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

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

Population 2017 2019 2020 2022
American Indian or Alaska Native only
65.9
CI 32.4 / 88.6
SE 15.592
78.4
CI 47.4 / 93.6
SE 11.740
77.9
CI 48.4 / 93.0
SE 11.360
81.3
CI 58.0 / 104.5
SE 11.576
Asian only
90.1
CI 82.7 / 94.5
SE 2.849
76.8
CI 67.8 / 83.9
SE 4.016
79.4
CI 66.0 / 88.4
SE 5.589
78.4
CI 68.5 / 88.3
SE 4.932
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
68.6
CI 19.0 / 95.3
SE 23.901
63.1
CI 27.2 / 88.7
SE 17.628
63.7
CI 34.6 / 85.3
SE 13.769
43.7
CI 23.3 / 64.1
SE 10.157
Black or African American only
88.4
CI 82.5 / 92.5
SE 2.457
77.2
CI 69.8 / 83.3
SE 3.361
79.1
CI 73.9 / 83.6
SE 2.410
77.2
CI 71.6 / 82.8
SE 2.803
White only
87.6
CI 84.4 / 90.1
SE 1.411
78.6
CI 75.5 / 81.5
SE 1.496
83.0
CI 80.7 / 85.0
SE 1.089
81.9
CI 79.8 / 84.0
SE 1.050
2 or more races
80.4
CI 66.9 / 89.2
SE 5.549
85.9
CI 76.0 / 92.2
SE 3.949
79.2
CI 58.3 / 91.2
SE 8.218
78.2
CI 68.3 / 88.1
SE 4.938
Hispanic or Latino
82.0
CI 74.2 / 87.9
SE 3.401
76.5
CI 70.5 / 81.6
SE 2.756
76.0
CI 70.5 / 80.9
SE 2.588
72.2
CI 66.4 / 78.0
SE 2.889
Not Hispanic or Latino
87.9
CI 85.0 / 90.3
SE 1.328
79.1
CI 76.6 / 81.5
SE 1.223
82.3
CI 79.6 / 84.6
SE 1.242
81.5
CI 79.6 / 83.5
SE 0.989
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
43.7
CI 7.8 / 87.7
SE 27.170
81.5
CI 2.0 / 99.9
SE 40.457
80.5
CI 41.9 / 96.0
SE 13.621
89.3
CI 66.3 / 112.4
SE 11.471
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
90.2
CI 82.4 / 94.7
SE 2.951
77.5
CI 68.2 / 84.7
SE 4.124
78.5
CI 64.4 / 88.1
SE 5.910
77.9
CI 67.7 / 88.0
SE 5.056
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
75.3
CI 8.5 / 99.0
SE 32.296
63.7
CI 9.9 / 96.6
SE 31.895
67.8
CI 30.4 / 91.0
SE 17.075
87.3
CI 69.0 / 105.5
SE 9.096
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
87.6
CI 81.0 / 92.2
SE 2.754
76.9
CI 68.7 / 83.5
SE 3.673
78.2
CI 72.3 / 83.1
SE 2.685
77.0
CI 70.8 / 83.3
SE 3.131
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
88.1
CI 84.4 / 91.1
SE 1.653
79.3
CI 76.0 / 82.3
SE 1.570
83.7
CI 81.0 / 86.0
SE 1.238
83.2
CI 81.1 / 85.4
SE 1.084
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
84.3
CI 69.5 / 92.7
SE 5.645
88.6
CI 76.5 / 94.9
SE 4.363
75.7
CI 45.1 / 92.2
SE 12.204
76.3
CI 63.9 / 88.6
SE 6.141

Highest and lowest rates for Adults who talk to friends and family members about their health: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired