How Healthy Are We?

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Health status

• Life expectancy at birth for females: 80.2 years
• Life expectancy at birth for males: 75.1 years

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, Table 7

• Percent of persons in fair or poor health: 9.8%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2007 Appendix III Table V

• Percent of persons with a limitation in usual activities due to one or more chronic health conditions: 12%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2007 Appendix III Table VI

 

Health risk factors

• Percent of adults who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: 32% (2008)
• Percent of adults who currently smoke: 20.5% (2008)
• Percent of adults who had 5 or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the past year: 22% (2008)

Source: Early release of selected estimates based on data from the National Health Interview Survey, data Tables for figures 7.1, 8.1, 9.1

• Percent of persons 20 years and over who are overweight: 67% (2003-2006)
• Percent of persons 20 years and over with hypertension: 32% (2003-2006)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, Tables 71, 75

 

Vaccinations

• Percent of persons 65 years and over who had received an influenza shot during the past 12 months: 67% (2008)
• Percent of persons 65 years and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 60% (2008)

Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, Table 4.1b, data Table for figure 5.1

• Percent of children 19-35 months age who had received combined series (4:3:1:3) vaccination: 77% (2006)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, Table 85

 

Access to health care

• Percent of persons under 65 years without health insurance coverage: 17%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Appendix III, Table XVI

• Percent of adults without a usual source of health care: 15%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Table 33

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 2,426,264
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 810.4
• Infant mortality rate: 6.69 deaths per 1000 live births
• Number of deaths for leading causes of death
  • Heart disease: 631,636
  • Cancer: 559,888
  • Stroke: 137,119

Source:  Deaths: Final Data for 2006, Tables B, 1, 30

 

More data

• Births: Final Data for 2006
• Deaths: Final Data for 2006
• Health Data Interactive
• Health, United States
• Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth (from A to Z)
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• National Hospital Discharge Survey
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2007
• Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2007