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Millennials are less healthy, more depressed than Gen X, new study says

Millennials may not be as healthy as they think they are and may be worse off than Generation X was when they were their age, a new report found.

More than eight in 10 millennials said they considered themselves to be in good or excellent health, but the prevalence of the top 10 health conditions affecting their generation increased from 2014 to 2017, a report released last month by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association says.

The report analyzed the data of 55 million commercially insured millennials, defined as those ages 21 to 36 in 2017, and identified the top 10 conditions affecting their health.