COVID-19 symptoms by gender U.S. 2020

Around 71 percent of males and 69 percent of females in the United States who had COVID-19 from January 22 to May 30, 2020 experienced fever, coughing, or shortness of breath. This statistic shows the percentage of people in the U.S. with COVID-19 from January 22 to May 30, 2020 who experienced select symptoms, by gender.

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Percentage of people with COVID-19 in the United States from January 22 to May 30, 2020 who had select symptoms, by gender*

Characteristic	Males	Females
Fever, cough, or shortness of breath	70.6%	69%
Fever**	45.2%	41.1%
Cough	50%	50.5%
Shortness of breath	28%	28.9%
Myalgia	34.7%	37.4%
Runny nose	5.6%	6.5%
Sore throat	17.5%	22.3%
Headache	30.7%	37.7%
Nausea/Vomiting	9.3%	13.4%
Abdominal pain	6.5%	8.6%
Diarrhea	18%	20.4%
Loss of smell or taste	7.1%	9.4%

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Release date

June 2020

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United States

Survey time period

January 22 to May 30, 2020

Supplementary notes

* Based on 373,883 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases individually reported to CDC during January 22–May 30, 2020. Status was classified as “known” if any of the following symptoms were reported as present or absent: fever (measured >100.4°F [38°C] or subjective), cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, difficulty breathing, chills, rigors, myalgia, rhinorrhea, sore throat, chest pain, nausea or vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, diarrhea (≥3 loose stools in a 24-hour period), or other symptom not otherwise specified on the form.

** Persons were considered to have a fever if information on either measured or subjective fever variables if “yes” was reported for either variable.

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