BRFSS and Activity Limitations Questions comparing minority and white women aged 40 and older
| BRFSS item | Overall (n=2922) | White (n=774) | Black (n=749) | Native (n=739) | Hispanic (n=660) |
| Mean (SD) days last 30 poor physical health | 4.7 (8.7) | 4.1 (8.1) | 5.5 (9.3) | 5.5 (9.5) | 4.4 (8.3) |
| Mean (SD) days last 30 poor mental health | 2.7 (6.9) | 2.8 (6.9) | 1.8 (5.4) | 3.0 (7.5) | 2.8 (7.0) |
| Mean (SD) good health days last 30 | 23.4 (10.0) | 23.8 (9.6) | 23.4 (10.0) | 22.8 (10.6) | 23.5 (10.0) |
| General health‡ | |||||
| % excellent | 14.6 | 19.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 13.5 |
| % very good | 24.5 | 29.8 | 17.4 | 19.5 | 24.1 |
| % good | 33.0 | 30.4 | 35.7 | 36.5 | 32.2 |
| % fair | 19.2 | 14.6 | 27.0 | 22.5 | 20.0 |
| % poor | 8.6 | 5.6 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 10.2 |
| % limited | 24.7 | 23.5 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 19.1 |
| % personal care | 3.4 | 1.7 | 5.4§ | 5.5§ | 3.3 |
| % work disabled2-151 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 10.3§ | 7.3 |
↵2-151 Of women aged 40–64. ‡χ2 for trend p<0.001 comparing each group of minority women with white women.§χ2 or t test p⩽0.01 compared with white women.