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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of adults who talk to friends or family about their health — HC/HIT‑04 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
79.6 percent (2022)

Target:
92.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
86.9 percent of adults aged 18 years and over reported having social support (i.e., having friends or family members whom they talk to about their health) in 2017

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Adults who talk to friends and family members about their health, 2017-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2019 2020 2022
Total
86.9
CI 84.4 / 89.2
SE 1.196
78.5
CI 76.0 / 80.9
SE 1.205
80.9
CI 78.7 / 83.0
SE 1.077
79.6
CI 77.7 / 81.5
SE 0.947