{"id":7459,"date":"2023-09-26T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/?p=7459"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:59:35","slug":"new-reports-examine-long-covid-in-adults-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/2023\/09\/26\/7459\/","title":{"rendered":"New Reports Examine Long COVID in Adults and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB479-Children-Long-COVID.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7463\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB479-Children-Long-COVID-300x169.png\" alt=\"The image shows a child wearing a mask and the text, \u201cIn 2022, 1.3% of children had ever had Long COVID.\u201d\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB479-Children-Long-COVID-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB479-Children-Long-COVID-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB479-Children-Long-COVID-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB479-Children-Long-COVID.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB480-Adult-Long-COVID.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7460\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB480-Adult-Long-COVID-300x169.png\" alt=\"The image shows an adult wearing a mask and the text, \u201cIn 2022, 6.9% of adults had ever had Long COVID.\u201d\" width=\"306\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB480-Adult-Long-COVID-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB480-Adult-Long-COVID-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB480-Adult-Long-COVID-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cdc.gov\/nchs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/09\/SMG-DB480-Adult-Long-COVID.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>NCHS has released two new data brief reports, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db480.pdf\">Long COVID in Adults: United States, 2022<\/a>,\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/databriefs\/db479.pdf\">Long COVID in Children: United States, 2022<\/a>,\u201d that describe the percentage of individuals who have ever had or currently have Long COVID by sociodemographic and geographic characteristics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/long-term-effects\/\">Long COVID<\/a> was defined as self-reporting the presence of symptoms for at least 3 months after having COVID-19 among those who reported either a positive test or a doctor\u2019s diagnosis of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<h3>FINDINGS FROM THE ADULT DATA BRIEF<\/h3>\n<p>In 2022, 6.9% of adults ever had Long COVID and 3.4% of adults had Long COVID at the time of the interview (currently have Long COVID).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The percentage of adults who ever had Long COVID was higher among women (8.5%) compared to men (5.2%). Women (4.4%) were also more likely than men (2.3%) to currently have Long COVID.<\/li>\n<li>Adults aged 35\u201249 (8.9%) were more likely than adults ages 18\u201234 (6.9%), 50\u201264 (7.6%), and 65 and older (4.1%) to ever have Long COVID.<\/li>\n<li>Asian non-Hispanic adults (2.6%) were less likely than Black, non-Hispanic (5.4%); White, non-Hispanic (7.1%); and Hispanic (8.3%) adults to ever have Long COVID.<\/li>\n<li>Adults with family incomes at 400% or more of the federal poverty level were less likely than those with family incomes at 200%\u2012399% of the federal poverty level to have ever had or currently have Long COVID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>FINDINGS FROM THE CHILD DATA BRIEF<\/h3>\n<p>In 2022, 1.3% of children ever had Long COVID, and 0.5% of children had Long COVID at the time of the interview (currently have Long COVID).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Girls (1.6%) were more likely than boys (0.9%) to have ever had Long COVID.<\/li>\n<li>Children ages 12\u201217 years were more likely than those ages 0\u20125 years and those ages 6\u201211 years to have ever had or currently have Long COVID.<\/li>\n<li>Hispanic children (1.9%) were more likely than Asian, non-Hispanic (0.2%) and Black, non-Hispanic children (0.6%) to have ever had Long COVID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These reports use data from the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nhis\/index.htm\">National Health Interview Survey<\/a>. Information about children is based on parent-reported data. NHIS is a nationally representative household survey of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. It is conducted continuously throughout the year by CDC\u2019s National Center for Health Statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCHS has released two new data brief reports, \u201cLong COVID in Adults: United States, 2022,\u201d and \u201cLong COVID in Children: United States, 2022,\u201d that describe the percentage of individuals who have ever had or currently have Long COVID by sociodemographic and geographic characteristics. 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