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Total (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
Total
91.0
CI 90.7/91.3
SE 0.152

Sex (age-adjusted, percent, all ages)

Population 2017
Male
91.3
CI 90.9/91.7
SE 0.184
Female
90.8
CI 90.5/91.1
SE 0.176

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

Population 2017
American Indian or Alaska Native only
85.8
CI 83.1/88.5
SE 1.396
Asian only
91.8
CI 90.8/92.8
SE 0.508
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
84.7
CI 78.1/91.3
SE 3.357
Black or African American only
86.6
CI 85.7/87.5
SE 0.474
White only
91.8
CI 91.5/92.1
SE 0.165
2 or more races
84.8
CI 82.8/86.8
SE 1.020
Hispanic or Latino
88.0
CI 87.1/88.9
SE 0.459
Not Hispanic or Latino
91.4
CI 91.1/91.7
SE 0.157
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
85.9
CI 83.3/88.5
SE 1.338
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
92.1
CI 91.1/93.1
SE 0.508
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
85.0
CI 78.1/91.9
SE 3.501
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
86.7
CI 85.8/87.6
SE 0.484
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
92.3
CI 92.0/92.6
SE 0.168
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
85.4
CI 83.2/87.6
SE 1.114

Age group (percent)

Population 2017
<18
98.4
CI 98.1/98.7
SE 0.131
0-4
98.8
CI 98.4/99.2
SE 0.196
5-11
98.6
CI 98.3/98.9
SE 0.169
12-17
97.9
CI 97.4/98.4
SE 0.232
18-44
94.1
CI 93.7/94.5
SE 0.198
18-24
95.9
CI 95.3/96.5
SE 0.307
25-44
93.4
CI 93.0/93.8
SE 0.225
25 and over
86.3
CI 85.9/86.7
SE 0.218
45-64
84.0
CI 83.3/84.7
SE 0.339
45-54
86.7
CI 85.9/87.5
SE 0.426
55-64
81.3
CI 80.4/82.2
SE 0.468
65 and over
78.3
CI 77.4/79.2
SE 0.475
65-74
81.8
CI 80.7/82.9
SE 0.538
75-84
74.9
CI 73.2/76.6
SE 0.870
85 and over
68.4
CI 65.5/71.3
SE 1.458

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

Population 2017
< High school
74.0
CI 72.6/75.4
SE 0.702
High school
84.1
CI 83.3/84.9
SE 0.384
Some college or technical school
87.6
CI 87.0/88.2
SE 0.322
4-year college degree (or more)
94.1
CI 93.7/94.5
SE 0.207

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

Population 2017
<100
78.6
CI 77.5/79.7
SE 0.573
100-199
85.8
CI 85.0/86.6
SE 0.406
200-399
91.3
CI 90.8/91.8
SE 0.250
400+
95.8
CI 95.5/96.1
SE 0.143

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

Population 2017
Insured
93.2
CI 92.9/93.5
SE 0.150
Private
96.1
CI 95.9/96.3
SE 0.113
Public
82.1
CI 81.3/82.9
SE 0.426
Uninsured
91.3
CI 90.5/92.1
SE 0.414

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

Population 2017
Metropolitan
91.4
CI 91.1/91.7
SE 0.161
Non-metropolitan
88.5
CI 87.5/89.5
SE 0.494

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

Population 2017
Married/Cohabiting partner
90.5
CI 89.9/91.1
SE 0.287
Divorced or separated/Widowed
83.3
CI 81.9/84.7
SE 0.703
Never married
84.9
CI 83.7/86.1
SE 0.628

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

Population 2017
US
91.1
CI 90.8/91.4
SE 0.164
Outside US
90.3
CI 89.5/91.1
SE 0.393

Disability status (age-adjusted, percent, 1 year and over)

Population 2017
People with Disabilities
67.5
CI 65.7/69.3
SE 0.922
People without Disabilities
95.3
CI 95.0/95.6
SE 0.159

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

Population 2017
Straight
88.4
CI 87.9/88.9
SE 0.235
Straight, Male
88.7
CI 88.1/89.3
SE 0.324
Straight, Female
88.0
CI 87.4/88.6
SE 0.317
Gay/Lesbian
86.7
CI 83.4/90.0
SE 1.659
Gay, Male
89.6
CI 85.8/93.4
SE 1.920
Gay/Lesbian, Female
83.9
CI 78.6/89.2
SE 2.702
Bisexual
81.3
CI 76.0/86.6
SE 2.701
Bisexual, Male
83.6
CI 74.9/92.3
SE 4.448
Bisexual, Female
79.9
CI 73.5/86.3
SE 3.261

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

Respondent-assessed health status is a measure of how a person perceives his or her health. It is assessed by a single question that asks a respondent to rate his or her health as “excellent,” “very good,” “good,” “fair,” or “poor.”

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The confidence level used for OHM data is 95 percent.