Percentage of Americans Feeling Healthy Rises

Following is a summary of the latest Gallup daily survey of Americans’ assessment of their health.

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Release                Percent        Percent
Date                  Energized       Ailing
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October 26, 2011         52             33
October 25, 2011         51             34
October 24, 2011         52             33
October 23, 2011         55             31
October 22, 2011         52             35
October 21, 2011         47             36
October 20, 2011         49             36
October 19, 2011         49             34
October 18, 2011         50             33
October 17, 2011         49             33
October 16, 2011         55             33
October 15, 2011         56             31
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Release                Percent        Percent
Date                  Energized       Ailing
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October 13, 2011         48             34
October 12, 2011         51             32
October 11, 2011         51             34
October 10, 2011         49             37
October 9, 2011          59             28
October 8, 2011          57             31
October 7, 2011          54             33
October 6, 2011          49             37
October 5, 2011          51             32
October 4, 2011          52             33
October 3, 2011          50             33
October 2, 2011          55             33
October 1, 2011          52             34
September 30, 2011       50             35
September 29, 2011       51             31
September 28, 2011       50             34
September 27, 2011       48             36
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Release                Percent        Percent
Date                  Energized       Ailing
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September 26, 2011       49             33
September 25, 2011       58             28
September 24, 2011       56             29
September 23, 2011       51             34
September 22, 2011       52             32
September 21, 2011       51             31
September 20, 2011       51             32
September 19, 2011       51             31
September 18, 2011       55             29
September 17, 2011       54             32
September 16, 2011       51             34
September 15, 2011       52             32
September 14, 2011       49             34
September 13, 2011       52             32
September 12, 2011       51             31
September 11, 2011       60             26
September 10, 2011       58             28
September 9, 2011        49             32
September 8, 2011        47             37
September 7, 2011        51             32
September 6, 2011        54             31
September 5, 2011        56             31
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Note: In the Gallup-Healthways survey, ailing Americans are those
who said they were in pain, had a headache, a cold or the flu.
Energized Americans said they were not sick and felt well-rested.
Gallup Daily tracks Americans’ views on politics, economics and
well-being, conducting 1,000 or more interviews each night and
posting new numbers each day at 1 p.m. ET.

Source: Gallup     www.gallup.com

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Marco Babic at  mbabic@bloomberg.net