Health technology use to manage health in U.S. adults 2020

In 2020, a survey carried out in the U.S. found that 35 percent of adults had used mobile phone or tablet applications to manage their health. The share of users of mobile apps and wearable technology for health reasons dropped between 2018 and 2020, after increasing from 2014 to 2018.

Share of U.S. adults that used technology or electronic health management tools to manage their health between 2014 and 2020

Characteristic	Mobile phone/tablet applications	Wearable technology
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Release date

August 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

Number of respondents

2,302 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question was worded in the source as: "Which of the following technology or electronic health management tools have you used to manage your health in the past year?"
2020 survey data is from November to December of 2019 and reflects consumer attitudes prior to the global spread of COVID-19.
Wearable technology refers to consumer or medical devices that collect information about an individual’s health, such as fitness, vitals and lifestyle.

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