Underlying health conditions prevalence essential health care workers by occupation U.S. 2017-2018

From 2017 to 2018, around 45 percent of home health and personal care aides in the United States were obese. This statistic illustrates the prevalence of underlying health conditions among essential health workers in the United States from 2017 to 2018, by occupation.

Prevalence of underlying health conditions among essential health care workers in the United States from 2017 to 2018, by occupation*

Characteristic	Health practitioners	Health technicians and technologists	Health care support (except home health)	Home health and personal care aides
Asthma, current	10%	9.3%	10.3%	13.2%
Asthma, ever	14.4%	14.6%	14.3%	17.1%
Cancer**	4%	3.5%	3%	5%
Coronary heart disease***	2%	1.4%	2.2%	4.4%
Chronic kidney disease	1.3%	1.6%	1%	4.6%
COPD	1.7%	3%	4%	6.2%
Diabetes	5.6%	5.9%	6.6%	12.2%
Hypertension****	20.3%	23.2%	21.2%	29.3%
Obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2)	26.1%	37.4%	40%	44.8%
Severe obesity (BMI≥40 kg/m2)	3.3%	4.1%	9.1%	9.1%
Stroke	0.8%	1.7%	0.9%	2%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

From 2017 to 2018

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* 31 U.S. States: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

** Except non-melanoma skin cancer.
*** Includes heart attack/myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, or angina.
**** BRFSS data only, available for 22 states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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