Overview
- The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics analysis of 2024 National Health Interview Survey responses shows 71.5% of adults felt fatigued on multiple days over a three-month span and about one in six experienced fatigue on most days or every day.
- Frequent fatigue was concentrated among women and younger adults, and rates were highest for American Indian and Alaska Native adults and lowest for Asian adults.
- The study found strong co-occurrence between frequent fatigue and other problems: people with frequent fatigue were over three times more likely to report depression symptoms and about twice as likely to report anxiety or cognitive difficulties.
- Frequent fatigue was more common in the South and Midwest, rose as family income fell and increased in less urban areas, but the analysis cannot determine causes or whether rates have changed over time because it is cross-sectional and based on self-report.
- The findings, drawn from roughly 27,000 adults, signal a need for primary-care screening, occupational-health planning and further research to identify drivers and effective interventions while clinicians advise medical evaluation and lifestyle changes for persistent fatigue.