5 top states where people are in poor health

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In some states, many people think they're ailing. About 16.4% of the working-age Americans in a typical state reported in 2023 that they were in fair or poor health.

The median was up from 15.6 % in 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, according to new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey program.

Related: Americans report slightly higher vitality for first time since 2022, Cigna study finds