#QUICKSTAT More than 3% of U.S. children and adolescents aged 3-17 have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder bit.ly/4aEGAsK

#STATOFTHEDAY 1 out of 5 Black non-Hispanic adults (19.2%) were diagnosed with arthritis in 2022 bit.ly/NCHS1044 #minorityhealthweek

#STATOFTHEDAY The provisional number of drug overdose deaths reported in the U.S. in the one-year period ending in November 2023 was 109,527 bit.ly/NCHS1001

#STATOFTHEDAY The number of births for Black women declined 1% from 2021 to 2022 bit.ly/NCHS1043 #blackmaternalhealthweek

#STATOFTHEDAY An estimated 73,697 Americans died from a drug overdose involving #fentanyl in the one-year period ending in December 2022 bit.ly/3W29kHv

#STATOFTHEDAY In 2022, the average age of U.S. mothers at first birth rose to 27.4 years, up from 27.3 in 2021, a record high for the nation bit.ly/NCHS1043

The twin birth rates were unchanged from 2021 to 2022, but rates for 2020 through 2022 are the lowest in two decades bit.ly/NCHS1043

#STATOFTHEDAY 1 out of 8 U.S. adults regularly had feelings of worry, nervousness, or anxiety for adults during the first half of 2023 bit.ly/4aFDjZP #StressAwarenessMonth

#STATOFTHEDAY Births increased 2% for Asian and 6% for Hispanic women from 2021 to 2022 bit.ly/NCHS1043 #MinorityHealthMonth

#STATOFTHEDAY Cancer was the leading cause of death among the Asian population in 2021 bit.ly/3xgXL4F #MinorityHealthMonth

BLOG: Beyond the Checkbox: New Standards for Health Data Reflect the Nation’s Diversity bit.ly/3TPDk6D

#QUICKSTAT Life expectancy at birth for the U.S. population in 2022 was 77.5 years, an increase from 76.4 years in 2021 bit.ly/4cMdiJW

In 2022, Medicaid was the source of payment for more than 40% of births. bit.ly/NCHS1043

From 2021 to 2022, the percentage of females who smoked during pregnancy declined almost 4% bit.ly/NCHS1043

Teen birth rate in the U.S. declined 2% from 2021 to 2022 bit.ly/NCHS1043

From 2021 to 2022, the general fertility rate (births per 1,000 females aged 15–44) declined in 28 states and D.C. and rose in three states bit.ly/NCHS1043

The preterm birth rate in the U.S. declined 1% from 2022 to 2021 bit.ly/NCHS1043

In 2022, the general fertility rate in U.S. was 56.0 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44, down 1% from 2021 bit.ly/NCHS1043

In 2022, the average age of U.S. mothers at first birth rose to 27.4 years, up from 27.3 in 2021, a record high for the nation bit.ly/NCHS1043

#STATOFTHEDAY A total of 3,667,758 births occurred in the United States in 2022, essentially unchanged from 2021 bit.ly/NCHS1043