Homeless Count Tables - City of Prince George

Prince George Homeless Count Report 2010
Three or more health conditions (99 respondents; 29.7%)
3.6.2 Physical and Mental Health
Respondents were asked if to rate their physical and mental health on a three point scale. There were
359 responses to the question, “How is your physical health?” Out of those responses, 181 respondents
(50.1%) rated their health as good, 135 (37.4%) rated their health as fair and 40 respondents (11.1%)
rated it as poor. Table 13 provides the complete set of responses for this question.
Table 13 Physical Health
Condition of Physical Health
# of respondents
(n = 361) %
Good 181 50.1
Fair 135 37.4
Poor 40 11.1
Imperfect Response 3 0.8
Missing 2 0.6
Total 361 100.0
There were 356 responses to the question, “How is your mental health?” Out of those responses, 201
respondents (55.7%) rated their mental health as good, 128 (35.5%) rated their mental health as fair and
24 respondents (6.6%) rated it as poor (Table 14).
Table 14 Mental Health
Condition of Mental Health
# of responses
(n = 361) %
Good 201 55.7
Fair 128 35.5
Poor 24 6.6
Imperfect Response 3 0.8
Missing 5 1.4
Total 361 100.0
A number of cross-references were conducted to investigate trends within the data in regard to the
health conditions of Prince George’s homeless population. Several trends emerged through correlation
tabulations with responses from the questions on health conditions, physical health and mental health.
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