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Population survey statistics

eHealth Chart 3. Growth in searching for health information on Internet (2002 to 2005) – Internet users

eUSER population survey 2005

Chart 3. Growth in searching for health information on Internet (2002 to 2005) – Internet users

	DE	FR	IT	DK	UK	IE	PL	HU	CZ	SI	Overall sample
2002	39	27	32	46	43	48	35	32	33	28	36.3
2005	58.2	47.0	39.9	65.8	57.4	64.4	41.6	36.2	42.3	37.8	50.6

Base: All internet users; Source for 2002:SIBIS project

The percentage of Internet users who have ever searched for health information online has also increased substantially, from just over one-third (36.3%) in 2002 to one-half (50.6%) in 2005. This growth in online searching for health information has been due both to the increase in Internet users and to the increase in using the Internet for this purpose amongst those who are Internet users.