13.5% of U.S. Adults Felt Very Tired Most Days in 2022, Young Women Most of All

In 2022, 13.5% of U.S. adults said they had felt very tired or exhausted most days or every day in the past three months, according to the National Health Interview Survey. The share fell with age.

Adults 18 and over who felt very tired or exhausted most days or every day in the past three months, by sex and age group, 2022, with 95% confidence intervals. CDC, National Center for Health Statistics.

• Women were more likely than men to feel this tired in every age group.
• The fall with age was steeper among women, from 20.3% of the youngest to 11.5% of the oldest.

How it was measured

Adults were asked how often in the past three months they had felt very tired or exhausted: never, some days, most days or every day. The estimates come from household interviews with a sample of the civilian, non-institutionalised population.

Sources

• Lauren Bottoms-McClain and Amanda E. Ng, "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Felt Very Tired or Exhausted Most Days or Every Day in the Past 3 Months, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022," MMWR. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7245a7.htm
• National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2022.