This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that have prepared or had a close experience with end-of-life issues as of 2013. Some 47 percent of U.S. adults have had a friend or relative with a terminal illness in the past five years. In the last 15 years, the percentage of people saying that medical professionals should do everything possible to save a patients life has increased.
Preparation and close experience with end-of-life issues among U.S. adults in 2013
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Pew Research Center. (November 21, 2013). Preparation and close experience with end-of-life issues among U.S. adults in 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/333973/us-adults-preparation-for-and-close-experience-with-end-of-life-decisions/
Pew Research Center. "Preparation and close experience with end-of-life issues among U.S. adults in 2013." Chart. November 21, 2013. Statista. Accessed December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333973/us-adults-preparation-for-and-close-experience-with-end-of-life-decisions/
Pew Research Center. (2013). Preparation and close experience with end-of-life issues among U.S. adults in 2013. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/333973/us-adults-preparation-for-and-close-experience-with-end-of-life-decisions/
Pew Research Center. "Preparation and Close Experience with End-of-life Issues among U.S. Adults in 2013." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Nov 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/333973/us-adults-preparation-for-and-close-experience-with-end-of-life-decisions/
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