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.
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Pew Research Center. (January 31, 2013). Use of online diagnosis and professional follow-up in U.S. adults in 2012, by annual household income [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/318876/us-adults-online-diagnosis-and-medical-professional-follow-up-by-household-income/
Pew Research Center. "Use of online diagnosis and professional follow-up in U.S. adults in 2012, by annual household income." Chart. January 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318876/us-adults-online-diagnosis-and-medical-professional-follow-up-by-household-income/
Pew Research Center. (2013). Use of online diagnosis and professional follow-up in U.S. adults in 2012, by annual household income. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/318876/us-adults-online-diagnosis-and-medical-professional-follow-up-by-household-income/
Pew Research Center. "Use of Online Diagnosis and Professional Follow-up in U.S. Adults in 2012, by Annual Household Income." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318876/us-adults-online-diagnosis-and-medical-professional-follow-up-by-household-income/
Pew Research Center, Use of online diagnosis and professional follow-up in U.S. adults in 2012, by annual household income Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/318876/us-adults-online-diagnosis-and-medical-professional-follow-up-by-household-income/ (last visited July 07, 2025)
Use of online diagnosis and professional follow-up in U.S. adults in 2012, by annual household income [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/318876/us-adults-online-diagnosis-and-medical-professional-follow-up-by-household-income/
