.6
SE 0.186
Non-metropolitan
85.0
CI 84.0/86.0
SE 0.500

Marital status (age-adjusted, percent, 18 years and over)

Population 2017
Married/Cohabiting partner
90.0
CI 89.5/90.5
SE 0.272
Divorced or separated/Widowed
78.2
CI 76.6/79.8
SE 0.812
Never married
78.9
CI 77.5/80.3
SE 0.696

Country of birth (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
US
87.0
CI 86.6/87.4
SE 0.189
Outside of US
91.5
CI 90.7/92.3
SE 0.387

Sexual orientation (age-adjusted, percent, 18 years and over)

Population 2017
Straight
85.6
CI 85.1/86.1
SE 0.254
Straight, Male
86.0
CI 85.3/86.7
SE 0.357
Straight, Female
85.4
CI 84.4/86.0
SE 0.329
Gay/Lesbian
79.0
CI 74.6/83.4
SE 2.262
Gay, Male
86.2
CI 81.9/90.5
SE 2.170
Gay/Lesbian, Female
69.6
CI 61.6/77.6
SE 4.081
Bisexual
74.7
CI 68.9/80.5
SE 2.940
Bisexual, Male
80.7
CI 71.3/90.1
SE 4.813
Bisexual, Female
72.0
CI 65.1/78.9
SE 3.544

Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS

Activity limitation refers to a long-term reduction in a person’s ability to perform his or her usual activities, including:

  • Requiring the help of other people with personal care or routine needs
  • Playing and going to school (for children and youth)
  • Working (for adults)
  • Remembering
  • Any other activity that he or she cannot do or participate in because of a physical, mental, or emotional problem.
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The confidence level used for OHM data is 95 percent.