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
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2006
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