Cognitive Disability Nearly Doubles in Young U.S. Adults Over 11 Years
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Factors Associated With the Rising Trend in Self‐Reported Cognitive Disability Among U.S. Adults Aged 18–39 From 2013–2024
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Medicine · Neurology
Discovery of the day
A new analysis of U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data reveals that self-reported cognitive disability among adults aged 18–39 nearly doubled from 5.1% in 2013 to 9.8% in 2024 — a 93% increase. Researchers found that while socioeconomic indicators such as employment and health insurance coverage improved over the study period, frequent poor mental health days rose significantly from 26.6% to 33.2%, and the trend persisted even after excluding respondents with depression. For a subscriber focused on blood-based proteomic biomarkers and multimodal monitoring in neurodegenerative disease, this epidemiological signal underscores the critical need for objective biomarkers to distinguish perceived cognitive difficulty from prodromal neurodegeneration, especially given the dissociation between declining cardiometabolic risk factors and rising cognitive complaints.
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