FIGURE 2.

Percentage* of engaging in health-related risk behaviors,^† by adults aged 18–34 years with and without reported chronic conditions^§ — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2019

* 95% CIs indicated by error bars; prevalence of physical inactivity is significantly different (p<0.05) between those with and without the following conditions: any condition, obesity, high blood pressure, and other; prevalence of binge drinking is significantly different (p<0.05) between those with and without the following conditions: any condition, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression; prevalence of current smoking is significantly different (p<0.05) between those with and without each condition.

^† Health-related risk behaviors were defined as follows: physical inactivity (other than regular job, not engaging in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise during the past month); binge drinking (males having five or more drinks on one occasion, females having four or more drinks on one occasion); current smoking (smoking ≥100 cigarettes in one’s lifetime and still smoking on at least some days).

^§ Other includes the following conditions: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, diabetes, heart disease/stroke, and kidney disease.