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Health in the United States[edit]

Life expectancy in the United States is 78.9 years at birth, 37th in the world.^[1]

Non-communicable disease[edit]

Obesity[edit]

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Mental illness[edit]

In 2018, 19.1% of adults in the United States lived with a mental illness.^[2] Mental illness is one of the most common causes of disability in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The United States has the ninth highest suicide rate in among OECD members.^[3] 47,173 people in the United States committed suicide in 2017, for a rate of 14.5 deaths per 100,000 people. Suicide is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States, and the second most common cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 34.^[4] Between 1999 and 2014, the age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States increased 24%, from 10.5 to 13.0 per 100,000.^[5]

Addiction[edit]

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Communicable disease[edit]

Influenza[edit]

About 8.3% of people in the United States become sick with influenza each flu season,^[6] leading to between 12,000 and 56,000 annual deaths.^[7]

Sexually transmitted infections[edit]

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health challenge in the United States. The CDC estimates that there were 110 million total STIs and 19.7 million new STIs in the United States in 2008. Of the estimated 19.7 million new sexually transmitted infections, nearly half affected people between the ages of 15 and 24.^[8] Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the two most common notifiable diseases in the United States.^[9]

HIV/AIDS[edit]

The CDC estimates that 1.2 million people were living with HIV in the United States in 2018.^[10]

COVID-19[edit]

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Vaccination[edit]

For the 2017-18 school year, 94.3% of kindergarten students in the United States were immunized for measles, mumps and rubella, 95.1% for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis and 93.8% for varicella.^[11]

Vaccine hesitancy, especially about the influenza vaccine, is prevalent in the United States. A 2019 survey found that 1 in 15 U.S. parents were hesitant about routine childhood vaccinations, and more than 1 in 4 were hesitant about the influenza vaccine.^[12] In 2019, the World Health Organization listed vaccine hesitancy as among the top ten threats to global health.^[13] The frequency of vaccination exemptions in some religious communities in the United States poses a threat to herd immunity.^[14] The recent resurgence of measles and pertussis in the United States has been attributed to vaccine hesitancy.^[15]^[16]

References[edit]

^ Conceição, Pedro; et al. (2019). "Human Development Report 2019" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-126439-5.
^ Lipari, Rachel N.; Park-Lee, Eunice (August 2019). "Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health" (PDF). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
^ "Suicide rates". OECD. doi:10.1787/a82f3459-en. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ Heron, Melonie (24 June 2019). "Deaths: Leading causes for 2017" (PDF). National Vital Statistics Reports. 68 (6). National Center for Health Statistics.
^ Curtin, Sally C.; et al. (April 2016). "Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999–2014" (PDF). NCHS data brief, no. 241. National Center for Health Statistics.
^ Tokars, Jerome I.; et al. (15 May 2018). "Seasonal Incidence of Symptomatic Influenza in the United States". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 66 (10): 1511–18. doi:10.1093/cid/cix1060.
^ Rolfes, Melissa A.; Foppa, Ivo M.; Garg, Shikha; Flannery, Brendan; Brammer, Lynnette; Singleton, James A.; Burns, Erin; Jernigan, Daniel; Olsen, Sonja J.; Bresee, Joseph; Reed, Carrie (14 February 2018). "Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness". Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 12 (1): 132–137. doi:10.1111/irv.12486. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
^ Satterwhite, Catherine L.; et al. (March 2013). "Sexually Transmitted Infections Among US Women and Men: Prevalence and Incidence Estimates, 2008". Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 40 (3): 187–93. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318286bb53. PMID 23403598.
^ "Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2018" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. October 2019.
^ "Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2018" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. May 2020.
^ Mellerson, Jenelle L.; et al. (12 October 2018). "Vaccination Coverage for Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2017–18 School Year". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 67 (40): 1115–22. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6740a3.
^ Kempe, Allison; et al. (July 2020). "Parental Hesitancy About Routine Childhood and Influenza Vaccinations: A National Survey". Pediatrics. 146 (1). doi:10.1542/peds.2019-3852.
^ Akbar, Rada. "Ten threats to global health in 2019". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
^ May, Thomas; Silverman, Ross D. (7 March 2003). "'Clustering of exemptions' as a collective action threat to herd immunity". Vaccine. 21 (11–12): 1048–51. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00627-8.
^ Phadke, Varun K.; et al. (15 March 2016). "Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States: A Review of Measles and Pertussis". Journal of the American Medical Association. 315 (11): 1149–58. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.1353. PMID 26978210.
^ Collins, Francis (22 March 2016). "Resurgence of Measles, Pertussis Fueled by Vaccine Refusals". NIH Director's Blog.

[1] Conceição, Pedro; et al. (2019). "Human Development Report 2019" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. ISBN 978-92-1-126439-5.

[2] Lipari, Rachel N.; Park-Lee, Eunice (August 2019). "Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health" (PDF). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

[3] "Suicide rates". OECD. doi:10.1787/a82f3459-en. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[4] Heron, Melonie (24 June 2019). "Deaths: Leading causes for 2017" (PDF). National Vital Statistics Reports. 68 (6). National Center for Health Statistics.

[5] Curtin, Sally C.; et al. (April 2016). "Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999–2014" (PDF). NCHS data brief, no. 241. National Center for Health Statistics.

[6] Tokars, Jerome I.; et al. (15 May 2018). "Seasonal Incidence of Symptomatic Influenza in the United States". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 66 (10): 1511–18. doi:10.1093/cid/cix1060.

[7] Rolfes, Melissa A.; Foppa, Ivo M.; Garg, Shikha; Flannery, Brendan; Brammer, Lynnette; Singleton, James A.; Burns, Erin; Jernigan, Daniel; Olsen, Sonja J.; Bresee, Joseph; Reed, Carrie (14 February 2018). "Annual estimates of the burden of seasonal influenza in the United States: A tool for strengthening influenza surveillance and preparedness". Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 12 (1): 132–137. doi:10.1111/irv.12486. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)

[8] Satterwhite, Catherine L.; et al. (March 2013). "Sexually Transmitted Infections Among US Women and Men: Prevalence and Incidence Estimates, 2008". Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 40 (3): 187–93. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318286bb53. PMID 23403598.

[9] "Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2018" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. October 2019.

[CDC-HIV-10] "Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2018" (PDF). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. May 2020.

[11] Mellerson, Jenelle L.; et al. (12 October 2018). "Vaccination Coverage for Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2017–18 School Year". Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 67 (40): 1115–22. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6740a3.

[12] Kempe, Allison; et al. (July 2020). "Parental Hesitancy About Routine Childhood and Influenza Vaccinations: A National Survey". Pediatrics. 146 (1). doi:10.1542/peds.2019-3852.

[13] Akbar, Rada. "Ten threats to global health in 2019". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[14] May, Thomas; Silverman, Ross D. (7 March 2003). "'Clustering of exemptions' as a collective action threat to herd immunity". Vaccine. 21 (11–12): 1048–51. doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00627-8.

[15] Phadke, Varun K.; et al. (15 March 2016). "Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States: A Review of Measles and Pertussis". Journal of the American Medical Association. 315 (11): 1149–58. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.1353. PMID 26978210.

[16] Collins, Francis (22 March 2016). "Resurgence of Measles, Pertussis Fueled by Vaccine Refusals". NIH Director's Blog.

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