This statistic shows the results of a 2012 survey among Americans regarding their fears about getting old. 10 percent of the respondents said dying was their main fear about getting old.
What do you fear most about getting old?
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Pfizer. (December 31, 2012). What do you fear most about getting old? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/251717/united-states-what-do-you-fear-most-about-getting-old/
Pfizer. "What do you fear most about getting old?." Chart. December 31, 2012. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251717/united-states-what-do-you-fear-most-about-getting-old/
Pfizer. (2012). What do you fear most about getting old?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251717/united-states-what-do-you-fear-most-about-getting-old/
Pfizer. "What Do You Fear Most about Getting Old?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251717/united-states-what-do-you-fear-most-about-getting-old/
Pfizer, What do you fear most about getting old? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/251717/united-states-what-do-you-fear-most-about-getting-old/ (last visited March 29, 2024)
What do you fear most about getting old? [Graph], Pfizer, December 31, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/251717/united-states-what-do-you-fear-most-about-getting-old/