Division of Population Health

Table 3. State-by-State Report Card on Healthy Aging
Physically Unhealthy Days
(Mean number of days in past month) 2010
Frequent Mental
Distress* (%) 2010
Oral Health: Tooth
Retention* (%) 2010
Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score § Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score § Data † L CI ‡ U CI Score §
Alabama 6.1 5.6 6.6 3 8.1 6.8 9.4 3 48.0 45.5 50.5 3
Alaska 5.9 4.0 7.9 3 6.7 2.9 10.6 2 59.0 50.7 67.2 2
Arizona 5.2 4.5 5.8 2 6.9 5.4 8.5 2 65.2 62.2 68.3 1
Arkansas 6.0 5.4 6.6 3 8.1 6.5 9.7 3 49.8 46.9 52.7 3
California 5.5 5.1 5.8 2 9.0 7.9 10.1 4 67.7 66.0 69.4 1
Colorado 4.9 4.5 5.3 2 5.2 4.4 6.1 1 67.0 65.0 69.0 1
Connecticut 4.9 4.4 5.4 2 5.6 4.5 6.7 2 70.9 68.5 73.3 1
Delaware 5.3 4.7 5.9 2 6.3 4.8 7.8 2 56.1 53.1 59.2 2
District of Columbia 4.7 4.1 5.4 1 6.4 4.7 8.0 2 63.7 60.4 67.0 1
Florida 5.1 4.8 5.4 2 7.4 6.3 8.4 3 62.7 61.1 64.3 1
Georgia 6.0 5.4 6.6 3 9.0 7.3 10.6 4 55.2 52.4 58.0 2
Hawaii 4.0 3.5 4.4 1 4.0 2.8 5.3 1 69.2 66.6 71.9 1
Idaho 5.6 5.2 6.1 3 6.2 5.1 7.3 2 63.3 61.1 65.5 1
Illinois 5.4 4.9 6.0 2 6.0 4.4 7.5 2 59.2 56.2 62.1 2
Indiana 5.4 5.0 5.9 2 6.6 5.6 7.5 2 55.6 53.5 57.7 2
Iowa 4.7 4.3 5.1 1 3.9 3.1 4.7 1 62.1 59.8 64.4 1
Kansas 4.6 4.2 5.0 1 5.9 4.9 6.8 2 59.7 57.7 61.6 2
Kentucky 6.9 6.3 7.5 4 6.8 5.7 8.0 2 45.3 42.6 48.1 3
Louisiana 6.5 5.9 7.0 4 9.1 7.6 10.6 4 48.5 46.1 51.0 3
Maine 4.5 4.1 4.9 1 5.8 4.8 6.9 2 54.2 52.1 56.4 2
Maryland 4.7 4.2 5.1 1 6.5 5.2 7.8 2 61.7 59.1 64.2 1
Massachusetts 4.9 4.5 5.2 2 5.8 4.9 6.7 2 61.6 59.6 63.6 1
Michigan 5.0 4.6 5.4 2 6.5 5.6 7.5 2 63.8 61.8 65.7 1
Minnesota 4.8 4.3 5.4 2 4.2 3.2 5.3 1 68.4 65.9 71.0 1
Mississippi 6.2 5.7 6.7 3 8.8 7.6 10.0 3 44.3 42.1 46.5 3
Missouri 5.9 5.2 6.5 3 6.3 4.9 7.6 2 52.6 49.7 55.6 2
Montana 5.3 4.8 5.8 2 6.7 5.5 7.9 2 61.9 59.6 64.3 1
Nebraska 4.8 4.4 5.2 2 6.2 5.2 7.2 2 64.1 62.2 66.1 1
Nevada 5.6 4.8 6.3 3 7.9 5.7 10.2 3 59.8 55.9 63.7 2
New Hampshire 5.0 4.5 5.5 2 6.4 5.2 7.6 2 59.9 57.3 62.4 2
New Jersey 5.2 4.8 5.7 2 7.6 6.4 8.9 3 59.0 56.8 61.2 2
New Mexico 5.9 5.4 6.5 3 7.9 6.6 9.2 3 63.4 61.1 65.8 1
New York 5.1 4.7 5.5 2 7.3 6.2 8.4 3 59.1 57.0 61.2 2
North Carolina 5.8 5.3 6.3 3 7.1 5.8 8.4 2 51.7 49.5 53.9 3
North Dakota 5.1 4.5 5.6 2 5.6 4.3 6.9 2 56.4 53.6 59.1 2
Ohio 5.4 4.9 5.8 2 7.1 6.0 8.2 2 54.5 52.3 56.8 2
Oklahoma 6.4 5.9 6.9 4 8.4 7.2 9.5 3 49.6 47.5 51.7 3
Oregon 5.4 4.9 5.9 2 6.3 5.1 7.6 2 65.6 63.2 68.0 1
Pennsylvania 5.3 4.9 5.6 2 5.9 5.1 6.8 2 54.1 52.1 56.0 2
Rhode Island 5.0 4.5 5.4 2 7.0 5.8 8.3 2 57.6 55.2 60.1 2
South Carolina 5.5 4.9 6.0 2 6.1 5.1 7.2 2 51.1 48.7 53.6 3
South Dakota 4.3 3.8 4.8 1 4.4 3.4 5.5 1 54.9 52.4 57.4 2
Tennessee 5.4 4.8 6.1 2 5.4 4.2 6.5 1 46.5 43.6 49.4 3
Texas 5.9 5.5 6.3 3 6.6 5.6 7.6 2 61.3 59.2 63.4 2
Utah 5.0 4.6 5.5 2 6.2 5.1 7.3 2 70.9 68.8 73.0 1
Vermont 4.7 4.3 5.1 1 5.1 4.1 6.1 1 60.3 58.0 62.6 2
Virginia 5.3 4.7 5.9 2 5.9 4.7 7.1 2 63.6 60.6 66.6 1
Washington 4.8 4.5 5.1 2 5.3 4.7 6.0 1 68.1 66.8 69.5 1
West Virginia 6.9 6.3 7.6 4 10.5 8.8 12.2 4 33.4 30.8 36.1 4
Wisconsin 5.5 4.9 6.2 2 5.4 3.9 6.8 1 62.2 59.2 65.3 1
Wyoming 5.3 4.8 5.8 2 5.6 4.5 6.7 2 62.0 59.7 64.4 1
* Defined in Table 2.
† Data are for U.S. adults aged 65 years or older.
‡ A confidence interval (CI) describes the level of uncertainty of an estimate and specifies the range in which the true value is likely to fall. This
report uses a 95% level of significance, which means that 95% of the time, the true value falls within these boundaries. When comparing
prevalence of variables across states or years, we recommend the use of confidence intervals. If the confidence intervals overlap, the difference is
not statistically significant.
§ Scores are calculated as quartiles and show state performance relative to all other states. 1 = top 25%; 4 = bottom 25%.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2009–2010. See Appendix for a full description of this data source.
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