This statistic shows the percentage of cell phone users in the United States who reported using their cell phone to look up health or medical information in 2010 and 2012. Responses are differentiated by gender. In 2012, 33 percent of female cell phone users said they had looked up health information via mobile internet on their phone.
Percentage of cell phone owners who looked up health/ medical information via mobile internet on their phone in 2010 and 2012, by gender
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Pew Research Center. (November 8, 2012). Percentage of cell phone owners who looked up health/ medical information via mobile internet on their phone in 2010 and 2012, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/194586/us-adults-looking-for-health-information-using-their-cell-phone-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of cell phone owners who looked up health/ medical information via mobile internet on their phone in 2010 and 2012, by gender." Chart. November 8, 2012. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194586/us-adults-looking-for-health-information-using-their-cell-phone-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. (2012). Percentage of cell phone owners who looked up health/ medical information via mobile internet on their phone in 2010 and 2012, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194586/us-adults-looking-for-health-information-using-their-cell-phone-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of Cell Phone Owners Who Looked up Health/ Medical Information via Mobile Internet on Their Phone in 2010 and 2012, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194586/us-adults-looking-for-health-information-using-their-cell-phone-by-gender/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of cell phone owners who looked up health/ medical information via mobile internet on their phone in 2010 and 2012, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194586/us-adults-looking-for-health-information-using-their-cell-phone-by-gender/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage of cell phone owners who looked up health/ medical information via mobile internet on their phone in 2010 and 2012, by gender [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 8, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194586/us-adults-looking-for-health-information-using-their-cell-phone-by-gender/