Emergency savings and medical debt among U.S. persons 2014

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 15, 2014
This statistic is based on a survey and displays the percentage of people in the United States based on whether their emergency savings or their medical debt is larger, as of August 2014. At this time, 25 percent of respondents claimed their medical debts were greater than their emergency savings.

Which is larger: your emergency savings or your medical debt?

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Release date

September 2014

Region

United States

Survey time period

August 21-24, 2014

Number of respondents

1,006 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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