Healthcare a Global Concern: One Quarter (23%) Around Globe Rate Healthcare as One of the Top Three Most Worrying Topics in Their Country

Global - A new poll by global research company Ipsos finds that one in four (23%) global respondents in 24 countries identify healthcare when asked to rank the three most worrying topics in their country.

It ranks as a middle-of-the-pack priority for global respondents and is topped by unemployment and jobs (45%), corruption - financial/political (35%), poverty and social inequality (34%) and crime and violence (31%). Healthcare has ranked fourth-most worrying topic consistently since December 2010 (23%) and has, in fact, remained a stable concern since December 2011 (23%), December 2012 (22%) and December 2013 (22%).

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