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Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006

CDC – Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 – December 2007 (163 pages, PDF)

  • “In 2006, 61% of adults 18 years of age or over reported excellent or very good health. Sixty-two percent of adults never participated in any type of vigorous leisure-time physical activity, and 16% of adults did not have a usual place of health care. Eleven percent of adults had been told by a doctor or health professional that they had heart disease, and 23% had been told on two or more visits that they had hypertension. Twenty-one percent of all adults were current smokers and 21% were former smokers. Based on estimates of body mass index, 35% of adults were overweight and 26% were obese.”
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