According to 35 percent of adults in the U.S., measles posed a severe threat to global public health as of 2019. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019.
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Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Ebola
39%
Measles
35%
West Nile Virus
31%
H1N1/Swine Flu
27%
Smallpox
26%
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
24%
Lyme Disease
21%
Polio
21%
Rabies
19%
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Original question: "How much of a threat, if at all, do you believe each of the following represent to public health outside the United States?" (percentage who say 'severe threat'
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YouGov. (July 19, 2019). Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076466/severe-threat-public-health-threat-global-us-by-select-diseases/
YouGov. "Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019." Chart. July 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076466/severe-threat-public-health-threat-global-us-by-select-diseases/
YouGov. (2019). Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076466/severe-threat-public-health-threat-global-us-by-select-diseases/
YouGov. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Believed Select Diseases Were a Severe Threat to Global Public Health as of 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076466/severe-threat-public-health-threat-global-us-by-select-diseases/
YouGov, Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076466/severe-threat-public-health-threat-global-us-by-select-diseases/ (last visited July 14, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select diseases were a severe threat to global public health as of 2019 [Graph], YouGov, July 19, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1076466/severe-threat-public-health-threat-global-us-by-select-diseases/
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