This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in February 2017. U.S. adults were asked if they ever heard of opioids, by ethnicity. Some 38 percent of respondents who belonged to the black or African American population stated that they know what opioids are.
Percentage of U.S. adults who ever heard of opioids as of 2017, by ethnicity
Characteristic
Black or African American
Hispanic American or Latino
White / Caucasian
other
would rather not say
Yes, I know what opioids are
38%
48%
60%
54%
22%
I have heard of it, but I am not sure what exactly it is
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Statista Survey. (February 10, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who ever heard of opioids as of 2017, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/674236/us-adults-who-ever-heard-of-opioids-by-ethnicity/
Statista Survey. "Percentage of U.S. adults who ever heard of opioids as of 2017, by ethnicity." Chart. February 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674236/us-adults-who-ever-heard-of-opioids-by-ethnicity/
Statista Survey. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who ever heard of opioids as of 2017, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674236/us-adults-who-ever-heard-of-opioids-by-ethnicity/
Statista Survey. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Ever Heard of Opioids as of 2017, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674236/us-adults-who-ever-heard-of-opioids-by-ethnicity/
Statista Survey, Percentage of U.S. adults who ever heard of opioids as of 2017, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674236/us-adults-who-ever-heard-of-opioids-by-ethnicity/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults who ever heard of opioids as of 2017, by ethnicity [Graph], Statista Survey, February 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/674236/us-adults-who-ever-heard-of-opioids-by-ethnicity/
