Health of Asian Population

• Number of births: 215,738
• Births per 1,000 women ages 15–44: 47.8

Source: Births: Final Data for 2023 [PDF – 2 MB]

• Percent of adults age 18 and older in fair or poor health: 11.9% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of children younger than age 18 in fair or poor health: 1.0% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of adults age 18 and older who currently smoke cigarettes: 3.8% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of men age 20 and older with obesity: 14.2% (2015-2018)
• Percent of women age 20 and older with obesity: 16.0% (2015-2018)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, Table 26 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• Percent of men age 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure or taking high blood pressure medication): 51.0% (2017-March 2020)
• Percent of women age 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure or taking high blood pressure medication): 40.7% (2017-March 2020)

Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Published by: Health, United States. Table Htn and NCHS Data Query System.

• Percent of adults age 18–64 without health insurance coverage at the time of interview: 5.8% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of children younger than age 18 without health insurance coverage at the time of interview: 3.3% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Number of deaths: 85,769
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 414.6

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2023) via CDC WONDER

• Cancer
• Heart disease
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases)

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality data (2023) via CDC WONDER

• Infant deaths per 1,000 live births: 3.44

Source: Infant Mortality in the United States, 2023: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File, Table 1 [PDF – 633 KB]

• Birth Data
• Linked Birth and Infant Death Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• National Health Interview Survey
• Office of Minority Health