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How Healthy Are We?
 (Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

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

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 Appendix III Table V

Percent of persons with a limitation in usual activities due to one or more chronic health conditions: 11.8

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 Appendix III Table VI

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)

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: 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)

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, 2007, Table 83

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, 2006, Appendix III, Table XVI

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 States

Births: Final Data for 2005

Deaths: Final Data for 2005

Summary 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

Health Data Interactive

Related links

National Health Interview Survey

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Birth data

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Women’s Health

Men’s Health

Health of White Population

Health of Black or African American Population

Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population

Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population

Health of Hispanic/Latino Population

Health of Mexican American Population

Infant Health

Child Health

Adolescent Health

Older Persons’ Health

This page last reviewed December 17, 2008