In some states, many people think they're ailing. About 16.4% of the working-age Americans in a typical state reported in 2023 that they were in fair or poor health.
The median was up from 15.6 % in 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey program.
Related: Americans report slightly higher vitality for first time since 2022, Cigna study finds
One factor could be patients' failure to get the normal level of preventive care during the peak years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
