This survey displays the level of comfort among U.S. adults in sharing self-collected medical digital information and forgoing an initial in-person appointment, as of July 2014, by gender. Some 12 percent of U.S. male adults responded that they were very comfortable with sharing information and forgoing an initial appointment. Medical data has begun its transfer into the electronic world and into cloud storage. Younger generations tend to be more willing to share their data, likely due to their familiarity with online culture.
Comfort in sharing self-collected digital information among U.S. consumers as of 2014, by gender*
Characteristic
Male
Female
Very comfortable + comfortable (net)
38%
30%
Very comfortable
12%
10%
Comfortable
26%
20%
Some comfortable/somewhat not comfortable
24%
19%
Not comfortable (net)
35%
49%
Not very comfortable
12%
16%
Not at all comfortable
23%
33%
Don't know
3%
2%
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%
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Consumer Technology Association. "Comfort in Sharing Self-collected Digital Information among U.S. Consumers as of 2014, by Gender*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Oct 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/376495/sharing-self-collected-digital-information-among-us-consumers-by-gender/
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