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How Healthy Are We? Health status Life expectancy at birth for females: 79.9 years (2002) Life expectancy at birth for males: 74.7 years (2002) Source: Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2002, table 6 Percent of persons in fair or poor health: 9.2 (2002) Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: 2002, Appendix III, table V Percent of persons with an activity limitation due to one or more chronic health conditions: 12.2 (2002) Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: 2002, Appendix III, table VI Health risk factors Percent of adults who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: 33 (2003) Percent of adults who currently smoke: 21.6 (2003) Percent of adults who had 5 or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the past year: 19.1 (2003) Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the National Health Interview Survey Percent of persons 20 years and over who are overweight: 64.1 (1999-2000) Source: Health, United States, 2003, table 68 Percent of persons 20 years and over with hypertension: 28.9 (1999-2000) Source: Health, United States, 2003, table 66 Vaccinations Percent of persons 65 years and over who had received an influenza shot during the past 12 months: 65.5 (2003) Percent of persons 65 years and over who had ever received a pneumococcal vaccination: 55.6 (2003) Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the National Health Interview Survey Percent of children 19-35 months age who had received combined series (4:3:1:3) vaccination: 77 (2001) Source: Health, United States, 2003, table 71 Access to health care Percent of persons under 65 years without health insurance coverage: 17.2 (2003) Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the National Health Interview Survey Percent of adults over without a usual source of health care: 13.5 (2002) Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2002, Appendix III, table XIX Mortality Number of deaths: 2,443,387 (2002) Deaths per 100,000 population: 847.3 (2002) Infant mortality rate: 7.0 deaths per 1000 live births (2002) Number of deaths for leading causes of death (2002) Heart disease: 696,947 Cancer: 557,271 Stroke: 162,672 Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2002 More Data Health, United States, 2003Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: 2002 Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2001 Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: 2002 Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the 2003 National Health Interview Survey National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey National Hospital Discharge Survey Related links Health of Black or African American Population Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population Health of Asian or Pacific Islander Population Health of Hispanic/Latino Population Health of Mexican American Population National Health Interview SurveyNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBirth data
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