This statistic shows the percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with people with lupus as a result of misconceiving lupus to be contagious as of 2016. It was found that 23 percent of people who thought lupus was contagious felt uncomfortable hugging someone with the disease.
Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Feel "less than comfortable" shaking hands with someone with lupus
47%
Feel "less than comfortable" sitting next to someone on a bus who has lupus
44%
Are "uncomfortable" sharing food with someone who has lupus
adults from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S.
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World Lupus Federation (WLF). (May 10, 2017). Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/731110/stigma-resulting-from-lack-of-knowledge-about-lupus-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Lupus Federation (WLF). "Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016." Chart. May 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/731110/stigma-resulting-from-lack-of-knowledge-about-lupus-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Lupus Federation (WLF). (2017). Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/731110/stigma-resulting-from-lack-of-knowledge-about-lupus-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Lupus Federation (WLF). "Percentage of Adults Worldwide Who Felt Uncomfortable with Select Interactions with Those with Lupus Because They Thought The Disease Was Contagious as of 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/731110/stigma-resulting-from-lack-of-knowledge-about-lupus-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
World Lupus Federation (WLF), Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/731110/stigma-resulting-from-lack-of-knowledge-about-lupus-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 12, 2025)
Percentage of adults worldwide who felt uncomfortable with select interactions with those with lupus because they thought the disease was contagious as of 2016 [Graph], World Lupus Federation (WLF), May 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/731110/stigma-resulting-from-lack-of-knowledge-about-lupus-worldwide/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed