Health and Technology in the U.S.
A round-up of our 2012-13 health and technology research.
45% of U.S. adults live with chronic disease. Living with a chronic disease has an independent effect on people’s technology adoption and health behavior
39% of U.S. adults provide care for a loved one, up from 30% in 2010, and many navigate health care with the help of technology
69% of U.S. adults track a health indicator like weight, diet, exercise routine, or symptom. Of those, half track “in their heads,” one-third keep notes on paper, and one in five use technology to keep tabs on their health status.
One in three U.S. adults say that at one time or another they have gone online specifically to try to figure out what medical condition they or someone else might have. And yet medical professionals are still most people’s top choice when they are…
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