Source: HIV/AIDS In The US and The World Survey: June 2002
Now, thinking specifically about health…What do you think is the most urgent health problem facing this nation today? Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent?
Subpopulation/Note: Asked of half sample
Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses
27% Cancer19 Health care-cost18 Health insurance/The uninsured17 AIDS or HIV9 Health care-access8 Heart Disease7 Diabetes7 Senior citizens care6 Other specific disease5 Drugs5 Obesity3 Smoking/Cigarettes1 Hunger/Malnutrition1 STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)16 Other9 Don’t know/Refused
Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington Post, Harvard University. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates , June 13-June 23, 2002 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult of 1,402. The sample included an oversample of 100 African Americans and 101 Latinos.