Older Adults’ Confidence in Government to Prepare for Public Health Emergencies
October 2021
This Spotlight on Aging explores older Americans’ opinions about government preparedness for public health emergencies.
About 45 percent of Americans aged 50 and older in the United States do not believe the federal government has prepared the country for public health emergencies, according to recent research from NORC at the University of Chicago powered by the AARP-NORC Foresight 50+ panel.
Public health emergencies may include disease outbreaks, like COVID-19, and severe weather events, including major storms, hurricanes, heatwaves, floods, and wildfires.
NORC conducted the Spotlight on Aging survey of older Americans’ views of government preparedness for public health emergencies in September 2021.
This visualization was created by NORC’s VizStudio, a creative community of experts who turn complex data into compelling visual stories.