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Table 1 First Health Information Source

From: Odds of talking to healthcare providers as the initial source of healthcare information: updated cross-sectional results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

 

Data Years 2011–2012 (N = 5307)

Data Years 2011–2014 (N = 10,024)

Source

N

Weighted %

95% CI

N

Weighted %

95% CI

Internet

3315

67.63

65.89–69.33

6353

68.72

67.35–70.05

Doctor/healthcare provider

937

15.66

14.17–17.27

1798

15.26

14.21–16.37

Publications

652

9.39

8.38–10.52

1138

8.89

8.12–9.72

Family/friends/co-workers

235

4.95

4.17–5.87

444

4.97

4.32–5.72

Other

72

0.99

0.66–1.47

108

0.85

0.63–1.15

Telephone service

40

0.61

0.40–0.94

73

0.55

0.39–0.76

Cancer organization

17

0.26

0.14–0.49

30

0.24

0.14–0.43

Library

21

0.23

0.14–0.39

45

0.30

0.21–0.42

Complementary or alternative medicine practitioner

18

0.28

0.15–0.50

35

0.23

0.14–0.36

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