This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adult internet users who have looked online for medical information in the last 12 months in 2012, based on those that are insured or uninsured. Of the adults with insurance surveyed, 17 percent reported looking for information on drug safety or recalls. The internet has become a diagnostic tool for about one-third of adults in the United States. Women and younger adults are more likely than men to use the internet for a possible diagnosis.
Percentage of U.S. adult internet users that have searched online for select medical information in 2012, by insurance status*
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Pew Research Center. (January 31, 2013). Percentage of U.S. adult internet users that have searched online for select medical information in 2012, by insurance status* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318893/internet-search-among-us-adults-for-select-medical-information-by-insurance/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. adult internet users that have searched online for select medical information in 2012, by insurance status*." Chart. January 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318893/internet-search-among-us-adults-for-select-medical-information-by-insurance/
Pew Research Center. (2013). Percentage of U.S. adult internet users that have searched online for select medical information in 2012, by insurance status*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318893/internet-search-among-us-adults-for-select-medical-information-by-insurance/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. Adult Internet Users That Have Searched Online for Select Medical Information in 2012, by Insurance Status*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2013, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318893/internet-search-among-us-adults-for-select-medical-information-by-insurance/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of U.S. adult internet users that have searched online for select medical information in 2012, by insurance status* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318893/internet-search-among-us-adults-for-select-medical-information-by-insurance/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adult internet users that have searched online for select medical information in 2012, by insurance status* [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/318893/internet-search-among-us-adults-for-select-medical-information-by-insurance/
