This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that had recent experience with serious illness and said that the person who was ill had difficulty with select tasks in the past year or the year before they died as of 2017. According to the survey, 48 percent of respondents said that their loved one had difficulty understanding instructions for medications and medical care.
Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty with select tasks as of 2017
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 2, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty with select tasks as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869392/difficult-tasks-us-adults-seriously-ill/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty with select tasks as of 2017." Chart. November 2, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869392/difficult-tasks-us-adults-seriously-ill/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty with select tasks as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869392/difficult-tasks-us-adults-seriously-ill/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Adults with Family or Friends with Serious Illness That Had Difficulty with Select Tasks as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869392/difficult-tasks-us-adults-seriously-ill/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty with select tasks as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869392/difficult-tasks-us-adults-seriously-ill/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults with family or friends with serious illness that had difficulty with select tasks as of 2017 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869392/difficult-tasks-us-adults-seriously-ill/