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QuickStats: Percentage* of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Felt Very Tired or Exhausted Most Days or Every Day in the Past 3 Months,† by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey,§ United States, 2022
Weekly / November 10, 2023 / 72(45);1248
* With 95% CIs indicated by error bars.
† Based on a response to the question, “In the past 3 months, how often did you feel very tired or exhausted? Would you say never, some days, most days, or every day?”
§ Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population.
In 2022, 13.5% of adults aged ≥18 years felt very tired or exhausted most days or every day in the past 3 months, and this percentage declined with age. Among men, the percentage was highest among those aged 18–44 years (11.0%), followed by those aged 45–64 years (9.7%) and ≥65 years (8.9%). Among women, the decline in the percentage with age was steeper, decreasing from 20.3% (18–44 years), to 15.3% (45–64 years), to 11.5% (≥65 years). The percentage of adults who felt tired or exhausted most days or every day was higher for women compared with men in each age group.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/index.htm
Reported by: Lauren Bottoms-McClain, MPH, cau1@cdc.gov; Amanda E. Ng, MPH.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Felt Very Tired or Exhausted Most Days or Every Day in the Past 3 Months,† by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1248. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a7.
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