UNITED STATES, August 9, 2024 (CDC): This report describes national estimates for adults age 18 and older who practiced yoga, and among those, adults who practiced yoga to restore overall health, for meditation as part of yoga, or to treat or manage pain. The estimates are reported by sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, and family income using data from NHIS. In 2022, the age-adjusted percentage of adults who practiced yoga was 16.9%. Of these adults, 80.0% practiced yoga to restore overall health, 57.4% practiced meditation as part of yoga, and 28.8% practiced yoga to treat or manage pain. Adults ages 18–44, women, and adults with family incomes at 400% of poverty level or more were most likely to practice yoga. Asian and White adults were more likely than adults of other racial and ethnic groups to practice yoga.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db501.htm#Key_finding

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