--- description: Health care costs and access came in first and second places title: Americans Are Worried About Ebola image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41be182d1f426ed5/698768f55f570f2eb6b1394f/rtr4e7tl.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ebola Among Top 3 Health Concerns for Americans: Study by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 17, 2014 9:17 AM CUT  A protester dressed in protective equipment demonstrates, calling for for G20 leaders to address the Ebola issue, near the G20 leaders summit venue in Brisbane Nov. 15, 2014 A protester dressed in protective equipment demonstrates, calling for for G20 leaders to address the Ebola issue, near the G20 leaders summit venue in Brisbane Nov. 15, 2014Jason Reed—Reuters by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 17, 2014 9:17 AM CUT The U.S. may only have seen four cases of Ebola, but the virus is still one of the top three [health worries](http://www.gallup.com/poll/179429/ebola-ranks-among-americans-top-three-healthcare-concerns.aspx "undefined") for Americans, according to a new poll. The disease was mentioned by 17% of adults surveyed by Gallup’s annual Health and Health Care survey as their principle medical concern, coming after only health care cost (19%) and access (18%). The cost of health care in particular has been prominent on the list for over a decade and is likely to remain so, says Gallup. Next came obesity and cancer, which were both cited by 10% of respondents as the nation’s “most urgent health problem.” The Gallup poll was based on 828 telephone interviews conducted Nov. 6-9 with Americans aged 18 and older living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3588597/ebola-top-three-health-concerns-for-americans-obesity-cancer-gallup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3588597/ebola-top-three-health-concerns-for-americans-obesity-cancer-gallup/"},"headline":"Ebola Among Top 3 Health Concerns for Americans: Study","datePublished":"2014-11-17T09:17:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:28:20.408Z","description":"Health care costs and access came in first and second places","url":"https://time.com/3588597/ebola-top-three-health-concerns-for-americans-obesity-cancer-gallup/","keywords":["ebola","Health Care","Cancer","Obesity","Poll","Gallup"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41be182d1f426ed5/698768f55f570f2eb6b1394f/rtr4e7tl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41be182d1f426ed5/698768f55f570f2eb6b1394f/rtr4e7tl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A protester dressed in protective equipment demonstrates in Brisbane","caption":"A protester dressed in protective equipment demonstrates in Brisbane","creditText":"Jason Reed—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3588597/ebola-top-three-health-concerns-for-americans-obesity-cancer-gallup/","name":"Ebola Among Top 3 Health Concerns for Americans: Study"}}]}] ```