Overview
- The National Center for Health Statistics used responses from about 27,000 adults in the 2024 National Health Interview Survey to produce the report released in early September 2026 and found 71.5% of adults experienced fatigue on multiple days over a three-month period.
- About one in six adults said they felt very tired or exhausted on most days or every day, with 10.7% reporting most days and 5.9% reporting every day.
- Frequent fatigue was more common among women (20% versus 13% of men) and highest in adults ages 18–34 (about 19.5%), while adults 65 and older reported the lowest rate (12.9%).
- The report documents stark demographic gaps: American Indian and Alaska Native adults had the highest frequent-fatigue rate (25.5%) and Asian adults the lowest (9.1%), with higher rates in the South and Midwest and among lower-income and less urban populations.
- Adults with frequent fatigue were more than three times as likely to have depressive symptoms and about twice as likely to report cognitive difficulties or anxiety, and the cross-sectional design means the study cannot identify causes or trends, leaving room for more clinical screening, research and public-health action.