Table 2.

Prisoners' perceived health status and quality of life

	No.	%
In general, would you say your health is? (633; 97.4)
Poor	200	31.6
Good	339	53.6
Very good	94	14.8
In general, would you say your quality of life is? (602; 92.6)
Poor	262	43.5
Good	261	43.4
Very good	79	13.1
How would you rate, compared to prison entry, your health in general now? (623; 95.8)
Greatly worsened	169	27.1
Worsened	205	32.9
Unchanged	218	35
Improved	19	3.1
Greatly improved	12	1.9
How much are you concerned about your health? (624; 96)
Extremely	219	35.1
Moderately	228	36.5
Not at all	177	28.4

In brackets the number and percentage of the total sample of 650 prisoners responding to the question