Adults in the U.S. using online dianosis and professional follow-up by income 2012

This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. adults who have looked online to diagnose a condition and those that have followed-up with a professional medical opinion in 2012, by annual household income. Of those surveyed earning over 75,000 U.S. dollars per year, 51 percent have gone online to diagnose a condition. 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.