This statistic displays the percentage of the U.S. adult population that has been diagnosed with infectious diseases and those self-reporting the condition as of 2019, and the gender distribution. As of that year, 14 percent of the adult population reported that they had a infectious disease. Of these, more than two thirds were women.
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Prevalence of infectious diseases by diagnosis or self-reported in the U.S. as of 2019, by gender
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Kantar Health. (October 7, 2019). Prevalence of infectious diseases by diagnosis or self-reported in the U.S. as of 2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/418340/adult-population-with-infectious-diseases-by-gender/
Kantar Health. "Prevalence of infectious diseases by diagnosis or self-reported in the U.S. as of 2019, by gender ." Chart. October 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/418340/adult-population-with-infectious-diseases-by-gender/
Kantar Health. (2019). Prevalence of infectious diseases by diagnosis or self-reported in the U.S. as of 2019, by gender . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/418340/adult-population-with-infectious-diseases-by-gender/
Kantar Health. "Prevalence of Infectious Diseases by Diagnosis or Self-reported in The U.S. as of 2019, by Gender ." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/418340/adult-population-with-infectious-diseases-by-gender/
Kantar Health, Prevalence of infectious diseases by diagnosis or self-reported in the U.S. as of 2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/418340/adult-population-with-infectious-diseases-by-gender/ (last visited June 24, 2025)
Prevalence of infectious diseases by diagnosis or self-reported in the U.S. as of 2019, by gender [Graph], Kantar Health, October 7, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/418340/adult-population-with-infectious-diseases-by-gender/
