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Table. Top US Public Priorities for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Public Health Departments to Address Overall and by Degree of Trust, November 2023^a.

Top priorities	US adults, by level of trust, weighted %
	CDC					State health department
	All (n = 1325)	A great deal (n = 521)	Somewhat (n = 485)	Not very much (n = 219)	Not at all (n = 100)	All (n = 1338)	A great deal (n = 371)	Somewhat (n = 675)	Not very much (n = 221)	Not at all (n = 71)
Preventing chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes	83^b	85^c	84^c	82^c	71	79^b	81	80	75	72
Preventing and addressing mental illness	80^b	84^c	79^c	77^c	64	85^b	87^d	87^d	79	78
Reducing infant mortality	79^b	82^c	76^c	84^c	59	78^b	78	78	79	70
Preventing and addressing opioid and other substance addiction	72^b	74	72	71	70	77^b	81^d	77^d	67	80
Controlling the spread of infectious diseases other than COVID-19	72^e	86^c^,^d^,^f	70^c^,^d	58^c	41	65^e	76^c^,^d^,^f	64^c	57^c	40
Reducing differences in health status and health care access between people in different racial or ethnic groups	59^e	73^c^,^d^,^f	57^c^,^d	46^c	24	65^e	81^c^,^d^,^f	65^c^,^d	42	41
Reducing death and illness related to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections	58^e	70^c^,^d^,^f	52	49	43	52^e	63^c^,^d^,^f	51^d	40	44
Preventing obesity and promoting healthy diets and physical activity	58^e	61^c	55	62^c	46	57^b	59	56	57	51
Controlling the spread of COVID-19	57^e	79^c^,^d^,^f	55^c^,^d	30^c	15	51^e	70^c^,^d^,^f	50^c^,^d	31^c	17
Preventing injuries and deaths caused by guns	49^g	65^c^,^d^,^f	49^c^,^d	27	17	59^e	78^c^,^d^,^f	60^c^,^d	34	28
Preventing negative health outcomes from cigarettes and e-cigarettes	47^g	52^d^,^f	44	42	40	47^g	59^c^,^d^,^f	45^d	34	37

^{^a}

Data are from a November 2023 nationally representative, probability-based, online and telephone survey of 2663 US adults aged 18 years or older. Statistical significance was considered at P < .05. Statistically significant results should be interpreted with caution, as some analyses were conducted with fewer than 100 respondents. The eMethods in Supplement 1 give details.

^{^b}

A majority of adults cited this issue as a top agency priority across all levels of trust.

^{^c}

Higher than those who trust public health agencies “not at all.”

^{^d}

Higher than those who trust public health agencies “not very much.”

^{^e}

A majority of adults overall cited this issue as a top agency priority but not across all levels of trust.

^{^f}

Higher than those who trust public health agencies “somewhat.”

^{^g}

A majority of adults overall did not cite this issue as a top agency priority.

Table. Top US Public Priorities for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Public Health Departments to Address Overall and by Degree of Trust, November 2023a.

Table. Top US Public Priorities for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Public Health Departments to Address Overall and by Degree of Trust, November 2023^a.