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Ability to pay for dental care

Poor/fair 38.0% 40.4% 25.9%

Good 44.4% 38.9% 52.9% 0.0039

Excellent 17.6% 20.7% 21.2%

Ability to pay for healthy food choices

Poor/fair 31.4% 30.3% 10.0%

Good 49.9% 44.4% 56.5% <.0001

Excellent 18.7% 25.3% 33.5%

Everyone have insurance 91.0% 94.4% 95.7% 0.0744
(% yes)

Avoid seeing a doctor in past 12 38.6% 28.1% 7.6% <.0001
months because of cost (% yes)

• Older adult respondents were more likely to rate their overall health as fair or poor than those under age 65,
although they did not differ from the younger respondents on their rating of their overall dental or mental
health care.

• Older adult respondents were more likely to rate most aspects of health more positively.
• Access to health care was rated higher among those 65+ and lowest among those 21-50 years.
• Access to mental health care was rated higher by those over age 65 (93% said it was good or excellent); 15%

of those under age 65 rate their access to mental health care as fair or poor.
• Access to healthy food choices was rated highest among those ages 51-64 years and lowest among those 21-

50 years.
• Those respondents over age 65 were more likely to say their ability to pay for healthy food choices was good or

excellent. Nearly one-third of adults under age 65 stated that their ability to pay for healthy food choices was
fair or poor. Only 10% of respondents over age 65 indicated this.
• Younger respondents (under age 65) all rated their ability to pay for health care, dental care and mental health
care lower than those over age 65.
• Younger respondents were more likely to report avoiding care due to cost (37% reported this) compared to 8%
of adults over age 65.

ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY 21-50 years 51-64 years 65+ years Difference in
338 (45.6%) 192 (25.9%) 211 (28.5%) rating by age
Quality of law enforcement
Poor/fair 21.2% 19.2% 11.3% 0.0037
Good 60.8% 67.2% 62.3%
Excellent 18.0% 13.6% 26.4% 0.001

Efforts to prevent crime 26.8% 25.2% 15.7% 0.0046
Poor/fair 58.9% 65.2% 61.1%
Good 14.3% 9.6% 23.2%
Excellent
8.8% 10.1% 6.2%
Quality of emergency services 57.4% 53.0% 42.9%
Poor/fair 33.8% 36.9% 50.9%
Good
Excellent

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