Women more often reported frequent fatigue than men in a CDC analysis of a 2024 national survey: 20% versus 13% over the previous three months. The report defined it as feeling exhausted most days or every day; 16.6% of adults met that definition.
Overall, 71.5% of surveyed adults reported feeling exhausted on at least some days. Among those with frequent fatigue, 36% said it affected their ability to work and 29% said it limited social activities. Anxiety symptoms (69.6%), cognitive difficulty (46.1%) and depressive symptoms (45%) were also reported in this group, but the data do not show that one condition caused another.
Frequent fatigue was more common among adults ages 18–34 (19.5%) than among those 65 and older (12.9%). The CDC said its survey category is not a clinical diagnosis and cannot identify individual causes. The report also does not show whether fatigue rates have changed over time.
