This statistic shows a distribution of the most urgent health problems as perceived by Americans in 2016. As of 2016, some 12 percent of respondents perceived cancer as the main health problem for the United States.
Original question: "What would you say is the most urgent health problem facing this country at the present time?"
Percentage may not equal 100 percent due to rounding.
* Less than 1 percent.
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Gallup. (December 7, 2016). Distribution of most urgent health problems facing the U.S. perceived by Americans in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257805/most-urgent-health-problems-as-perceived-by-us-americans/
Gallup. "Distribution of most urgent health problems facing the U.S. perceived by Americans in 2016." Chart. December 7, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257805/most-urgent-health-problems-as-perceived-by-us-americans/
Gallup. (2016). Distribution of most urgent health problems facing the U.S. perceived by Americans in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257805/most-urgent-health-problems-as-perceived-by-us-americans/
Gallup. "Distribution of Most Urgent Health Problems Facing The U.S. Perceived by Americans in 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257805/most-urgent-health-problems-as-perceived-by-us-americans/
Gallup, Distribution of most urgent health problems facing the U.S. perceived by Americans in 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257805/most-urgent-health-problems-as-perceived-by-us-americans/ (last visited June 07, 2025)
Distribution of most urgent health problems facing the U.S. perceived by Americans in 2016 [Graph], Gallup, December 7, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257805/most-urgent-health-problems-as-perceived-by-us-americans/