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 36 displays the 2007 ranks, based on 2006 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 South Dakota, 2.8 days in North Dakota and 2.9 days in Colorado, Hawaii and Iowa to 5.2 days in Kentucky and West Virginia.  The average number of poor mental health days in the previous 30 days for the United States is 3.6 days, and it has remained the same as in 2006. 

Poor physical health days accent that good health outcomes preclude days in which physical health prohibits an individual from accomplishing everyday activities.

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