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Numeracy

This section provides data from the 2003, 2005 & 2007 HINTS surveys, including survey numbers, respondent characteristics, estimated U.S. population numbers, charts, and trends.

Numeracy
 
Asked in 2003?
Asked in 2005?
Asked in 2007?
In general, how easy or hard do you find it to understand medical statistics?  
 
In general, I feel uncomfortable with health information that has a lot of numbers and statistics.  
 
When people tell you the chance of something happening do you prefer they use words or numbers?  
 
In general, I depend on numbers and statistics to help me make decisions about my health.  
 
Which of the following numbers represents the biggest risk of getting a disease?  
 

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