April is Stress Awareness Month. Worry about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is predictably bearing down on the minds of Americans most heavily, relegating the biggest stressor of former years, worry about health care, to rank two. According to the American Psychological Association, 78 percent of U.S. adults reported being stressed out by the pandemic, compared to 66 percent reporting feelings of stress about health care and 62 percent feeling stressed about the occurrence of mass shooting. Only around half of Americans said they experienced stress because of climate change.
In 2019, health care had been the biggest stress inducer for Americans, at 60 percent saying it was causing them stress. Rank three that year went to the presidential election, which 59 percent said they stressed about that year.
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8. Opioid/heroin epidemic
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Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 45%
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7. Widespread sexual harassment
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject:
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6. Immigration
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 47%
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5. High suicide rates
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 51%
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4. Climate change
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 55%
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3. Mass shootings
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 62%
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2. Health care
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 66%
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1. COVID-19 pandemic
Percent of U.S. adults who reported stress caused by this subject: 78%
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