In 2023, 27.1% of US young adults aged 18–34 years (about 19.9 million people) reported having multiple chronic conditions (2 or more).
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC Preventing Chronic Disease study and independently corroborated by PubMed, PMC full-text, and ResearchGate citation of the same peer-reviewed research. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Trends in Multiple Chronic Conditions Among US Adults ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40245168/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12007472/ (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Overall-and-age-specific-trends-in-the-prevalence-in-1-or-more-chronic-conditions-or_fig1_390893588 (corroboration)