Chronic disease prevention in the U.S.

Statistics report about chronic disease prevention in the United States

Chronic disease prevention in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures about chronic disease prevention in the United States. The likelihood of developing many chronic diseases can be reduced by avoiding key risk factors such as smoking and drinking alcohol, and through healthy eating and exercise. This report includes data concerning ways to prevent chronic diseases with chapters on sleep, exercise, healthy eating/weight, smoking and alcohol avoidance, and cancer screening.

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Health and wellness activities among U.S. adults in 2021
  • Basic Statistic Health and wellness activity goals among U.S. adults in 2021
  • Basic Statistic Remedies used to treat or prevent health concerns among U.S. adults in 2021
  • Basic Statistic Ways in which U.S. adults reduced their risk of cancer as of 2020
  • Basic Statistic Most important health practices according to older U.S. adults in 2020
  • Basic Statistic Ways younger and older U.S. adults improved their health as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic Adults over 40 years likely to do brain-healthy activities U.S. 2021, by ethnicity

Sleep

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  • Basic Statistic Impact of sleep on select aspects of life for U.S adults 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Last night's sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022
  • Premium Statistic Last night's sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic Past month sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by duration
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who said getting good sleep is a major priority, 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Leading reasons U.S. adults gave for having a poor night's sleep 2023
  • Basic Statistic Sleeping problems reported by adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic Sleeping aids used by adults in the United States in 2022

Exercise

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  • Basic Statistic Physical activity participation rate 2021
  • Basic Statistic Physical activity participation rate 2021, by type
  • Basic Statistic Participation rate in selected physical activities 2021, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2013-2022
  • Premium Statistic Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2021, by age
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of physically inactive U.S. adults by state 2017-2020

Healthy eating/weight

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  • Premium Statistic Consumers' definitions of healthy food in the U.S. in 2023
  • Premium Statistic Benefits consumers seek from food and beverages in the U.S. in 2023
  • Premium Statistic Consumers following diets or eating patterns in the U.S. 2021-2022, by age
  • Premium Statistic Consumers' plans to eat healthier in the U.S. in 2022
  • Premium Statistic Consumers' reasons for not eating healthier in the U.S. in 2022
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. students trying to lose, gain, or maintain their weight fall 2023
  • Basic Statistic How U.S. college students described their weight as of fall 2023
  • Premium Statistic Self-reported weight situation among U.S. adults from 1990 to 2023
  • Premium Forecast Population share with overweight in the United States 2014-2029
  • Premium Statistic Obesity prevalence among U.S. adults aged 18 and over 2011-2022
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of obese U.S. adults by state 2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of overweight high school students in the U.S. by state 2021

Smoking/alcohol avoidance

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. spending on tobacco control and health costs versus tobacco revenues 2024
  • Basic Statistic Increased health risks through smoking in the U.S. 2014
  • Premium Statistic Share of cancer deaths due to smoking among U.S. adults 2014, by type
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2021, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. cigarette smokers 1965-2019
  • Premium Statistic OTC sales volume of anti-smoking products in the U.S. 2011-2023
  • Basic Statistic Alcohol use in persons aged 12 or older in the U.S. by age 2022
  • Basic Statistic Alcohol-related treatments among adults in the U.S. 2005-2022
  • Basic Statistic Places where people in the U.S. received treatment for alcohol use 2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019, by cirrhosis type
  • Basic Statistic Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis death rate in the U.S. from 2000-2019
  • Premium Statistic Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis death rate in the U.S. in 2019, by age

Cancer screening and other preventative services

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  • Basic Statistic Share of older U.S. adults with select medical tests/screenings in past 2 years, 2020
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. women aged 50 to 74 who had a mammogram from 1987-2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. females who had a pap smear in the past three years as of 2018-2020, by state
  • Premium Statistic Types of preventive services women had to forgo in the U.S. as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic Select medical tests within past 2 years among U.S. men in 2020
  • Basic Statistic Prostate cancer test among men aged 50 years and older in the U.S. 2021, by age
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