Read the Room

The archive

Medicine

What percentage of American adults had a routine wellness check-up in the past year?

80.6% of American adults had a routine wellness check-up in the past year — about 81 in every 100, or 8 in 10. That is the figure published by the National Health Interview Survey for 2025.

0 in 100100 in 100
80.6

Where this number comes from

Survey
National Health Interview Survey
What it measured
Based on questions that ascertain among those with a doctor visit in the past 12 months, "Was this a wellness visit, physical, or general purpose check-up ?" or a response of "within the past year" to the question "About how long has it been since you last saw a doctor or other health professional for a wellness visit, physical, or general purpose check-up?"
Population
U.S. adults aged 18 and over
Year
2025
95% confidence interval
79.9% to 81.3%

Work of the U.S. federal government - public domain. See the source data

Related questions

Now guess five of these cold.

No account, nothing to install, and you can play right now.

Play five on medicineTake the test