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This statistic presents the percentage of college students in the U.S. who had been diagnosed with select health issues within the last 12 months as of fall 2021. According to the data, around 7.7 percent of survey respondents had been diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.

Percentage of U.S. college students that had been diagnosed with select health issues in the past 12 months as of fall 2021

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Cold/virus or other respiratory illness	26.9%
Orthopedic injury (broken bone, fracture, sprain, bursitis, tendinitis, or ligament injury)	8%
Urinary tract infection	7.7%
Stomach or GI virus or bug, food poisoning, or gastritis	6.6%
Flu (influenza) or flu-like illness	5.2%
Other short-term, temporary illness not listed above	4.1%
Bronchitis	2.9%
Concussion	2.4%
Mononucleosis (mono)	1.2%
Chlamydia	1.1%
Pneumonia	1.1%
Shingles	0.5%
Chicken Pox (Varicella)	0.5%
Gonorrhea	0.4%
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	0.3%
Mumps	0.3%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

Fall 2021

Number of respondents

over 31,000 students

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

41 schools

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Within the last 12 months, have you been diagnosed by a healthcare professional with any of the following?"

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