This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. seniors that would be interested in using health technologies in the future as of 2018, by current technology usage. According to the survey, 54 percent of seniors that use technology for other reasons would be interested in using technologies to measure fitness and health improvement goals in the future. Comparatively, just 13 percent of seniors that do not use technology for other reasons would be interested in measuring the same fitness and health goals.
Percentage of U.S. seniors that were interested in using select health technologies in the future as of 2018, by current usage
Characteristic
Use technology for other reasons
Do not use technology for other reasons
Monitor health issues
62%
23%
Access/store/transmit personal health information/records to clinician
61%
19%
Measure fitness and health improvement goals
54%
13%
Measure/record/transmit data about medication
45%
15%
Receive alerts or remiders to take medication
34%
11%
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Deloitte. (August 29, 2018). Percentage of U.S. seniors that were interested in using select health technologies in the future as of 2018, by current usage [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/954310/seniors-health-technology-interest-by-usage-us/
Deloitte. "Percentage of U.S. seniors that were interested in using select health technologies in the future as of 2018, by current usage." Chart. August 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/954310/seniors-health-technology-interest-by-usage-us/
Deloitte. (2018). Percentage of U.S. seniors that were interested in using select health technologies in the future as of 2018, by current usage. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/954310/seniors-health-technology-interest-by-usage-us/
Deloitte. "Percentage of U.S. Seniors That Were Interested in Using Select Health Technologies in The Future as of 2018, by Current Usage." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/954310/seniors-health-technology-interest-by-usage-us/
Deloitte, Percentage of U.S. seniors that were interested in using select health technologies in the future as of 2018, by current usage Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/954310/seniors-health-technology-interest-by-usage-us/ (last visited April 23, 2025)
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