Table 8. Number of persons and percent distribution, by respondent-assessed health status and age: United States, 1978.

Age	All persons	Respondent-assessed health status
		All health statuses	Excellent or good	Fair or poor	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
	Number in thousands	Percent distribution 1			Percent distribution 2
All ages	213,828	100.0	87.6	12.4	48.6	38.5	9.5	2.8
Under 5 years	15,389	100.0	95.3	4.7	60.7	33.7	4.2	0.5
5-9 years	16,860	100.0	95.5	4.5	60.0	34.8	4.0	0.5
10-14 years	18,531	100.0	95.9	4.1	60.2	35.1	3.7	0.4
15-19 years	20,550	100.0	94.4	5.7	56.7	37.2	5.0	0.6
20-24 years	19,414	100.0	92.8	7.2	52.9	39.6	6.4	0.8
25-29 years	17,487	100.0	92.3	7.7	53.5	38.5	6.7	1.0
30-34 years	15,526	100.0	91.5	8.5	53.3	37.9	6.8	1.7
35-39 years	12,749	100.0	89.5	10.5	50.8	38.3	8.4	2.0
40-44 years	11,134	100.0	87.5	12.5	47.1	40.1	9.8	2.7
45-49 years	11,251	100.0	84.1	15.9	42.1	41.6	12.2	3.7
50-54 years	11,720	100.0	80.0	20.0	38.2	41.5	14.4	5.5
55-59 years	10,964	100.0	75.7	24.3	32.9	42.5	16.8	7.4
60-64 years	9,468	100.0	72.4	27.6	30.7	41.3	19.6	7.8
65-69 years	8,243	100.0	70.2	29.8	28.5	41.2	21.6	8.1
70-74 years	6,353	100.0	70.3	29.7	28.4	41.2	21.2	8.2
75-79 years	4,297	100.0	68.3	31.7	25.9	41.9	23.0	8.4
80-84 years	2,429	100.0	68.0	32.0	26.7	41.0	22.0	9.8
85-89 years	1,062	100.0	70.3	29.7	32.5	37.9	18.3	11.5
90-94 years	311	100.0	76.4	23.6	35.4	39.2	16.4	36.8
95 years or over	93	100.0	67.7	332.3	329.0	38.7	318.3	314.0

¹Excludes persons with health status not assessed.

²Includes persons with health status not assessed.

³Relative standard error of 30 percent or more.

SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics, Mar. 1983.