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Fair or Poor Health Status, by State and Race/Ethnicity, 2004-2006

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  Prevalence
 Disparity ScoreAll WomenWhite WomenAll Minority WomenBlack WomenHispanic WomenAsian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander WomenAmerican Indian/Alaska Native Women
United States2.0712.8%9.5%19.7%16.9%26.9%7.9%22.1%
Alabama1.7114.3%12.0%20.5%21.2%NSDNSDNSD
Alaska1.5811.7%9.6%15.2%NSD9.3%NSD20.9%
Arizona2.4012.7%8.6%20.5%19.8%22.0%NSD22.7%
Arkansas1.8215.6%13.6%24.8%23.4%25.3%NSDNSD
California3.4815.9%6.2%21.7%16.5%29.9%6.5%NSD
Colorado2.8810.0%7.0%20.3%10.5%24.5%6.2%NSD
Connecticut2.808.5%6.5%18.3%14.1%26.6%5.5%NSD
Delaware1.329.7%9.1%12.0%11.8%14.3%NSDNSD
District of Columbia4.209.5%3.0%12.7%13.3%13.7%2.8%NSD
Florida1.8613.5%10.1%18.8%14.8%22.9%11.9%NSD
Georgia1.3611.9%10.5%14.3%14.7%14.2%NSDNSD
Hawaii1.8211.6%7.9%14.5%NSD16.2%12.6%NSD
Idaho1.8711.2%10.3%19.3%NSD20.8%NSD19.3%
Illinois2.7013.1%8.4%22.8%18.3%34.3%10.9%NSD
Indiana2.0813.3%11.4%23.7%20.5%32.2%NSDNSD
Iowa2.907.7%6.9%20.0%15.7%25.9%NSDNSD
Kansas1.6410.4%9.4%15.3%16.4%18.3%10.5%23.0%
Kentucky1.4616.5%15.7%23.0%21.2%28.1%NSDNSD
Louisiana1.7814.3%11.2%19.9%20.1%17.7%NSDNSD
Maine1.0310.5%10.4%10.8%NSDNSDNSDNSD
Maryland1.599.4%7.4%11.9%13.0%7.6%8.6%NSD
Massachusetts2.109.6%7.8%16.4%15.7%27.4%4.5%NSD
Michigan1.5011.4%10.3%15.5%18.2%11.3%4.1%NSD
Minnesota1.558.0%7.7%11.9%10.0%NSDNSDNSD
Mississippi1.4217.3%14.9%21.2%21.4%24.2%NSDNSD
Missouri1.3911.7%11.0%15.4%14.8%7.4%NSDNSD
Montana1.939.0%8.2%15.8%NSD14.2%NSD17.7%
Nebraska2.888.8%7.3%20.9%16.5%26.5%NSDNSD
Nevada2.1517.1%11.5%24.7%24.0%31.2%10.2%NSD
New Hampshire1.527.9%7.7%11.7%NSD9.8%NSDNSD
New Jersey2.6312.6%7.8%20.5%14.7%32.3%8.0%NSD
New Mexico1.9514.8%10.0%19.5%NSD20.4%NSD17.0%
New York2.4513.5%8.1%19.9%15.9%29.7%8.1%NSD
North Carolina1.6913.6%11.1%18.8%17.5%30.1%8.3%20.2%
North Dakota2.347.1%6.6%15.4%NSDNSDNSD18.1%
Ohio2.0310.3%8.9%18.1%19.5%12.7%NSDNSD
Oklahoma1.6414.7%12.5%20.4%22.3%28.1%7.7%19.4%
Oregon1.6112.2%11.0%17.7%NSD23.5%8.4%24.4%
Pennsylvania2.0711.1%9.5%19.6%19.5%24.5%7.6%NSD
Rhode Island2.839.3%7.3%20.5%12.3%28.7%NSDNSD
South Carolina1.5312.6%10.7%16.3%16.5%13.1%NSDNSD
South Dakota2.208.2%7.4%16.2%NSD13.4%NSD18.4%
Tennessee1.3614.2%13.3%18.0%18.8%NSDNSDNSD
Texas2.1117.0%11.3%23.9%19.4%26.9%13.0%NSD
Utah1.9710.7%9.3%18.3%NSD24.3%6.0%NSD
Vermont1.947.8%7.5%14.5%NSD10.9%NSDNSD
Virginia1.658.8%7.6%12.5%12.2%16.8%NSDNSD
Washington1.6610.6%9.1%15.2%15.5%23.7%8.8%24.6%
West Virginia0.8616.7%16.8%14.5%15.2%NSDNSDNSD
Wisconsin2.278.8%8.0%18.1%20.9%15.2%NSDNSD
Wyoming1.6910.1%9.3%15.8%NSD16.8%NSD23.8%
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Notes: 

Data are for women ages 18–64.

All Minority women includes Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native women, and women of two or more races.

Disparity score greater than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing worse than White women. Disparity score less than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing better than White women. Disparity score equal to 1.00 indicates that minority and White women are doing the same.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources: 

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004-2006.

Definitions: 

NSD: Not sufficient data.



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