John Elflein
Research expert covering health and health care
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Remedies used to treat or prevent health concerns among U.S. adults in 2021
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Ways in which U.S. adults reduced their risk of cancer as of 2020
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Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2013-2023
Health and wellness activities among U.S. adults in 2021
Leading health strategies used by adults in the U.S. for health and wellness in 2021
Health and wellness activity goals among U.S. adults in 2021
Leading strategies for health and wellness that adults wished they engaged in more in the U.S. in 2021
Remedies used to treat or prevent health concerns among U.S. adults in 2021
Percentage of adults in the U.S. using select remedies to treat or prevent health conditions in 2021
Ways in which U.S. adults reduced their risk of cancer as of 2020
Percentage of U.S. adults who did the following to reduce their risk of getting cancer as of 2020
Most important health practices according to older U.S. adults in 2020
Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who thought the following were extremely or very important to staying healthy as of 2020
Ways younger and older U.S. adults improved their health as of 2022
Percentage of U.S. adults 40 years and younger and 80 years and older who did the following to improve their health as of 2022
Adults over 40 years likely to do brain-healthy activities U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
Likeliness of adults age 40 years and older to incorporate brain-healthy activities into their daily lives in the U.S. in 2021, by ethnicity*
Impact of sleep on select aspects of life for U.S adults 2022, by gender
Percentage of adults in the United States who stated sleep has a major impact on select aspects of their life as of 2022, by gender
Last night's sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022
Percentage of adults in the United States who described their sleep last night as excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor as of 2022
Last night's sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by age
Percentage of adults in the United States who described their sleep last night as excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor as of 2022, by age
Past month sleep quality among adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by duration
Percentage of adults in the United States who rated their sleep in the last 30 days as excellent/very good or fair/poor as of 2022, by sleep duration
Share of U.S. adults who said getting good sleep is a major priority, 2022, by gender
Percentage of adults in the United States who stated getting good sleep on a typical weekday is a major priority as of 2022, by gender
Leading reasons U.S. adults gave for having a poor night's sleep 2023
Percentage of adults in the United States who gave select reasons for why they had a poor night's sleep or trouble sleeping as of 2023
Sleeping problems reported by adults in the U.S. as of 2022, by age
Percentage of adults in the United States who reported select problems sleeping last night as of 2022, by age
Sleeping aids used by adults in the United States in 2022
Percentage of adults in the United States who stated they use select sleep aids as of 2022
Physical activity participation rate 2021
Participation rate in physical activity in the United States from 2013 to 2021
Physical activity participation rate 2021, by type
Participation rate in physical activity in the United States in 2021, by type
Participation rate in selected physical activities 2021, by age group
Participation rate in selected physical activities in the United States in 2021, by age group
Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2013-2023
Share of population who engaged in no physical activity in the United States from 2013 to 2023
Physically inactive population share in the U.S. 2023, by age
Share of people who engaged in no physical activity in the United States in 2023, by age
Percentage of physically inactive U.S. adults by state 2017-2020
Percentage of adults that were physically inactive in the United States from 2017-2020, by state
Consumers' definitions of healthy food in the U.S. in 2024
Consumers' definitions of healthy food in the United States in 2024
Benefits consumers seek from food and beverages in the U.S. in 2024
Benefits consumers seek from food and beverages in the United States in 2024
Consumers following diets or eating patterns in the U.S. 2021-2022, by age
Share of respondents following diets or eating patterns in the United States in 2021 and 2022, by age
Consumers' plans to eat healthier in the U.S. in 2022
Consumers' plans to eat healthier in the United States in 2022
Consumers' reasons for not eating healthier in the U.S. in 2022
Consumers' reasons for not eating healthier in the United States in 2022, quarterly percentages
Percentage of U.S. students trying to lose, gain, or maintain their weight fall 2023
Percentage of college students in the U.S. who were trying to do something about their weight as of fall 2023, by gender
How U.S. college students described their weight as of fall 2023
Percentage of U.S. college students that described themselves as underweight or overweight as of fall 2023
Self-reported weight situation among U.S. adults from 1990 to 2023
Percentage of U.S. adults who described their weight as about right, overweight, or underweight from 1990 to 2023
Population share with overweight in the United States 2014-2029
Population share with overweight in the United States from 2014 to 2029
Obesity prevalence among U.S. adults aged 18 and over 2011-2022
Prevalence of obesity among adults aged 18 and over in the U.S. from 2011 to 2022
Percentage of obese U.S. adults by state 2022
Percentage of adults with obesity in the United States as of 2022, by state
Share of overweight high school students in the U.S. by state 2021
Share of overweight high school students in the United States in 2021, by state
U.S. spending on tobacco control and health costs versus tobacco revenues 2024
Tobacco-related revenues, tobacco prevention spending, and tobacco health costs in the United States in fiscal year 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Increased health risks through smoking in the U.S. 2014
Increased chance of health problems as a result of smoking in the United States as of 2014
Share of cancer deaths due to smoking among U.S. adults 2014, by type
Proportion of cancer deaths attributable to cigarette smoking among adults 30 years and older in the U.S. in 2014, by cancer type
U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2021, by gender
Percentage of U.S. adults that used various forms of tobacco products in 2021, by gender
Percentage of U.S. cigarette smokers 1965-2019
Percentage of cigarette smokers in the U.S. between 1965 and 2019
OTC sales volume of anti-smoking products in the U.S. 2011-2023
Anti-smoking products OTC sales volume in the United States from 2011 to 2023 (in million units)
Alcohol use in persons aged 12 or older in the U.S. by age 2022
Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2022, by age group*
Alcohol-related treatments among adults in the U.S. 2005-2022
Number of treatments related to alcohol abuse among adults in the United States from 2005 to 2022* (in 1,000)
Places where people in the U.S. received treatment for alcohol use 2021
Locations where U.S. adults received treatment for alcohol use in 2021
Number of liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019, by cirrhosis type
Number of liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019, by cirrhosis type
Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis death rate in the U.S. from 2000-2019
Rate of alcohol-related liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. from 2000-2019 (per 100,000 population)
Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis death rate in the U.S. in 2022, by age
Rate of alcohol-related liver cirrhosis deaths in the U.S. in 2022, by age (per 100,000 population)
Share of older U.S. adults with select medical tests/screenings in past 2 years, 2020
Percentage of U.S. adults aged 40 years and older who received select medical tests or screenings in the past two years as of 2020
Share of U.S. women aged 50 to 74 who had a mammogram from 1987-2021
Percentage of U.S. women aged 50 to 74 years who had a mammogram within the past 2 years from 1987 to 2021
U.S. females who had a pap smear in the past three years as of 2018-2020, by state
Percentage of women in the U.S. aged 18 to 64 years who reported having a pap smear within the past three years as of 2018-2020, by state
Types of preventive services women had to forgo in the U.S. as of 2022
Share of types of preventive health services women had forgone in the past year in the U.S. as of December 2022
Select medical tests within past 2 years among U.S. men in 2020
Percentage of men who had select medical tests in the past two years in the United States in 2020*
Prostate cancer test among men aged 50 years and older in the U.S. 2021, by age
Percentage of men aged 50 years and older who had a prostate cancer test in the U.S. in the past year as of 2021, by age
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