Fair or Poor Health

• In most St. Croix River Valley counties and in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, at least 10% of the adult population report being in fair or poor health.
• Burnett, perhaps because the relatively high proportion of its residents who are 65 and older, has the highest proportion of adults in fair or poor health.
   

• The percentage of adults in Wisconsin and the St. Croix River Valley counties rating their health as fair or poor was trending upward over time, with a peak in the years 2021 and 2022 – possibly as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• In 2023, the last year in the dataset, the percentage of adults reporting fair or poor health went down significantly in Wisconsin and all counties in the St. Croix River Valley.
• In most years over the 2010 – 2023 time period, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix Counties have lower proportions of their adults rating their health as fair or poor.
• In most years, Burnett County has a higher percentage of its adults rating their health as poor or fair than the state average.
   

• The percentage of adults in Minnesota and both Chisago and Washington counties reporting their health as poor or fair was trending slightly upward between 2016 and 2022, with a peak in 2022 – possibly as a consequence of  the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Washington County has consistently had a lower percentage of its adults rating their health as poor or fair than the state average as has Chisago County since 2016.
   

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