Almost 70 percent of healthcare professionals surveyed around the world in 2020 believed vector-borne infectious diseases will become more frequent or severe over the next ten years due to the impact of climate change. Fewer than three percent thought climate change would make vector-borne diseases less frequent or severe.
Distribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide as of 2020
The question was worded in the source as: "Over the next 10 years, do you think climate change will make these health issues in your country more frequent or severe, less frequent or severe, or do you think they will remain largely unchanged? Vector-borne infectious diseases"
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Lancet. (April 7, 2021). Distribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide as of 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461551/health-workers-on-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases/
Lancet. "Distribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide as of 2020." Chart. April 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461551/health-workers-on-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases/
Lancet. (2021). Distribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide as of 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461551/health-workers-on-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases/
Lancet. "Distribution of Opinion of Health Professionals on The Effect of Climate Change on Vector-borne Infectious Diseases Worldwide as of 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461551/health-workers-on-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases/
Lancet, Distribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide as of 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461551/health-workers-on-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases/ (last visited December 27, 2024)
Distribution of opinion of health professionals on the effect of climate change on vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide as of 2020 [Graph], Lancet, April 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1461551/health-workers-on-climate-change-and-vector-borne-diseases/
