Share of people seeking health information by region and gender worldwide 2018

In 2018, 45 percent of women in South America stated they would like to know more about medicine, disease or health, compared to 36 pecent of women in North Africa. The statistic illustrates the percentage of people worldwide who would like to know more about medicine, disease or health as of 2018, by region and gender.

Percentage of people worldwide who would like to know more about medicine, disease or health as of 2018, by region and gender

Characteristic	Men	Women
World	40%	42%
Eastern Africa	43%	38%
Central Africa	45%	46%
North Africa	33%	36%
Southern Africa	36%	38%
Western Africa	38%	31%
Central America & Mexico	45%	44%
Northern America	69%	74%
South America	44%	45%
Central Asia	33%	44%
East Asia	45%	44%
Southeast Asia	32%	39%
South Asia	27%	24%
Middle East	50%	55%
Eastern Europe	34%	51%
Northern Europe	54%	60%
Southern Europe	55%	61%
Western Europe	61%	63%
Austalia & New Zealand	60%	66%

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Release date

June 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 2018 to December 2018

Number of respondents

140,000 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

140 countries, randomly selected nationally representative samples.

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

For more information on the data source and collection method please see the following links (Appendix A: Methodology)

Original survey question: "Would you, personally, like to know more about medicine, disease or health?"

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