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 screenings.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Ways younger and older U.S. adults improved their health as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic Important factors in living a long and healthy life, according to U.S. adults, 2024
  • Premium Statistic Health measures U.S. adults took to maintain health as they age as of 2024
  • Basic Statistic Rates of the leading causes of death in the U.S. 2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of total cancer cases in the U.S. attributable to select risk factors in 2019
  • Basic Statistic Share of cancer deaths attributable to select risk factors in the U.S. in 2019

Sleep

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  • Basic Statistic Number of hours U.S. adults slept per night from 1942 to 2023
  • Basic Statistic Last night's sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic Impact of sleep on select aspects of life for U.S adults 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who expressed having sufficient sleep 2001-2023
  • Basic Statistic Sleeping problems reported by adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic Leading reasons U.S. adults gave for having a poor night's sleep 2023
  • Basic Statistic Strategies that U.S. adults carried out to improve their sleep as of 2023

Exercise

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  • Premium Statistic Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2013-2023
  • Premium Statistic Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2023, by age
  • Basic Statistic U.S. sedentary lifestyle among adults by race/ethnicity 2022
  • Premium Statistic Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2023, by household income
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of physically inactive U.S. adults by state 2023
  • Basic Statistic Most common fitness barriers in the U.S. 2023

Healthy eating/weight

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  • Premium Statistic Consumers' definitions of healthy food in the U.S. in 2024
  • Premium Statistic Benefits consumers seek from food and beverages in the U.S. in 2024
  • 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 2011-2023
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of obese U.S. adults by state 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of overweight high school students in the U.S. by state 2021

Smoking/alcohol avoidance

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2021, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Number of adult smokers in the United States 1965-2021
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of adults in the U.S. who smoke as of 2023, by state
  • 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 Alcohol use in persons aged 12 or older in the U.S. by age 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. binge drinking among adults by state 2023
  • Basic Statistic Alcohol-related treatments among adults in the U.S. 2005-2023
  • 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 2022, by age

Cancer screenings

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  • 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
  • Basic Statistic Prostate cancer test among men aged 50 years and older in the U.S. 2021, by age

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