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Poor Physical Health Days
Poor Physical Health Days is the average
number of days in the previous 30 days that a person could not perform work or
household tasks due to physical illness. The data are collected by the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and rely on the accuracy of each respondent’s estimate of the
number of limited activity days lost in the previous 30 days.
Table 33 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2005 data (Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The
number of poor physical health days in the previous 30 days ranges from an
average of 2.7 days in North Dakota and
2.9 days in Hawaii to 5.2 days in
West Virginia. The average number of
poor mental health days in the previous 30 days for the United States is 3.0
days.
Poor mental health days and poor physical health days
replaced the prior measure called limited activity days. They accent that good
health outcomes preclude days in which mental or physical health prohibits an
individual from accomplishing everyday activities.
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Table 33 - Poor Physical Health Days
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ALPHABETICAL BY
STATE |
RANK ORDER |
|
2006 RANK (1-50) |
STATE |
DAYS LOST IN LAST
30 |
SCORE |
2006 RANK (1-50) |
STATE |
DAYS LOST IN LAST
30 |
SCORE |
|
49 |
Alabama |
4.3 |
19 |
1 |
North Dakota |
2.7 |
-25 |
|
16 |
Alaska |
3.4 |
-6 |
2 |
Hawaii |
2.9 |
-19 |
|
22 |
Arizona |
3.5 |
-3 |
3 |
Colorado |
3.0 |
-17 |
|
44 |
Arkansas |
4.1 |
14 |
3 |
Connecticut |
3.0 |
-17 |
|
22 |
California |
3.5 |
-3 |
3 |
Kansas |
3.0 |
-17 |
|
3 |
Colorado |
3.0 |
-17 |
3 |
South Dakota |
3.0 |
-17 |
|
3 |
Connecticut |
3.0 |
-17 |
7 |
Maryland |
3.1 |
-14 |
|
16 |
Delaware |
3.4 |
-6 |
7 |
Nebraska |
3.1 |
-14 |
|
31 |
Florida |
3.6 |
0 |
9 |
Illinois |
3.2 |
-11 |
|
31 |
Georgia |
3.6 |
0 |
9 |
Iowa |
3.2 |
-11 |
|
2 |
Hawaii |
2.9 |
-19 |
9 |
New Hampshire |
3.2 |
-11 |
|
35 |
Idaho |
3.7 |
3 |
9 |
Texas |
3.2 |
-11 |
|
9 |
Illinois |
3.2 |
-11 |
9 |
Virginia |
3.2 |
-11 |
|
35 |
Indiana |
3.7 |
3 |
14 |
Minnesota |
3.3 |
-8 |
|
9 |
Iowa |
3.2 |
-11 |
14 |
Vermont |
3.3 |
-8 |
|
3 |
Kansas |
3.0 |
-17 |
16 |
Alaska |
3.4 |
-6 |
|
48 |
Kentucky |
4.2 |
17 |
16 |
Delaware |
3.4 |
-6 |
|
40 |
Louisiana |
3.8 |
6 |
16 |
Massachusetts |
3.4 |
-6 |
|
42 |
Maine |
3.9 |
8 |
16 |
New Jersey |
3.4 |
-6 |
|
7 |
Maryland |
3.1 |
-14 |
16 |
North Carolina |
3.4 |
-6 |
|
16 |
Massachusetts |
3.4 |
-6 |
16 |
Wisconsin |
3.4 |
-6 |
|
22 |
Michigan |
3.5 |
-3 |
22 |
Arizona |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
14 |
Minnesota |
3.3 |
-8 |
22 |
California |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
44 |
Mississippi |
4.1 |
14 |
22 |
Michigan |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
35 |
Missouri |
3.7 |
3 |
22 |
Montana |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
22 |
Montana |
3.5 |
-3 |
22 |
New York |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
7 |
Nebraska |
3.1 |
-14 |
22 |
Ohio |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
35 |
Nevada |
3.7 |
3 |
22 |
Pennsylvania |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
9 |
New Hampshire |
3.2 |
-11 |
22 |
Utah |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
16 |
New Jersey |
3.4 |
-6 |
22 |
Wyoming |
3.5 |
-3 |
|
44 |
New Mexico |
4.1 |
14 |
31 |
Florida |
3.6 |
0 |
|
22 |
New York |
3.5 |
-3 |
31 |
Georgia |
3.6 |
0 |
|
16 |
North Carolina |
3.4 |
-6 |
31 |
Rhode Island |
3.6 |
0 |
|
1 |
North Dakota |
2.7 |
-25 |
31 |
Washington |
3.6 |
0 |
|
22 |
Ohio |
3.5 |
-3 |
35 |
Idaho |
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