Health
In 2010, the average man weighed 194.7 pounds (88.3 kg); the average woman 164.7 pounds (74.7 kg). The height of an American man was 5.9 feet (1.8 m) and woman 63.8 inches (1.62 m). The average BMI is 27.3 for males (overweight) and 28.5 for females (more overweight), with average female weight closer to the limit indicated for obesity (BMI about 30) than normal weight (BMI about 18.5–24.9).
As of 2012, an estimated 26% of the population is obese, 21% smoke, and 11% have diabetes.
A nationwide study in 2010 indicated that 19.5% of teens, aged 12–19, have developed "slight" hearing loss. "Slight" was defined as an inability to hear at 16 to 24 decibels.
In 2011, an estimated 1.2 million people were living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of The United States
Famous quotes containing the word health:
“To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on their feet, not on wheels, and work and war with their arms, not with engine-beams, nor rifles warranted to kill twenty men at a shot before you can see them.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“A major difference between witches and psychotherapists is that witches see the mental health of women as having important political consequences.”
—Naomi R. Goldenberg (b. 1947)