Survey results among different groups

A survey of 946 adult residents of the United States asked: "Do you personally know someone who has died for whom you think or at least suspect that the official cause of death was wrong?" Slightly more than a quarter said yes. Here are the results among different groups.

Entire nation .................. 26 percent

Men ............................ 21

Women .......................... 31

18-24 .......................... 18

25-44 .......................... 28

45-64 .......................... 30

65 or older .................... 22

Lives in major city ............ 28

Smaller city ................... 31

Suburb ......................... 22

Rural area ..................... 19

Northeast ...................... 24

South .......................... 28

Midwest ........................ 27

West ........................... 25

White .......................... 23

African-American ............... 45

Hispanic ....................... 20

Asian-American/Other ........... 30

Strong Democrat ................ 20

Lean Toward the Democrats ...... 24

Independent .................... 26

Lean Toward the Republicans .... 27

Strong Republican .............. 27

Very Conservative .............. 20

Somewhat Conservative .......... 28

Middle of the Road ............. 27

Somewhat Liberal ............... 26

Very Liberal ................... 22

Not A High-School Graduate ..... 15

Graduated High School .......... 25

Attended Some College .......... 31

College Graduate ............... 24

Post-Graduate Studies .......... 26

Income Below $25,000 ........... 33

25,000 to $40,000 .............. 30

40,000 to $60,000 .............. 30

60,000 to $80,000 .............. 23

80,000 to $100,000 ............. 26

Above $100,000 ................. 23

Attended Church Recently ....... 28

Not Attended Church Recently ... 24

Evangelical Protestant ......... 33

Other Protestant ............... 20

Roman Catholic ................. 24

No Religious Preference ........ 18

Source: A survey of 946 adult residents of the United States interviewed by telephone by the Scripps Survey Research Center at Ohio University Feb. 16 through March 11, 2009. Scripps Howard News Service designed the survey under a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation.

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)

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