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The survey, conducted by YouGov among 1,000 US adults, found that 54% of respondents were not at all familiar" with CDI, a bacterial infection that causes an estimated 500,000 illnesses and 30,000 deaths in the United States each year. The findings represent a 6-percentage-point increase from a 2021 survey commissioned by the foundation, which found that 60% of Americans had no awareness of CDI. Similarly, the number of respondents who said they were "somewhat" familiar with CDI rose from 14% to 19%, while the percentage who said they were "a little" familiar stayed essentially the same: 18% previously versus 19% in the new poll. Most don't know antibiotic use is primary risk factor But three quarters of respondents who said they had some knowledge of CDI did not identify antibiotic use as the primary risk factor, including 40% of respondents who had experience with CDI as a healthcare professional and 30% of those who had been diagnosed as having CDI at some point in their lives."