Seriousness of health problems faced by the U.S. 2016 | Statista

This survey shows the most serious health problems faced by the United States, as perceived by Americans, as of 2016. It was found that 71 percent of respondents felt that heroin abuse was an extremely serious or very serious problem in the U.S.

Most serious health problems facing the United States as perceived by Americans, as of 2016

Characteristic	Extremely serious	Very serious	Somewhat serious	Less serious than that
Cancer	43%	42%	13%	1%
Heroin abuse	35%	36%	19%	7%
Contaminated drinking water	35%	35%	18%	10%
Lack of access to mental health care	33%	41%	18%	6%
Obesity	33%	40%	20%	6%
Diabetes	31%	47%	20%	2%
Abuse of strong prescription painkillers	28%	38%	23%	7%
Heart disease	27%	46%	24%	2%
Environmental contamination	26%	32%	29%	12%
Lack of access to health care	25%	37%	25%	11%
Lack of access to affordable healthy food	21%	33%	28%	16%
Alcohol abuse	19%	38%	30%	11%

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April 2016

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 12-19, 2016

Number of respondents

1,201 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

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