A survey determined that mental health was ranked as the biggest health care concern facing people in Spain among selected issues, with around 59 percent of respondents considering it the main sanitary problem as of August 2024. Moreover, cancer and stress ranked second and third among the leading health concerns that year, as indicated by 51 and 36 percent of interviewees, respectively. As of 2023, Spain was among the countries with the highest share of people considering mental health as one of the biggest health problems in their country within a selection of 34 nations.
Public opinion on select issues as biggest health problems facing people in Spain as of 2024
The sample is representative of the Spanish general adult population below 75 years
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows:
"In general terms, which of the following, if any, do you consider are the biggest health problems facing people in your country nowadays?"
The wording of the question may slightly differ from the original.
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are due to rounding, multiple or not stated responses.
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Ipsos. (September 24, 2024). Public opinion on select issues as biggest health problems facing people in Spain as of 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369615/public-opinion-biggest-health-care-problems-spain/
Ipsos. "Public opinion on select issues as biggest health problems facing people in Spain as of 2024." Chart. September 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369615/public-opinion-biggest-health-care-problems-spain/
Ipsos. (2024). Public opinion on select issues as biggest health problems facing people in Spain as of 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369615/public-opinion-biggest-health-care-problems-spain/
Ipsos. "Public Opinion on Select Issues as Biggest Health Problems Facing People in Spain as of 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1369615/public-opinion-biggest-health-care-problems-spain/
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