Internet users seeking health information online in Switzerland 2017-2021

In 2021, the share of internet users seeking health information online in Switzerland increased by 5.6 percentage points since 2019. With 72.5 percent, the share of people that seek health information online thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the share of people that seek health information online continuously increased over the last years.

The EU survey on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in households and by individuals is an annual survey conducted since 2002 aiming at collecting and disseminating harmonised and comparable information on the use of ICT in households and by individuals. Data presented in this domain are collected on a yearly basis by the National Statistical Institutes and are based on Eurostat's annual model questionnaire. This questionnaire is updated each year to reflect the evolving situation of information and communication technologies
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