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How Healthy Are We? Health status Life expectancy at birth for females: 80.4 years Life expectancy at birth for males: 75.2 years Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table 7 Percent of persons in fair or poor health: 9.5 Percent of persons with a limitation in usual activities due to one or more chronic health conditions: 11.8 Health risk factors Percent of adults who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: 31 (2007) Percent of adults who currently smoke: 20 (2007) Percent of adults who had 5 or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the past year: 20 (2007) Percent of persons 20 years and over who are overweight: 66 (2001-2004) Percent of persons 20 years and over with hypertension: 31 (2001-2004) Source: Health, United States, 2007, Tables 70, 74 Vaccinations Percent of persons 65 years and over who had received an influenza shot during the past 12 months: 67 (2007) Percent of persons 65 years and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 58 (2007) Percent of children 19-35 months age who had received combined series (4:3:1:3) vaccination: 77 (2006) Source: Health, United States, 2007, Table 83 Access to health care Percent of persons under 65 years without health insurance coverage: 17 Percent of adults without a usual source of health care: 15.5 Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 33 Mortality Number of deaths: 2,448,017 Deaths per 100,000 population: 825.9 Infant mortality rate: 6.87 deaths per 1000 live births Number of deaths for leading causes of death Heart disease: 652,091 Cancer: 559,312 Stroke: 143,579 Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables C, 1 More data Health, United StatesSummary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Discharge Survey
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