U.S. adults with knowledge of infectious diseases as of 2017

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John Elflein,
Jul 23, 2019
This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults that had heard of various infectious diseases as of 2017. According to the survey, 93 percent of U.S. adults had heard of at least one of the listed infectious diseases. However, only 6 percent of respondents had heard of tularemia, a bacterial infection transmitted from animals to humans through tick and fly bites.

Percentage of U.S. adults that had heard of various infectious diseases as of 2017

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Release date

July 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

June 23 and 27, 2017

Number of respondents

2,031 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: Have you ever heard of any of the following diseases? Please select all that apply.

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