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Rural U.S. adults with poor health-related quality of life 2012-2015, by ethnicity

Percentage of U.S. adults living in rural areas with self-selected health-related quality of life indicators from 2012 to 2015, by ethnicity

The data shows the percentage of U.S. adults living in rural areas that selected various indicators of poor health during surveys done between 2012 and 2015, by ethnicity. According to the results, 28.9% of American Indian or Alaskan Native adults living in rural areas indicated that they had a health status that was fair or poor.

Health status: fair or poor	28	18.5	28.4	10.4	28.9	20.1
Frequent physical distress (≥14 days in poor physical health in the past 30 days)	15.9	13.3	13.9	7.2	19.6	13.5
Frequent mental distress (≥14 days in poor physical health in the past 30 days)	13.9	12.5	11.2	5.4	17.1	12.5
Activity limitation because of physical, mental or emotional problems	23.4	22.3	15.4	13.8	28.5	22.1

Rural U.S. adults with poor health-related quality of life 2012-2015, by ethnicity

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