Saying What Ails Them

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As we’ve noted in writing about past surveys, when people are asked to assess their health, they typically tell pollsters it’s fine, thanks. A different picture emerges, though, when they’re asked about specific ailments, as we can see in Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index polling fielded throughout 2009.

Thirty-one percent of respondents reported suffering from high blood pressure and 28 percent from high cholesterol. Seventeen percent reported having depression, 11 percent asthma, 11 percent diabetes and 7 percent cancer.

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