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Polls listed chronologically.
Data are from nationwide surveys
of Americans 18 & older. |
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Misc. Health Care Issues
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Gallup Poll. Nov. 11-14, 2007. N=1,014 adults nationwide.
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"What would you say is the most urgent health problem
facing this country at the present time?"
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Access |
30 |
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Cost |
26 |
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Cancer |
14 |
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Obesity |
10 |
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AIDS |
2 |
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Diabetes |
2 |
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Other |
8 |
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Unsure |
9 |
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Gallup
Poll. Nov. 3-5, 2003. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ±
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"Taking into consideration both your risk of
contracting it and the seriousness of the illness, how worried are you
personally about experiencing the following illnesses:
very worried, somewhat worried, not too worried, or not worried at
all? How about
[see below]?" |
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Very
Worried |
Some-
what
Worried |
Not Too
Worried |
Not
Worried
At All |
Already
Have
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Cancer |
16 |
47 |
19 |
17 |
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Heart disease or heart attack |
13 |
42 |
21 |
22 |
2 |
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Arthritis or Rheumatoid
arthritis |
11 |
35 |
22 |
22 |
10 |
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Diabetes |
11 |
29 |
23 |
33 |
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Stroke |
9 |
34 |
28 |
28 |
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High blood pressure |
9 |
32 |
21 |
28 |
10 |
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Vision loss |
7 |
33 |
26 |
31 |
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AIDS |
7 |
9 |
18 |
66 |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
6 |
31 |
27 |
35 |
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Hearing loss |
5 |
30 |
27 |
35 |
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Emphysema |
5 |
13 |
25 |
54 |
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Influenza, or the flu |
4 |
30 |
29 |
37 |
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Lyme Disease |
3 |
15 |
25 |
56 |
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Parkinson's Disease |
3 |
15 |
32 |
49 |
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| The Harris
Poll. Oct. 14-20, 1998. N=1,013 adults nationwide. |
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you about various diseases and accidents. For each one, please tell me what you think are
the chances of it happening to you, where 10 out of 10 means it is certain to happen, 0
out of 10 means no chance at all. How many chances out of 10 do you think there are that
you will ever [see below]?" |
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Very
Likely
8-10 |
Somewhat
Likely
4-7 |
Not
Likely
1-3 |
No
Chance
0 |
Has
Happened
(vol.) |
Not
Applicable/
Unsure |
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Be seriously hurt in a
car accident |
17 |
50 |
20 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
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Have a heart attack |
17 |
52 |
20 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
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Get breast cancer (women) |
16 |
47 |
22 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
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Have a stroke |
14 |
49 |
23 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
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Get prostate cancer (men) |
12 |
53 |
20 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
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Develop diabetes |
15 |
30 |
31 |
19 |
3 |
2 |
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Get lung cancer |
13 |
32 |
29 |
24 |
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1 |
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Be shot/badly hurt by
a stranger |
8 |
30 |
40 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
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Be hit by your
spouse/partner |
6 |
8 |
24 |
58 |
1 |
4 |
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Be infected with HIV,
the AIDS virus |
3 |
8 |
29 |
58 |
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Additional polls on health policy
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