"Explosive Growth of a New Breed of 'Cyberchondriacs'"

Survey

By: Humphrey Taylor

Date: 1999

Source: Taylor, Humphrey. "Explosive Growth of a New Breed of 'Cyberchondriacs.'" The Harris Poll #11, February 17, 1999. Available online at http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=... ; website home page: http://www.harrisinteractive.com (accessed March 16, 2003).

Introduction

In February 1999, the Harris Poll surveyed 1,009 "online" American citizens about whether they used the Internet to get health information. The results of Harris Poll #11 provided a glimpse of how the 88 million Americans online in 1999 used the Internet for health care information. The poll found that all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups used the Web to get health-related information. Women were more likely...

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