Table 1.

Prevalence of Poor/Fair Health by Age Group (per 100 persons), 1982–2006

	1982–1983	1990–1991	1997–1998	2005–2006	pa
40–44	10.28	8.53	8.26	8.60	.39
45–49	13.48	11.75	10.32	10.86	.11
50–54	18.32	14.55	13.29	13.77	.01
55–59	22.82	18.96	16.36	17.36	<.01
40–59b	15.16	12.58	11.39	11.92	<.01

Notes: ^aThe p values for test of trend for the full 25-year period in a logistic model for each age group, using all data from 1982 to 2006; for the model for ages 40–59, 5-year-age-group controls are included.

^bStandardized to 1997 age distribution.