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, 2017-2020 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2019 2020
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

Adults who talk to friends and family members about their health by Age group, 2017-2020 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017 2019 2020
18-44 years
84.3
CI 79.0 / 88.5
SE 2.350
79.9
CI 75.8 / 83.5
SE 1.923
81.9
CI 77.3 / 85.7
SE 2.086
18-24 years
91.7
CI 79.4 / 96.9
SE 3.977
82.7
CI 70.0 / 90.8
SE 5.120
84.3
CI 70.3 / 92.4
SE 5.411
25-44 years
82.3
CI 76.4 / 87.0
SE 2.639
78.9
CI 74.6 / 82.6
SE 1.991
80.9
CI 76.9 / 84.4
SE 1.860
45-64 years
89.0
CI 86.2 / 91.2
SE 1.256
75.2
CI 71.4 / 78.6
SE 1.795
80.5
CI 77.5 / 83.3
SE 1.447
45-54 years
91.3
CI 87.7 / 93.8
SE 1.496
75.7
CI 70.0 / 80.7
SE 2.668
80.7
CI 76.8 / 84.1
SE 1.810
55-64 years
85.5
CI 81.2 / 89.0
SE 1.946
74.4
CI 70.7 / 77.8
SE 1.774
80.3
CI 75.6 / 84.2
SE 2.136
65 years and over
91.0
CI 87.8 / 93.4
SE 1.382
83.1
CI 80.4 / 85.5
SE 1.269
82.7
CI 79.6 / 85.4
SE 1.436
65-74 years
90.2
CI 86.4 / 93.1
SE 1.650
81.9
CI 78.8 / 84.7
SE 1.460
84.0
CI 80.2 / 87.1
SE 1.712
75-84 years
91.8
CI 86.7 / 95.1
SE 2.025
84.8
CI 80.5 / 88.4
SE 1.949
79.0
CI 73.1 / 84.0
SE 2.715
85 years and over
92.2
CI 79.1 / 97.4
SE 4.086
84.9
CI 73.8 / 91.8
SE 4.385
86.6
CI 75.7 / 93.0
SE 4.211

Highest and lowest rates for Adults who talk to friends and family members about their health: Disparities by Age group, 2017-2020 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired