This statistic shows the results of a 2019 survey on respondents' fear of death. During the survey, 11 percent of respondents stated they were very afraid of death, while 25 percent stated they were not at all afraid of death.
United States: How afraid are you of death?
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YouGov. (January 22, 2019). United States: How afraid are you of death? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/959347/fear-of-death-in-the-us/
YouGov. "United States: How afraid are you of death?." Chart. January 22, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/959347/fear-of-death-in-the-us/
YouGov. (2019). United States: How afraid are you of death?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/959347/fear-of-death-in-the-us/
YouGov. "United States: How Afraid Are You of Death?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/959347/fear-of-death-in-the-us/
YouGov, United States: How afraid are you of death? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/959347/fear-of-death-in-the-us/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
United States: How afraid are you of death? [Graph], YouGov, January 22, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/959347/fear-of-death-in-the-us/