"They keep making up these superlatives to describe my health."

Of all residents, 62% described their health as good.

The 2001 Census also reported that there were 32,470 households, with 77% of residents describing their health as 'good'.

In 1986, for example, 21 percent of Eastern pilots described their mental health as fair to poor.

Of these residents, 74% describe their health as good and 1.78% of economically active people aged 16-74 were unemployed.

Although 78pc of people described their health as good, 53pc never took exercise, 29pc smoked and 86pc drank alcohol.

This data was collected by local residents who described their health as very good.

The session was videotaped, for reasons he made clear when asked to describe his health.

A family member described his health as "alternately vigorous and frail."

Nearly 60% of the officers surveyed described their health as very good or excellent.