CDC brief finds 5.7 percent of adults lacked reliable transportation in 2022

In 2022, 5.7 p.c of adults reported missing dependable transportation for day by day dwelling, in line with a January knowledge temporary printed by the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention Nationwide Middle for Well being Statistics.

Amanda E. Ng, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the Nationwide Middle for Well being Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues used knowledge from the 2022 Nationwide Well being Interview Survey to current the share of adults who lacked dependable transportation for day by day dwelling prior to now 12 months.

The researchers discovered that 5.7 p.c of adults lacked dependable transportation for day by day dwelling prior to now 12 months in 2022. Girls had been extra prone to lack dependable transportation than males (6.1 versus 5.3 p.c).

In contrast with different race and Hispanic origin teams, Asian non-Hispanic adults had the bottom share of adults who lacked dependable transportation (3.6 p.c).

There was a lower seen in lack of dependable transportation with rising education level and household revenue. In contrast with the nationwide common, the shortage of dependable transportation was extra doubtless for adults dwelling within the West North Central area of america (7.5 p.c) and fewer doubtless for these in New England (4.1 p.c).

“Total, 5.7 p.c of adults lacked dependable transportation, and variations by intercourse, age, race and Hispanic origin, family income, training stage, and geographic area had been noticed,” the authors write.

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