Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) published a report) in 2019 on the Health of Millennials
Millennials are people born between 1981 and 1996
Data not entire inclusive as it only includes 55 million commercially insured millennials
According to this BCBS Health Index Millennials as a group were living at about 95% of their optimal health
Which on first glance looks really good but a deeper dive showed that …
Older millennials (age 34-36) have higher prevalence rates for nearly all of the top 10 conditions than did Generation X members when they were in the same age range
Younger generations facing health challenges at earlier ages than previous generations.
The major decline in health, on average, begins at age 27
Of the top 10 conditions, 6 are behavioral health conditions and 4 are physical health conditions.
The top 10 conditions are (Ranked by Adverse Health Impact):
