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.

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Smoking

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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
  • 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

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 2023
  • 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 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 U.S. adult obesity prevalence in 2022, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Adult obesity rates in the U.S. by race/ethnicity 2022
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of obese U.S. adults by state 2022
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among adults in the U.S. 2000-2022
  • Premium Statistic Deaths by diabetes mellitus in the U.S. 1950-2019
  • Basic Statistic U.S. rate of new obesity-associated cancers 2016-2020, by cancer type
  • Basic Statistic U.S. rate of new obesity-associated cancers 2016-2020, by state
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis in U.S. adults in 2019-2021, by weight

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 2009-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. drug overdose deaths number from 1999 to 2022, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Drug overdose death rate U.S. 2021, by state
  • Premium Statistic Deaths from drug overdose in the U.S. 2020-2021, by drug
  • Premium Statistic U.S. opioid overdose death rate from 1999 to 2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of fentanyl overdose deaths U.S. 1999-2021

Sex

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  • 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 2023
  • 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 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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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. employees who were stressed a lot of the day yesterday 2008-2023
  • Basic Statistic Most stressed states in the U.S. as of 2024
  • Premium Statistic Least stressed states in the U.S. as of 2024
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults who stated select factors were major sources of stress for them, 2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with select behaviors in the past month due to stress 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who stated stress impacts select aspects of their life 2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults with select stress symptoms in past month 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with select impacts from stress in past month 2022
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of U.S. suicide deaths with select life stressors in 2020, by gender
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