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Self-Reported General Health Assessment: Good or Better

Measurement Period: 2022
This indicator shows the percentage of adults who answered good, very good, or excellent to: "How is your general health?"

Why is this important?

People's subjective assessment of their health status is important because when people feel healthy they are more likely to feel happy and to participate in their community socially and economically. Areas with unhealthy populations lose productivity due to lost work time. Healthy residents are essential for creating a vibrant and successful community. Moreover, self-reported health assessments have been shown to be predictors of mortality and can be valuable for population health monitoring.
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City: District of Columbia

88.5%
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Measurement period: 2022
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: November 2023
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Compared to U.S. States, District of Columbia has a value of 88.5% which is in the best 50% of cities. Cities in the best 50% have a value higher than 83.0% while cities in the worst 25% have a value lower than 80.8%.
U.S. States
Compared to the US Value (83.0%), District of Columbia has a value of 88.5% which is higher and better.
US Value
(83.0%)
Compared to the prior value, District of Columbia (88.5%) is not statistically different from the previously measured value (86.4%).
Prior Value
(86.4%)
Over time, the District of Columbia value is increasing, not significantly.
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Change in methodology for 2011:
The BRFSS 2011 prevalence data should be considered a baseline year for data analysis and is not directly comparable to previous years of BRFSS data because of the changes in weighting methodology and the addition of the cell phone sampling frame.

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red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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Filed under: Health / Wellness & Lifestyle, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Health Status, Adults

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