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Washington, DC-Americans’s mental and physical health reviews are the least positive, which they have been in Gallup’s 24-year trend, which reflects a decade falling around 2013, and accelerated with the onset of Covade 19 pandemic diseases in 2020.
Three out of four in the latest annual reading of Gallups classify their mental health (75 %) and their physical health (76 %) is either “excellent” or “good”. This record is contradictory with high 89 %, which recently classifies their mental health as 2012, and is high of 82 % for physical health in 2003.
Since very few Americans have given a positive status to their mental and physical health, most of the change has been in the percentage of “best” ratings.
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Gallup has asked adults every November since 2001 to classify their physical and mental health, the best, good, a, just fair or poor. The latest data is from Gallup’s 6-20, 2024, Health and Healthcare Survey, a part of the Gallup West Health Partnership to study health care in the United States.
Recent results have echoed that Gallup reported it in 2022, when Americans’ “excellent” mental health rankings decreased by 31 %. The lowest reading for physical health was recorded at 24 %, first in 2023. And despite the federal government’s announcement in 2023 in 2023, both of them remained at the level that the Code 19 health emergency had ended and it was very disturbed.
Supporting physical health exploration, separate gallup research has already found a significant increase in reports of Americans self -obese before pandemic diseases, which has increased six percent of the points between 2019 and 2023, as well as a reduction in healthy foods.
Mental health rating is rapidly low in 18 to 29 women
Since 2020, the permanent classification of Americans’ mental health has been permanently dimmed, compared to the same vote, it is possible to provide the opportunity to combine data in several years to examine the trend between small population sub -groups.
Statistics analysis in most five -year -old groups since 2001 shows that ideas about Americans’ mental health have occurred throughout the society, including all major gender, age, ethnic, education, income, religious and political party groups. This fall has been particularly sharp in young women, especially young women, especially young women.
Comparing the results of 2020-2024 with 2010-2014, which was a high point for mental health studies in this century, Gallup found:
- The rate of children between the ages of 18 to 29, which is reporting excellent mental health, has dropped by 27 points to 24 %, and in children ages 30 to 49, percentage of children have dropped from 16 points to 30 percent.
- It contradicts the reduction of single digits in old groups, they are 50 to 64 (less than six points 37 %) and they 65 and more (below four points 40 % below 40 %).
The mental health of the mental health has been slightly worse in women (less than 15 points 29 %) (less than 12 points to 37 %) than men. However, focusing on age groups within the gender reduces especially in young women.
- Only 15 % Women of 18-29 years From 2020 to 2024 polling states that their mental health is excellent, which is 33 points less than 48 % of women of that age, which is the same in 2010-2014. This reflects a 19-point reduction among young women from 2010-2014 to 2015-2019, followed by a 14-point reduction.
- It exceeds a well -20 -point reduction Men at the age of 18-29 During the same time frame, in 2010-2014, it fell from 53 % to 33 % in 2020-2024. Most of the decline has occurred in the latest period, since 2015-2019.
- On the contrary, the maximum mental health notifications were slightly less Women of 30 to 49 years Compared to Men 30 to 49 In 2010-2014 vs. 2020-2024, 18 points respectively and 14 points respectively.
- The mental health rating of Women and men 50-64 years of age as well as women and men 65+, In 2010-2014, the latest reading is less than seven points in the latest reading today.
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Mental health struggle is also linked to other population sub -groups
Historically, white and black adults, college graduates and middle and high -income Americans have reported better mental health than their counterparts. But perhaps because they had a higher distance to fall, these groups show a slight reduction over the past decade than others.
Although the unprecedented Americans were like the Protestant and the Catholic (two major American religious groups) who described their mental health in 2010-2014, their chances have been reduced.
On the contrary, Republicans have been more likely to report permanent mental health than Democrats and independent candidates, and this is the case as the best mental health rate in all three groups of the party has decreased.
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Having a partner of life does not give people refuge in mental health difficulties, as is seen in the rapid decline in adults living with married or partner, their mental health is excellent. Adults’ mental health reports that have never been married have worsened over the past decade, while divorces or widows have seen little change in their already classification.
Physical health rating is different from gender and age
Physical health notifications varies in gender/age groups, of which men from 18 years of age are reported from 38 % to 29 years of age that they are 18 % lower in the best physical health in 65 -year -old men. However, since 2010-2014, the reduction in view is relatively little discrimination, which is different from a 10-point reduction in the best health rating in young people in two times and up to three points in young women and 50 to 64 men. Older women maintain this style, reports of their physical health increase slightly, which increases from 17 % to 21 %.
Long-term, since 2001-2004, young men (-9 points), young women (-8) and 30-49 years of age have decreased more physical health notifications, or are seen in older adults in two-time periods, or unlike senior women.
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Down line
It seems that Kovide 19 pandemic has been an important place for Americans about their mental and physical health, which is already ongoing.
Changing how people feel their mental health since epidemic disease can reflect many dynamics: anxiety caused by the Kovide 19 crisis. Increased public and medical aid on mental health during this period; And reducing dishonor around recognizing the challenges of mental health. Supporting the assumption that has increased anxiety, this is a factor, Gallup’s ongoing national health and welfare index documents rapidly increase the medical diagnosis of depression among Americans since 2019.
Being worse in the US’s physical health reports has been distributed lightly and more equally in society. However, the maximum reduction in these impressions of young adults, which they are in the best health, is more investigating, and this is something that will monitor the Gallup and West Health in the future updates of this survey.
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