The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released 1993-2010 overall U.S. and state trend data for Health-Related Quality of Life, which suggests more Americans are self-reporting fair or poor health statuses.
The CDC's HRQOL questions ask about recent perceived physical and mental health and activity limitations. Healthy People 2000, 2010, and 2020 identified quality of life improvement as a central public health goal, and HRQOL was designed to help monitor progress in achieving that objective.
The HRQOL shows the percentage of Americans reporting fair or poor health has steadily increased from 13.4 percent in 1993 to 16.1 percent in 2010. The statistics also show the average number of physically unhealthy days has grown from 3.0 days in 1993 to 3.7 days in 2010.
The CDC's HRQOL questions ask about recent perceived physical and mental health and activity limitations. Healthy People 2000, 2010, and 2020 identified quality of life improvement as a central public health goal, and HRQOL was designed to help monitor progress in achieving that objective.
The HRQOL shows the percentage of Americans reporting fair or poor health has steadily increased from 13.4 percent in 1993 to 16.1 percent in 2010. The statistics also show the average number of physically unhealthy days has grown from 3.0 days in 1993 to 3.7 days in 2010.
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