healthcare cost topped the list of concerns, with 24% of Americans mentioning it, while AIDS dropped to 18%. A year later, mentions of AIDS fell into single digits and have remained there.
No more than 1% of Americans have cited AIDS since 2009.Line graph. Mentions of AIDS as the most urgent health problem facing the U.S.
have fallen from a then-record 62% in 1987 to 18% in 2000, with less than 10% mentions since then, including 0% this year.Starting in 2000, Americans' health concerns have shifted more toward problems with the healthcare system than with specific health conditions.