Overall Health Status
Summary measures of population health status are statistics that combine mortality and morbidity data to represent overall population health in a single number.1
Examples of summary measures include general health status and healthy days measures from the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys, life expectancy, and years of potential
life lost (YPLL).
1. Molla MT, Wagener DK, Madans JH. Summary measures of population health:
Methods for calculating healthy life expectancy. Healthy People Statistical Notes, no. 21.
Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. August 2001.
Activity Limitation - Adults (BRFSS)
General Health Status - Adults (BRFSS)
- General Health Status (Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor) - Crude Rates
- General Health Status (Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor) - Age-adjusted Rates
- General Health Status, Fair or Poor - Crude Rates
- General Health Status, Fair or Poor - Age-adjusted Rates