Share of adults with a serious health condition U.S. 2020-2022

According to a series of surveys, nearly half of all U.S. adults reported that they or another member of their household had a serious health condition such as high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, cancer, or diabetes. This statistic shows the percentage of adults or someone in their household with a serious health condition in the U.S. from 2020 to 2022.

Percentage of adults or someone in their household with a serious health condition in the U.S. from 2020 to 2022

Characteristic	Yes, respondent	Yes, someone else in household	Yes, both respondent and someone else in household	No one in household has serious health condition	Don't know/Refused
Oct 2020	21%	16%	11%	52%	1%
Feb 2021	22%	16%	10%	51%	1%
Oct 2021	23%	13%	9%	55%	-
Mar 2022	22%	14%	10%	53%	-
Sep 2022	23%	16%	9%	51%	-

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2020-2022

Number of respondents

1,100 to 1,800

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

persons with a telephone or cell phone

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Do you or anyone in your household have a serious health condition such as high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, cancer or diabetes, or not?"
This statistic was compiled using data from several publications from the same source.
Survey dates: October 7-12, 2020; February 15-23, 2021; September 23-October 4, 2021; March 15-22, 2022; September 15-26, 2022.

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