{"id":719,"date":"2025-03-13T16:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T17:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/?p=719"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:29:35","slug":"views-of-mental-physical-health-lowest-in-almost-25-years-gallup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thenewamore.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/views-of-mental-physical-health-lowest-in-almost-25-years-gallup\/","title":{"rendered":"Views of mental, physical health lowest in almost 25 years: Gallup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Americans\u2019 views of their mental and physical health are at the lowest point in nearly 25 years, a downturn that accelerated at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued since, according to a Gallup survey<\/a> published Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The poll found that some three-quarters of Americans said their mental health (at 75 percent) and physical health (at 76 percent) were \u201cexcellent\u201d or \u201cgood.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The number of respondents who described their mental health as \u201cexcellent\u201d shrunk to 31 percent. Regarding physical health, those characterizing it as \u201cexcellent\u201d went down to 24 percent, Gallup found.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The highest number of Americans who gave their mental health a positive rating was 89 percent in 2012. For physical health, the peak was in 2003, at 82 percent.<\/p>\n

The survey marked a low in 2022, when the number of Americans who said their mental health rating was \u201cexcellent\u201d dropped to 31 percent<\/a>. The lowest figure for physical health was in 2023 at 24 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gallup noted those numbers remained fairly level into 2024, a year after the federal government announced the COVID-19 health emergency was over.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Americans\u2019 perception of their mental health has seen a decline across all major racial, education, income, religious, gender and age groups, but a notable drop off has been among younger adults, particularly young women, according to Gallup. <\/p>\n

Comparing the results in five-year groupings from 2010-14 and 2020-24, respondents aged 18-29 who reported their mental health was excellent dropped by 27 points. For those between ages of 30 and 49, the rating for excellent mental health dropped by 16 points.<\/p>\n

The perception of mental health quality among young women was at 29 percent, down 15 points over the decade through 2024.<\/p>\n

Declines in mental health appear smaller in older age groups. For those aged 50-64, it dropped 6 points and hovered around 37 percent, according to the survey. For those aged 65 and above, the drop off was 4 points and was at 40 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The poll was conducted Nov. 6-20 last year among 1,001 adults. The margin of error was 4 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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