How Healthy Are We?
(Data are for the U.S.)
Health status
- Life expectancy at birth for females: 80.9 years
- Life expectancy at birth for males: 76.0 years
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, table 7 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
- Percent of persons all ages in fair or poor health: 10.1%
Health risk factors
- Percent of adults 18 years and over who met the 2008 federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic activity through leisure-time aerobic activity: 48.4%
- Percent of adults 18 years and over who currently smoke: 18.9%
- Percent of adults 18 years and over who had 5 or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the past year: 22.1%
- Percent of adults 20 years and over who are obese: 34% (2007-2008)
- Percent of adults 20 years and over with hypertension: 31.9% (2009-2010)
Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 69 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
Vaccinations
- Percent of persons 65 years and over who had received an influenza shot during the past 12 months: 67.0%
- Percent of persons 65 years and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 62.3%
Health insurance coverage
- Percent of persons under 65 years without health insurance coverage: 17.3%
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 2,437,163
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 793.8
- Infant mortality rate: 639.4 deaths per 100,000 live births
- Leading causes of death
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 1, 9, 21 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
More data
- National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 Data highlights – selected tables
- Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007 [PDF - 797 KB]
- Births: Final Data for 2009 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010 [PDF - 725 KB]
- Health Data Interactive
- Health, United States
- Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth (from A to Z)
- Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 715 KB]
- Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 983 KB]
- The National Nursing Home Survey: 2004 Overview [PDF - 2.7 MB]
Contact Us:
- National Center for Health Statistics
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Hyattsville, MD 20782 - 1 (800) 232-4636
- cdcinfo@cdc.gov