Research Article
An Assessment of Public Knowledge and Potential Health Impacts of Global Warming in Ghana
Table 7
If nothing is done in the next 5-10 years, which of the following will become more or less common in your community.
| | Variable | Much more common, (%) | Somewhat/a little more common, (%) | About the same, (%) | A little less common, (%) |
| | Air pollution | 1036 (91.7) | 76 (6.7) | 2 (0.2) | 16 (1.4) | | Asthma and other lungs | 640 (56.6) | 432 (38.2) | 16 (1.4) | 42 (3.7) | | Heat stroke | 806 (71.3) | 196 (17.3) | 86 (7.6) | 42 (3.7) | | Hunger/ malnutrition | 640 (56.6) | 178 (15.8) | 254 (22.5) | 58 (5.1) | | Disease carried by insects | 656 (58.1) | 150 (13.3) | 282 (25.0) | 42 (3.7) | | Illness from food/waterborne disease | 672 (59.5) | 138 (12.2) | 260 (23.0) | 60 (5.3) | | Death | 650 (57.5) | 148 (13.1) | 288 (25.5) | 42 (3.7) | | Cancer | 570 (50.4) | 186 (16.5) | 302 (26.7) | 72 (6.4) |
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