CDC’s Household Pulse Survey Data on Long COVID
Below you will find stats & some interpretations of the CDC’s Household Pulse Survey Data on Long COVID. All data for USA & those 18 years & up. Collected in December of 2022.
- 28% of the 127 million of Americans who have had COVID-19 (at least the ones that officially have been recorded to have it) have developed Long COVID – (35.56 million people)
- 14% of adults who ever report having COVID reporting currently experiencing Long COVID
- 80% of adults with self-reported Long COVID report activity limitations from their illness
- 25% of adults with self-reported Long COVID report severe activity limitations
- 6.78% currently living with Long COVID – (17.5 million people)
- 5.21% with activity limitations – (13.5 million people)
- 1.63% with significant activity limitations – (4.2 million people)
*** These last 3 percentages were changed, fixed, from one of the linked sources
Sources:
1. https://usafacts.org/articles/here-are-the-ages-likely-to-get-long-covid/
2. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Pn1J63kppYu1SZC0Mi7VqrlZYrEY9ev4OviaqkgEBhQ/edit#gid=0