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Sheet: General Health Table19

TABLE 19:  GENERAL HEALTH AND HEALTH CONDITIONS
Question | Answer Options | 5th Grade Male % | 5th Grade Female % | 8th Grade Male % | 8th Grade Female % | 9th Grade Male % | 9th Grade Female % | 11th Grade Male % | 11th Grade Female %
How would you describe your health in general?*** | Excellent | 0.3576346699068448 | 0.3550264827730872 | 0.3478281509613103 | 0.2580645161290323 | 0.3419850296490716 | 0.2341896758703481 | 0.346062710089822 | 0.2101063829787234
How would you describe your health in general?*** | Very good | 0.392669096800324 | 0.3997587707797997 | 0.3803940185141229 | 0.4008672035069328 | 0.379410906969962 | 0.3974069627851141 | 0.3660660164214471 | 0.3903479609929078
How would you describe your health in general?*** | Good | 0.2067132442284326 | 0.2024752215637946 | 0.2126275812959886 | 0.2582551103063802 | 0.2117721395936619 | 0.2719327731092437 | 0.2208078470270568 | 0.2972628546099291
How would you describe your health in general?*** | Fair | 0.03574321587687323 | 0.03592217735591798 | 0.05065274151436031 | 0.07299756992423881 | 0.05521532030718382 | 0.08340936374549819 | 0.05648316526147573 | 0.08737810283687944
How would you describe your health in general?*** | Poor | 0.007239773187525314 | 0.006817347527400493 | 0.008497507714217896 | 0.009815600133415923 | 0.01161660348012054 | 0.01306122448979592 | 0.01058026120019838 | 0.01490469858156028
Do you have any physical disabilities, or long-term health problems (such as asthma, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy or something else)? Long-term means lasting 6 months or more.*** | Yes | 0.1466707736536783 | 0.136156696664902 | 0.1425910002866151 | 0.1648404229867458 | 0.1413431013431014 | 0.168 | 0.1202034722990158 | 0.1588199412188765
Do you have any physical disabilities, or long-term health problems (such as asthma, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy or something else)? Long-term means lasting 6 months or more.*** | No | 0.8533292263463217 | 0.863843303335098 | 0.8574089997133849 | 0.8351595770132542 | 0.8586568986568985 | 0.8320000000000001 | 0.8797965277009843 | 0.8411800587811236
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have asthma? | Yes | 0.1361061575579566 | 0.1151944981732216 | 0.1671768539547744 | 0.1630682645189462 | 0.1683901054339011 | 0.1751531487380544 | 0.1684496518933605 | 0.1834289571380358
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have asthma? | No | 0.8638938424420434 | 0.8848055018267784 | 0.8328231460452257 | 0.8369317354810538 | 0.831609894566099 | 0.8248468512619457 | 0.8315503481066395 | 0.8165710428619642
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have diabetes?*** | Yes | 0.008457338614709346 | 0.007757019556429586 | 0.01226438803719528 | 0.00898424075801463 | 0.01399320917789896 | 0.008870168483647176 | 0.01244908496357065 | 0.009538409129620166
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have diabetes?*** | No | 0.9915426613852907 | 0.9922429804435704 | 0.9877356119628047 | 0.9910157592419854 | 0.9860067908221011 | 0.9911298315163528 | 0.9875509150364293 | 0.9904615908703798
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have pre-diabetes?*** | Yes | 0.007301229398185429 | 0.00755791664384687 | 0.01038201794173974 | 0.01249016522423289 | 0.01207430340557276 | 0.01404884829229547 | 0.01178838412880966 | 0.01352887676216462
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have pre-diabetes?*** | No | 0.9926987706018146 | 0.9924420833561531 | 0.9896179820582602 | 0.9875098347757671 | 0.9879256965944272 | 0.9859511517077045 | 0.9882116158711903 | 0.9864711232378354
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have an allergy that requires you to carry an epi-pen?*** | Yes | 0.03721700128150363 | 0.03324431849147092 | 0.03441356476372028 | 0.03233245020115788 | 0.03746856233639583 | 0.03157372986369269 | 0.03326832625903407 | 0.03559485348296775
Has a doctor or nurse ever told you that you have an allergy that requires you to carry an epi-pen?*** | No | 0.9627829987184964 | 0.9667556815085291 | 0.9655864352362797 | 0.9676675497988421 | 0.9625314376636043 | 0.9684262701363073 | 0.9667316737409659 | 0.9644051465170322
Do you have any long-term mental health, behavioral or emotional problems? Long-term means lasting 6 months or more.*** | Yes | 0.09992728783629376 | 0.08662597708534105 | 0.09514907487297478 | 0.1355126728110599 | 0.09706789368055216 | 0.1527455529775715 | 0.09328234120385767 | 0.160395709442561
Do you have any long-term mental health, behavioral or emotional problems? Long-term means lasting 6 months or more.*** | No | 0.9000727121637062 | 0.913374022914659 | 0.9048509251270253 | 0.8644873271889401 | 0.9029321063194479 | 0.8472544470224284 | 0.9067176587961423 | 0.839604290557439
How would YOU describe your weight? | Underweight | 0.1449092344119968 | 0.1239316239316239 | 0.1149896316776933 | 0.08123800619987208 | 0.1159061013862188 | 0.06708678608643875 | 0.1158550396375991 | 0.055631013016412
How would YOU describe your weight? | About the right weight | 0.7642199421204946 | 0.7683541529695376 | 0.7546163720746519 | 0.7041775328445604 | 0.7475462916118587 | 0.6967200913015432 | 0.741053227633069 | 0.7103565365025467
How would YOU describe your weight? | Overweight | 0.09087082346750855 | 0.1077142230988385 | 0.1303939962476548 | 0.2145844609555676 | 0.1365476070019225 | 0.2361931226120181 | 0.1430917327293318 | 0.2340124504810413
Weight status* according to Body Mass Index (BMI)** | Not overweight | NA | NA | 0.7525013448090371 | 0.8298122065727699 | 0.7333582448086265 | 0.8141545110750945 | 0.7342001991448486 | 0.8245070590337761
Weight status* according to Body Mass Index (BMI)** | Overweight | NA | NA | 0.142926304464766 | 0.113682092555332 | 0.1479741632413388 | 0.1222582387898433 | 0.1350084929420723 | 0.1150890570083994
Weight status* according to Body Mass Index (BMI)** | Obese | NA | NA | 0.1045723507261969 | 0.05650570087189806 | 0.1186675919500347 | 0.06358725013506213 | 0.1307913079130791 | 0.06040388395782451
* NA=5th grade survey did not ask this question. *** New question in 2013.     ** Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a child’s self-reported weight and height. BMI is  calculated using a standard formula. BMI-for-age percentiles are used to interpret BMI numbers for children  and teens. CDC BMI-for-age growth charts were used to determine weight status according to BMI for  participants in the Minnesota Student Survey.     Not overweight: Less than the 85th percentile  Overweight: 85th to less than the 95th percentile Obese: Equal to or greater than the 95th percentile