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Ability to pay for dental care

Poor/fair 36.5% 35.1%

Good 40.0% 47.6% 0.0341

Excellent 23.5% 17.3%

Ability to pay for healthy food choices

Poor/fair 20.2% 27.2%

Good 48.8% 51.5% 0.0164

Excellent 31.0% 21.3%

Everyone have insurance (% yes) 92.6% 93.2% 0.7618

Avoid seeing a doctor in past 12 months 18.6% 31.4% 0.0002
because of cost (% yes)

• Females rated their overall mental health lower than males.
• Males were more likely to rate their overall mental health as excellent (46%), whereas females were more
likely to rate their mental health as good (59%).
• A similar number of males and females rated their overall mental health as fair/poor (6.5%).

• Females rate their ability to pay for healthy food choices lower than males.
• Males were more likely to say their ability to pay for healthy food was excellent (31%) compared to 21% of
females.
• Females were more likely to indicate this was good or fair/poor.

• Females rated their ability to pay for dental care lower than males.
• Males were more likely to say their ability to pay for dental care was excellent (24%) compared to 17% of
females that indicated this.
• Females were more likely to indicate their ability to pay for dental care was good.
• A similar number of males and females indicated their ability to pay for dental care was fair/poor (35-36%).

• Females were more likely than males to report that in the past month they avoided seeing a doctor because of
cost (31% reporting this, compared to 19% of males).

ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY Male Female Difference in rating
251 (33.6%) 497 (66.4%) by gender
Quality of law enforcement Poor/fair 0.0876
Efforts to prevent crime Good 20.4% 16.6%
Quality of emergency services 56.8% 66.1% 0.6782
Safety of neighborhood Excellent 22.8% 17.3%
0.3609
Poor/fair 26.0% 22.3%
Good 58.5% 62.1% 0.1477
15.5% 15.6%
Excellent
11.2% 7.4%
Poor/fair 50.2% 52.7%
Good 38.6% 39.9%

Excellent 12.8% 8.7%
55.3% 59.6%
Poor/fair 31.9% 31.7%
Good

Excellent

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