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