U.S. adults that have searched for key medical information online by age 2012
This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults who have ever looked online for medical information in 2012, sorted by topic and age group. Of those surveyed between the ages of 30 and 49, 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.
