Health risk factors in the U.S.

Statistics report about health risk factors in the United States

Health risk factors in the U.S.

This report presents key facts and figures about common health risks in the United States. It contains chapters and figures concerning tobacco, alcohol and drug use, weight, safe sex, and stress.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. costs due to abuse of tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs, prescription opioids 2020
  • Basic Statistic Leading beliefs about cancer risk factors among U.S. adults as of 2020
  • Basic Statistic Relative risk for colorectal cancer risk factors in the U.S. as of 2023
  • Premium Statistic Heart disease prevalence by age in the U.S. 1997-2019
  • Basic Statistic Number of states that improved healthy living 2016-2020

Smoking

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. spending on tobacco control and health costs versus tobacco revenues 2022
  • 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
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of COPD among U.S. adults in 2011 and 2021, by smoking status
  • Premium Statistic Number of adult smokers in the United States 1965-2021
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. cigarette smokers 1965-2019
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of adults in the U.S. who smoke as of 2022, by state
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. adults from 2015-2018, by age
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among U.S. adults, 2015-2018, by ethnicity

Alcohol

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  • Premium Statistic Per capita alcohol consumption of all beverages in the U.S. 1850-2021
  • Basic Statistic Alcohol use in persons aged 12 or older in the U.S. by age 2022
  • Basic Statistic Binge alcohol use in persons aged 18-25 years in the U.S. by gender 2002-2022
  • Premium Statistic Past-month alcohol use among U.S. persons aged 12 or older by race/ethnicity 2022
  • Basic Statistic Heavy alcohol use among U.S. college students as of fall 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. binge drinking among adults by state 2022
  • Premium Statistic Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019
  • Basic Statistic Number of liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019, by cirrhosis type
  • Premium Statistic Average rate of cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019, by cirrhosis type

Weight

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  • Premium Statistic Percentage of physically inactive U.S. adults by state 2017-2020
  • Premium Statistic Obesity prevalence among U.S. adults aged 18 and over 2011-2022
  • Premium Statistic Obesity prevalence among adults in the U.S. by gender and age 2017-2020
  • Premium Statistic Overweight and obesity in the U.S. by leading states 2018
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who were obese 1988-2018
  • Basic Statistic Share of doctor-diagnosed arthritis in U.S. adults in 2017, by weight
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with arthritis and severe joint pain 2017, by weight
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of population with diabetes in the U.S. 1988-2018
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. adults with diabetes by age group 2021
  • Premium Statistic Deaths by diabetes mellitus in the U.S. 1950-2019

Drug use

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  • Basic Statistic Number of Americans who used illicit drugs in past year 2022, by drug type
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. Americans who used illicit drugs in their lifetime 2022, by drug type
  • Premium Statistic Number of Americans who used heroin in their lifetime 2009-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of Americans who used cocaine in their lifetime 2009-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of Americans who used methamphetamine in their lifetime 2009-2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. drug overdose death rate in 2017, by drug type
  • Premium Statistic U.S. opioid overdose death rate from 1999 to 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. drug overdose deaths number from 1999 to 2021, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Drug overdose death rate U.S. 2021, by state

Sex

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  • Basic Statistic Counseling for select sexual health topics among U.S. women from 2004 to 2020
  • Premium Statistic Usage of condoms in the U.S. 2011-2024
  • Basic Statistic Methods of contraception used by U.S. women as of 2022
  • Premium Statistic Birth control methods used by U.S. college students as of fall 2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. high school students condom usage 2021, by sex
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. teenagers who had an HPV vaccination 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who received select clinical preventive services in 2018
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults who ever received an HIV test as of 2022, by state
  • Basic Statistic Number of HIV diagnoses in the U.S. 2017-2021, by sex
  • Premium Statistic Syphilis rate in the United States from 1950 to 2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of reported gonorrhea cases in the United States 1950-2022

Stress

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  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. population that experienced stress, worry and anger from 2006 to 2018
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who felt selected factors impact suicide rate as of 2019
  • Premium Statistic Most stressful jobs in the U.S. 2019
  • Premium Statistic Least stressful jobs in the U.S. 2019
  • Basic Statistic Most stressed states in the U.S. as of 2019
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of U.S. suicide deaths with select life stressors in 2020, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Suicide rate among working males in the U.S. in 2021, by industry
  • Basic Statistic Suicide rate among working females in the U.S. in 2021, by industry
  • Premium Statistic Suicide rate among working males in the U.S. in 2021, by occupation
  • Premium Statistic Suicide rate among working females in the U.S. in 2021, by occupation

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