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Those saying their role is "extremely or very important":	Doctors	Hosp- itals	Families	Indivi- duals	Federal gov't	State gov't	Schools	Local gov't	News media	Empl- oyers	Churches	(n)
TOTAL	86%	85%	83%	82%	72%	71%	66%	61%	56%	55%	47%	(675)
Gender
--Male	83	84	82	83	71	68	69	58	53	55	45	(335)
--Female	89	85	83	81	74	75	63	64	58	55	49	(340)
Race
--White	84	83	80	79	70	68	60	56	52	50	39	(478)
--Black	95	92	90	83	77	76	83	77	62	67	70	(83)
--Hispanic	88	85	90	96	76	77	80	69	68	62	64	(59)
--Asian/Other	85	87	90	90	82	89	76	74	73	64	54	(38)
Age
--18 to 29	88	90	88	82	72	72	70	62	51	45	42	(126)
--30 to 49	84	84	82	83	73	71	66	61	57	57	48	(301)
--50 to 64	86	80	83	80	73	70	61	63	54	61	43	(156)
--65 and older	92	87	78	77	75	75	65	59	61	60	59	(82)
Has Child under 18
--Yes	85	86	86	83	74	74	71	65	58	60	53	(258)
--No	87	84	81	81	71	70	62	58	54	52	43	(413)
Region of State
--North	85	86	85	81	71	71	68	61	56	52	50	(327)
--Central	90	85	83	81	74	71	65	62	51	54	40	(175)
--South	85	82	78	84	74	71	64	62	60	61	48	(173)
Type of Municipality
--Major urban center	95	92	89	82	83	84	81	75	71	69	62	(59)
--Urban and surround	85	84	83	82	75	72	71	61	57	53	55	(133)
--Older town/suburb	84	81	81	80	71	71	64	59	54	57	36	(155)
--Newer suburb	87	84	83	82	71	66	62	59	53	51	44	(230)
--Rural	85	85	85	82	67	71	58	59	50	55	48	(97)
Most Important Issue
--Cancer	91	95	74	81	73	68	49	58	50	48	36	(200)
--Access to and ability to pay for basic health services	80	82	77	73	78	82	49	58	48	74	33	(140)
--AIDS and HIV infection	97	95	90	87	72	74	86	72	60	47	59	(117)
--Alcohol and drug abuse	73	73	94	93	64	72	90	70	68	60	66	(44)*
--Heart disease	90	93	79	73	63	55	51	48	46	58	48	(38)*
--Worksite and environmental hazards	69	66	65	62	82	86	73	71	72	80	31	(35)*
--Teen pregnancy	74	63	100	86	63	60	83	53	71	36	79	(29)*
--Sexually transmitted disease	87	92	100	97	70	62	95	57	59	35	66	(20)*
--Vaccine-preventable and other infectious disease	81	73	96	92	73	59	69	53	57	30	25	(20)*
--Eliminating racial/ethnic differences in health status	88	89	95	92	87	81	92	67	78	90	76	(20)*
--Infant deaths/Injuries	89	100	100	100	59	59	70	44	57	55	68	(12)*

* Note: findings may not be statistically significant for issues with small n-sizes.