2. Life expectancy at birth NOTE: Life expectancy data by Hispanic origin were available starting in 2006. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 1 and Table 16. Data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

3. Infant mortality rates SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 2 and Table 12. Data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

4. Selected causes of death NOTES: Rates are age-adjusted. CLRD is chronic lower respiratory diseases. A change in the coding rules for nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis caused an increase in the number of deaths attributed to diabetes beginning with 2011 data. The trend for diabetes death rates should be interpreted with caution. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 3 and Table 18. Data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

5. Suicide death rates SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 4 and Table 33. Data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

6. Teenage childbearing SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 5 and Table 3. Data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

7. Diabetes prevalence NOTES: The components of diabetes may not sum to the total due to rounding. Undiagnosed diabetes is fasting plasma glucose of at least 126 mg/dL or a hemoglobin A1c of at least 6.5%. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 6 and Table 44. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

8. Disability measures NOTES: Basic actions difficulty captures limitations or difficulties in movement, emotional, sensory, or cognitive functioning associated with a health problem. Complex activity limitation is a construct used to measure disability as defined by the inability to function successfully in certain social roles. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 7 and Table 47. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

9. Cigarette smoking SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 8 and Tables 52 and 56. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Monitoring the Future (MTF) Study.

10. Uncontrolled high blood pressure NOTE: Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a measured systolic blood pressure of at least 140 mm Hg, or a measured diastolic blood pressure of at least 90 mm Hg, among those with measured high blood pressure or who reported taking antihypertensive medication. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 9 and Table 60. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

11. Obesity among children and adolescents, 2009–2012 NOTE: Obesity is body mass index (BMI) at or above the sex- and age-specific 95th percentile BMI cutoff points from the 2000 CDC Growth Charts. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 10 and Table 65. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

12. Overweight and obesity among adults NOTES: Estimates are for adults aged 20 and over. Overweight but not obese is body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25 but less than 30; grade 1 obesity is BMI greater than or equal to 30 but less than 35; grade 2 obesity is BMI greater than or equal to 35 but less than 40; grade 3 obesity is BMI greater than or equal to 40. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 11 and Table 64. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

13. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination NOTES: Estimates are for noninstitutionalized adults. The pneumococcal high-risk group includes persons who reported diabetes; cancer; heart, lung, liver, or kidney disease; or cigarette smoking. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 12 and Tables 74 and 75. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

14. Childhood vaccination, 2013 NOTE: Estimates are for children aged 19–35 months who have completed the 4:3:1:3*:3:1:4 combined series of recommended doses of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; polio; measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles); Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib); hepatitis B; varicella; and pneumococcus. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 13 and Table 72. Data from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, National Immunization Survey (NIS).

15. Colorectal tests and procedures: Adults aged 50–75 NOTE: Includes reports of home fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in the past year, sigmoidoscopy procedure in the past 5 years with FOBT in the past 3 years, or colonoscopy in the past 10 years. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 14 and Table 78. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

16. Health insurance coverage: Adults aged 18–64 SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 15 and Tables 111, 113, and 114. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

17. Health insurance coverage: Adults aged 19–25 SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 16 and Tables 111, 113, and 114. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

18. Emergency department use NOTE: Estimates are for persons who reported at least one emergency department visit in the past 12 months. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 17 and Tables 79 and 80. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

19. Access to health care: Adults aged 18–64 SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 18 and Table 69. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

20. Personal health care expenditures SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 19 and Table 104. Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA).

21. Leading causes of death: Adults aged 55–64 NOTES: CLRD is chronic lower respiratory diseases. A change in the coding rules for nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis caused an increase in the number of deaths attributed to diabetes beginning with 2011 data. The trend for diabetes death rates should be interpreted with caution. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 20. Data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

22. Chronic conditions: Adults aged 55–64 a Defined as respondent report of physician-diagnosed diabetes or undiagnosed diabetes (measured fasting plasma glucose of at least 126 mg/dL or a hemoglobin A1c of at least 6.5%). b Defined as body mass index greater than or equal to 30. c Defined as reporting taking cholesterol-lowering medication or having a measured serum total cholesterol level of at least 240 mg/dL. d Defined as reporting taking antihypertensive medication or having a measured systolic blood pressure of at least 140 mm Hg or a measured diastolic blood pressure of at least 90 mm Hg. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 21. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

23. Psychological distress: Adults aged 55–64 SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 22. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

24. Cigarette smoking: Adults aged 55–64 SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 23. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

25. Physical activity: Adults aged 55–64 * Estimate is considered unreliable and has a relative standard error of 20%–30%. NOTES: Estimates are for the percentage of adults who engaged in leisure-time aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities at levels sufficient to meet the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 24. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

26. Health insurance coverage: Adults aged 55–64 NOTES: Any private coverage includes those with coverage through the workplace or other sources and includes a small percentage of adults with both private and public coverage (3.2% in 2012–2013). Public only includes Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare, military health care (TRICARE/VA/CHAMP–VA), state-sponsored health plans, and other government programs. Persons not covered by private or public coverage were considered uninsured. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 25. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

27. Health care utilization: Adults aged 55–64 NOTE: No visit is no doctor visit, emergency department visit, or hospital stay in the past 12 months. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 26. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

28. Preventive services use: Adults aged 55–64 NOTES: Use is for the past 12 months and can occur for routine screening or for diagnostic reasons. The pneumococcal high-risk group includes persons who reported diabetes; cancer; heart, lung, liver, or kidney disease; or cigarette smoking. Colorectal test or procedure is fecal occult blood test (FOBT) in the past year, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years with FOBT in the past 3 years, or colonoscopy in the past 10 years. Data shown for Pap smear were for 2000 and 2013 and were for women who have not had a hysterectomy. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 27. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

29. Prescription drug use: Adults aged 55–64 NOTES: Use is for the past 30 days. Prescription drug classes shown were based on the Multum Lexicon Plus therapeutic drug class. Antidepressant drugs can be prescribed for a wide variety of clinical reasons. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 28. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

30. Access to health care: Adults aged 55–64 NOTE: Insured respondents had coverage continuously for the year prior to interview, while those categorized as uninsured for all or part of the past year had some period of time without insurance during the year prior to interview. SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, Health, United States, 2014, Figure 29. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).