| Table 6.1 | |||||||||||||
| Self reported general health by sex, 1983 to 2007-08 | |||||||||||||
| All Persons aged 16+ | Percentages | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | 1991-92 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
| All Persons | |||||||||||||
| -Good | 61 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 |
| -Fairly Good | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| -Not Good | 14 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 |
| Males | |||||||||||||
| -Good | 65 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 58 |
| -Fairly Good | 23 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 26 |
| -Not Good | 12 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
| Females | |||||||||||||
| -Good | 57 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 53 | 56 | 55 |
| -Fairly Good | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| -Not Good | 16 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 18 |
| Base=(All persons) | 5,582 | 5,802 | 5,095 | 4,580 | 4,836 | 4,414 | 4,396 | 4,233 | 4,008 | 4,059 | 3,727 | 3,691 | 3,416 |
| Base=(Males) | 2,502 | 2,554 | 2,219 | 1,922 | 2,059 | 1,817 | 1,871 | 1,811 | 1,674 | 1,719 | 1,575 | 1,505 | 1,468 |
| Base=(Females) | 3,080 | 3,247 | 2,876 | 2,658 | 2,777 | 2,597 | 2,525 | 2,422 | 2,334 | 2,340 | 2,152 | 2,186 | 1,948 |
| Source: Continuous Household Survey | |||||||||||||