ASTOUNDCOMMERCE.COM ASTOUND HEALTH REPORT 2023 + + Personal Health Self-Evaluations 8% decrease in the number of people who held a positive A majority of consumers (57 percent) viewedview of their own wellness themselves as being in at least “good” health. as compared to 2021 However, despite increased stability and quality of health insurance coverage, we saw an 8 percent decrease in the number of people who held a positive view of their own wellness as compared to+ 2021. Respondents in MENA and LATAM had the People are feeling lessHealth Comparison20212022 most optimistic view of their own health, while those in North America and the UK reported a gloomierpositive about their health outlook—only about half of respondents in both, especially regions described their health as good or better andthan they did last year more than 1 in 10 viewed their own health as “poor.”in North America and the UK 16% Best health 12% GLOBALUK NORTH AMERICALATAM 47% Good health EUROPEMENA 45% 62% 29% 48%50% Average health 45%41% 34% 40%37%40% 34%31% 7% 22%22%24% Poor health 8% 12%11%13%15%11%11% 9%8%8% 1%3%1%1%2%1% 1% 0%0% Worst health Best healthGood healthAverage healthPoor healthWorst health 1% Figure 7: Comparison of global personal health self-evaluations in 2022 versus 2021. Respondents were asked to categorize their overall physical Figure 6: Personal health self-evaluations by quality and by region. Respondents were asked to categorize their overall physical health by envisioning health by envisioning a stepladder with rungs numbered from 5 to 1, where a stepladder with rungs numbered from 5 to 1, where 5 represents the best possible health and 1 indicates the worst possible health.5 represents the best possible health and 1 indicates the worst health. 12 13