Adults concerned a major health event could cause bankruptcy by age U.S. 2020

A survey of U.S. adults from July 2020 found that around 55 percent of those aged 18 to 29 years were extremely concerned or concerned that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who were extremely concerned or concerned that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy in 2019 and 2020, by age.

Share of adults in the United States who were extremely concerned or concerned that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy in 2019 and 2020, by age

Characteristic	January-February 2019	July 2020
18 to 29 years	43%	55%
30 to 49 years	46%	55%
50 to 64 years	52%	48%
65 years and older	38%	40%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January-February 2019 and July 2020

Number of respondents

around 1,000

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original question: How concerned are you that a major health event in your household could lead to bankruptcy? Extremely concerned, concerned, not very concerned or not at all concerned?

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