According to a 2021 survey in Brazil, half of the internet users surveyed in the country stated to have searched for health or health services-related information on the internet, down from 53 percent of respondents in the year previous year. In March 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 led to an increase of searches on Google for items such as alcohol-based sanitizer.
Searching for health or health service information among internet users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022
users who accessed internet at least once in the past 3 months
Method of interview
Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)
Supplementary notes
* Counting for 2022.
Figures preceding 2022 come from earlier releases.
Data for 2022 was collected between October 2021 and March 2022.
Data for 2021 was collected between October 2020 and May 2021.
Data for 2020 was collected between October 2019 and March 2020.
Data for 2019 was collected between October 2018 and March 2019.
Data for 2018 was collected between November 2017 and May 2018.
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CETIC. (June 21, 2022). Searching for health or health service information among internet users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084918/brazil-search-health-information-online/
CETIC. "Searching for health or health service information among internet users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022." Chart. June 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084918/brazil-search-health-information-online/
CETIC. (2022). Searching for health or health service information among internet users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084918/brazil-search-health-information-online/
CETIC. "Searching for Health or Health Service Information among Internet Users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084918/brazil-search-health-information-online/
CETIC, Searching for health or health service information among internet users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084918/brazil-search-health-information-online/ (last visited October 31, 2024)
Searching for health or health service information among internet users in Brazil from 2017 to 2022 [Graph], CETIC, June 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1084918/brazil-search-health-information-online/