healthcare statistics

our healthcare statistics are sourced and updated regularly

• In a small survey just 15 per cent of doctors are discussing health apps or wearables with their patients. (June 2015)
• Over the next ten years the global population is going to increase by about a billion people, from seven billion to eight billion, 50 per cent of that increase is going to be people over the age of 50. (June 2015)
• Nearly two-thirds of Americans would use a mobile app to manage health-related issues. (June 2o15)
• Doctors and nurses to access the most up to date lifesaving information by 2018 for primary, urgent and emergency care services – and by 2020 for all other NHS funded services. (June 2015)
• NHS patients with long term illnesses could soon be able to monitor their conditions remotely through high-tech clothing and wearable gadgets. (June 2015)
• Within five years patients across the country are likely to be able to go online and speak to their GP via videolink; order prescriptions. (June 2015)
• The NHS is embracing the offering of digital services to patients, with more than 55 million patients set to benefit from progress. (June 2015)
• An entire NHS Wi-Fi state would reduce the administrative burden on doctors, nurses and care staff, currently estimated to take up to 70 per cent of a junior doctor’s day. (June 2015)
• It is estimated that going digital will save the NHS up to £5 billion over the next decade. (June 2015)
• By 2018 nearly three million people are expected to have at least three long-term medical conditions like diabetes and dementia. (June 2015)
• ‘MyNHS’ digital service, which has attracted over 200,000 visits since it was launched in September 2014. (June 2015)
• £160m missed appointments cost the NHS each year and which could be clawed back by letting people rebook online. (June 2015)
• NHS England says patients will have full access to their entire digital health record in real time by 2018. (June 2015)
• Skype consultations offer savings for the health service, says NHS England digital lead. (June 2015)
• Almost half the people using wellness apps say they’ve shared the findings with their doctors. (June 2015)
• Funding of digital health start-ups in the US will double over the next three years and reach $6.5 billion by 2017. (June 2015)
• Rapid growth in digital health, annual 510,000 FDA approvals of digital health solutions 2010-2018. (June 2015)
• Approximately 46 million Americans used health and fitness apps in January 2014. (June 2015)
• 45 per cent of US consumers want a health wearable or app that monitors “every aspect” of their health, according to a global survey by Havas Worldwide, yet over 40 per cent of respondents said they are also concerned that if they use new health-monitoring technologies, they will experience a loss of privacy.. (May 2015)
• InCrowd survey found 95 per cent of nurses own a smartphone and 88 percent use smartphone apps at work. (June 2015)
• InCrowd survey found 73 per cent of nurses used apps to look up drug information, 72 per cent used apps to look up different diseases and disorders. (June 2015)
• By 2017, it’s estimated that at least 30% of Americans will wear devices that measure. (June 2015)
• In the US, the number of patients who have access to their medical records online doubled from 26% in 2011 to nearly 50% in 2014. (June 2015)
• Sixty-two per cent of people who spend a lot of time with lifestyle-related technology are mothers, ages 25 to 54, sports fans and activity-oriented. (June 2015)
• The global mobile health market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 33.5 percent between 2015 and 2020. (June 2015)
• According to Allied Market Research the healthcare market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2014. (June 2015)
• North America and Europe had the largest mobile health markets in 2014, 67% revenue. (June 2015)
• Blood pressure monitors will hold the largest share of the device part of the market, followed by blood glucose monitors, and cardiac monitors,  these three device segments account for 71 percent of the mobile health. (June 2015)
• Patient engagement – around 55 per cent don’t know the reason for their hospital admission. (June 2015)
• Patient engagement – 78 per cent of patients don’t understand hospital discharge instructions. (June 2015)
• 93 per cent of physicians believe that mobile health apps can improve a patient’s health outcome. (June 2015)
• The global mHealth market is forecasted to hit $20.7 billion by 2018. (June 2015)
• More than 5 million people in the US will be using healthcare apps by 2015. (June 2015)
• Out of the 43,000 health-related apps in iTune only 37 per cent are directly realted to patient health and treatment. (June 2015)
• Over half of tablet users over the age of 55 use tablets for health purposes. (June 2015)
• Some 90 percent of all patients who are prescribed a new medication say they aren’t given an explanation about possible side effects. (June 2015)
• The global capital community put almost $300 million into the smartphone healthcare sector in Q1 2015. (May 2015)
• It’s predicted by 2020, only 20 per cent of medical interaction will be done in the virtual space, but more than half of interaction would happen online by 2020,  over half of those to happen via smartphones. (May 2015)
• Grand View Research predicted that the global market for mobile health was expected to reach $49 billion by 2020. (May 2015)
• Q1 2015 Healthcare IT Funding and M&A Report found within mobile health, smartphone app developers captured the largest share of investment, claiming $220 million in 35 funding deals, followed by wearable sensor makers, which claimed $42 million. (May 2015)
• The number of GP practices offering services like appointments via the internet tripled in first three months of 2015. (May 2015)
• Data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) shows that over 97% of patients in England now have access to online services, a huge increase from the 3% in April 2014. (May 2015)
• There are still 10 million people who do not have access to the internet and 4 million of these people are the most socially and economically disadvantaged in the country. (May 2015)
• A survey from the Commonwealth Fund  mobile health strategies can better engage patients who live in poorer communities and are harder to reach and smartphone adoption is high even among low-income individuals throughout the US. (May 2015)
• Commonwealth Fun survey found 89 per cent healthcare organisations would most prefer to engage patients in chronic disease management. (May 2015)
• A study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology found 2 per cent of women’s health apps were developed by medical professionals. (May 2015)
• Two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone. (May 2015)
• Mayo Clinic found digital health interventions (which included telemedicine, Web-based modalities, email reminders, SMS texting, mobile application, and data monitoring) reduced relative risk for cardiovascular disease outcomes by 40 per cent. (May 2015)
• Kings College London Hospital pilots Apple Watch for chemo patients. (May 2015)
• OHO interactive found 57 per cent of people ages 50 to 64 have searched online for health information. (May 2015)
• FathomDelivers.com revealed 41 per cent of all patients say social media affects their choice of health care providers. (April 2015
• FathomDelivers.com revealed 3 percent of all visits to hospital websites come through search engines, with most patients visiting two or more hospital websites during their research. (April 2015)
• Apple Watch already has 264 health apps, unused pulse ox functionality, and a hospital pilot. (April 2015)
• According to MibuHealthNews, there are over 500 hospital-branded smartphone apps anticipated for Google Play Store and the Apple AppStore, patient app trends in hospitals will likely see full-adoption within the next five to ten years. (April 2015)
• The long-term healthcare market is currently worth over £20 billion to the UK economy and estimated to rise to £30.5 billion by 2020, according to figures Frost & Sullivan. (April 2015)
• Health Research Institute (HRI) at PwC, over the next five years, 86% of clinicians believe that mobile apps will play a major role in a doctor’s practice. (April 2015)
• Health Research Institute (HRI) at PwC, 52% of US clinicians are comfortable with mobile apps and devices to monitor vital signs. (April 2015)
• Health Research Institute (HRI) at PwC, 68% of those surveyed were concerned about the security of data stored in smartphone health apps. (April 2015)
• The European Commission e-Health Taskforce report 2007 found spending on healthcare in Europe represented 9% of its GDP, and estimates suggest that it could reach 16% by 2020 among OECD countries. (April 2015)
• e-Health is the fastest growing segment, worth an estimated 20 billion euro equal to 2% of all health expenditure in the EU. (April 2015)
• In the UK in 2012, 80% of visits to GPs were from patients requesting repeat prescriptions and in April 2013 patients started using online prescribing and appointments. (April 2015)
• Patient engagement, nearly two-thirds of adults (64 per cent) at least occasionally choose telehealth visits to replace in-person exams for minor follow-ups. (April 2015)
• An online survey of US adults found 78% of consumers who use wearables more than once a month feel it is useful for their doctor to have access to that information. (April 2015)
• The 2015 HIMSS Mobile Technology survey found nearly a third of healthcare providers offer organisation-specific apps for their patients and another 30 per cent are in the process of developing one, plus 90 per cent of respondents said they use mobile devices in their organisation for patient engagement.  (April 2015)
• Almost all of the participants in a recent study found home-based mHealth boosts outcomes for heart failure patients and they were more connected with their healthcare providers. (April 2015)
• Healthcare portal useage from Xerox found 43 per cent of millennials (18 to 34 years old) prefer to access patient portals via smartphones, 70 per cent of Boomers ( 55 to 64 year olds) would use the portals to schedule appointments. (April 2015)
• Salesforce survey found 33 percent of wearable tech users said fitness bands would have a large impact on enterprise and 21 percent anticipate a quick adoption rate. (April 2015)
• According to NDP, wearable fitness devices sold close to 3.3 million units last year (2014). (April 2015)
• In the US a survey found sixty-five per cent of patients trust their own online health findings. (April 2015)
• 85 per cent to 90 per cent of medical records contain errors. (April 2015)
• Fluent Media revealed 85 per cent of millennials—and 78 per cent of Baby Boomers—search for health topics online. (March 2015
• Fluent Media revealed 30 per cent of adults share their health information online with other patients. (March 2015)
• Fluent Media revealed 66 per cent of adults search for specific illnesses or medical topics. (March 2015)
• In the US a survey found 93 per cent of doctors say apps can improve patients’ health and outcomes, though security remains a concern. (March 2015)
• A survey found 89 per cent say they would recommend an app to a patient in the future. (March 2015)
• A report by Accenture found nearly 70% of those aged 65+ said technology is important to managing their health. (March 2015)
• Stroke affects 150,000 people in the UK, killing 53,000, each year. (March 2015)
• In the US the ageing population is embracing technology, 75 per cent of nursing homes provide residents access to smartphones, tablets or computers. (March 2015)
• NHS England’s £65 million Nursing Technology Fund launched in 2012 to support those at the frontline to deliver safer, more effective and more efficient care. (March 2015)
• The mobile healthcare market is set to reach $58.8 billion by the end of  2020. (March 2015)
• Andreessen Horowitz’s Benedict Evans states by 2020 80% of all adults on earth will own a smartphone. (March 2015)
• 85% of apps are for wellness, designed to be used primarily by the consumer and patient, and the remaining 15% function as medical devices. (March 2015)
• eMarketer indicate smartphone users worldwide will surpass 2 billion in 2016. (March 2015)
• Research2Guidance state already there are more than 100,000 health apps with more than 4 million downloads a day. (March 2015)
• Research2Guidance estimates by 2017  the market for mHealth apps, will be $26 billion. (March 2015)
• Department of Health report found when healthcare professionals have secure access to patient information on the move, patient contact was increased by up to 142% and time spent with patients increased by up to 104%. (March 2015)
• Makovsky/Kelton Pulse of Online Health Survey found almost two-thirds (66%) of Americans would use a mobile app to manage health-related issues. (March 2015)
• Makovsky/Kelton Pulse of Online Health Survey found 63% of Americans with gastrointestinal conditions would use mobile health apps to track diet and nutrition; among obese or overweight consumers, 61 % would make use of a mobile app to communicate with a doctor. (March 2015)
• In the US, nearly half of all physicians are now using smartphones to show patients educational pictures and videos. (March 2015)
• Millennials are leading the digital health charge, as they are more than twice as likely to express interest in using a mobile app to manage their health compared to those Americans aged 66 and older. (March 2015)
• Among the 91% of Americans who would search online for health information, condition management (58%), exploring symptoms (57%), and researching a prescribed treatment (55%) are the most popular motivators. (March 2015)
• A survey by Research Now found 46 per cent of clinicians plan to use health apps in practices by 2020. (March 2015)
• Research Now survey found  86 percent of healthcare professionals said they think health apps will help increase their understanding of a patient’s conditions and 72 percent said they predict that patients who use health apps will take more responsibility for their health. (March 2015)
• In the US more than 80 percent of doctors use mobile apps or view medical content on their phones for work. (March 2015)
• Apple’s new ‘ResearchKit’ software platform will be able to draw medical data from millions of its customers. (March 2015)
• 65 per cent of interactions with healthcare organisations will take place via mobile devices by 2018. (March 2015)
• Nearly 75 per cent of US adults use a fitness tracker. (March 2015)
• The NHS spends £11 billion every year on community services. (February 2015)
• Analysts estimate the retail market for wearables generated $1.4 billion in 2013, and that the industry will surpass $70 billion by 2024.  (February 2015)
• Two billion smartphones are purchased every year, (February 2015)
• Apple Watch wearers with diabetes will be able to use an app to monitor their glucose levels. (February 2015)
• A new app warns epilepsy sufferers that they are about to have a seizure. (February 2015)
• In 2014 NHS choices received over 42 million visits by the end of November 2014. (February 2015)
• Journal of Medical Internet Research study found 10 per cent of diabetes patients actively used app when “prescribed”. (February 2015)
• One in 20 searches on Google are health-related, according to Knowledge Graph. (February 2015)
• Sixty four per cent of patients are willing to participate in a video visit with a doctor, according to an online Harris Poll survey. (January 2015)
• 70 per cent of patients said they would prefer to receive a prescription via online video visit vs an in-person office visit, according to an online Harris Poll survey. (January 2015)
• In 2014 venture funding for digital health companies surpassed $4.1 billion. (January 2015)
• An Accenture survey of 24,000 consumers in 24 countries, about 8 percent now own wearable fitness monitors and 6 percent own a wearable health monitor. (January 2015)
• There are over 5,000 apps targeted at doctors. (January 2015)
• Smartphones are most popular among doctors after the stethoscope. (January 2015)
• 62% of physicians are using tablets, with over half them using it at the point-of-care. (January 2015)
• 71% of nurse are using smartphones at work. (January 2015)
• 40,000 medical apps are now available for tablets and smartphones. (January 2015)
• 25% costs in elderly care can be reduced by mhealth solutions. (January 2015)
• By 2018, the worldwide market for mobile health technology will reach $11.8 billion in comparison to just $1.2 billion in 2011. (January 2015)
• 247 million people have downloaded a health app. (January 2015)
• A PwC report found  that 56% of patients said it would be fine to share their health information across organizations if it meant they would get better care. (December 2014)
• Obesity can constitute a disability in certain circumstances, the EU’s highest court has ruled. (December 2014)
• Regularly taking aspirin and ibuprofen may help protect against some forms of skin cancer by 18%, research suggests. (December 2014)
• Half of women and 43% of men in England are now regularly taking prescription drugs, according to the comprehensive Health Survey for England. (December 2014)
• A text messaging service could help people remember to take the medicines they have been prescribed. (December 2014)
• Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health. (December 2014)
• The global market for wearable medical devices, from heart rate and pulse monitors to glucose management, was valued at $2 billion U.S. in 2012 and is expected to reach $5.8 billion in 2019. (December 2014)
• Pfizer is set to harness smartphone technology in a bid to identify patients with a very rare genetic condition. (November 2014)
• Performance data for almost 5,000 surgeons in England has been released by the NHS in a move towards greater transparency. (November 2014)
• Humour can be a powerful creative strategy for healthcare campaign challenges. (November 2014)
• A survey from Acquity Group, a subsidiary of Accenture found fitness devices are to be the most popular wearable over the next five years. (November 2014)
• A survey from Acquity Group, a subsidiary of Accenture found thirteen percent of consumers plan to purchase a health or fitness wearable device within the next year. (November 2014)
• Private healthcare in the UK could grow from £3.7 billion to £5.8 billion. (November 2014)
• Australian orthopaedists are prolific users of mobile technologies. Over 95% of respondents use a smartphone and more than half had a tablet. (November 2014)
• Patients will get access to their GP records via apps and “approved digital platforms” starting next spring, with full access to care records by 2017. (November 2014)
• NHS is “embracing technology” to enable people to take more control over their own care while saving the health service £5 billion over the next decade. (November 2014)
• 60% of colon cancer deaths could be avoided if everyone aged 50 or older were screened regularly. (November 2014)
• If detected early, colon cancer has a survival rate that is well above 90%. (November 2014)
• Every 40 seconds an American dies from cardiovascular disease. (November 2014)
• 65% of people do less than an hour of energetic exercise a week. (November 2014)
• 30% of people don’t know that being overweight is a key risk factor in the development of diabetes. (November 2014)
• There are 7.7 million new cases of dementia each year, suggesting someone is diagnosed every four seconds. (November 2014)
• Over 44 million people worldwide are living with dementia and this number is estimated to almost double by 2030 and more than triple by 2050. (November 2014)
• UK health and fitness wearable tech users to double in 2015. (October 2014)
• There are approximately 10 million adults in Britain who smoke cigarettes. (October 2014)
• Google is testing a new search feature that allows users to video call a doctor directly based on search results for illnesses or symptoms. (October 2014)
• Facebook plots first steps into healthcare creating online “support communities”. (October 2014)
• In the UK, around 114,000 people die every year from smoking-related illnesses and it remains one of the biggest causes of death and illness. (October 2014)
• 41% of people binge drink every month. (October 2014)
• 61% of women aged 20 or under are stressed ‘most or all of the time’ or ‘quite often’. (October 2014)
• Four out of every five patients who book appointments use hospital websites as part of their research. (September 2014)
• 1 in 8 women in the UK will get breast cancer, it is the most common cancer in the UK and 130 women are diagnosed a day. (September 2014)
• 1 in 8 men in the UK will get prostate cancer, it is the most common cancer in the UK and you are two and half times more likely to get if there is family history. (September 2014)
• One person dies every hour from accidents in England; the NHS spends £1.2 billion each year related to this tragic statistic. (September 2014)
• 80% of individuals between the ages of 18-24 would be likely to share health information through social media. (August 2014)
• The NHS deals with over 1 million patients every 36 hours. (August 2014)
• There are c.8,000 GP practices within the UK and c.2,300 NHS hospitals in the UK. (August 2014)
• 30% (2.1bn people) of the planet are classed as obese. (May 2014)
• UK British people are 3st (19kg) heavir than hey were 50 years ago. (May 2014)
• Obesity will cost the NHS £6.4bn pe year by 2015. (May 2014)
• The European Union (2014) estimates that the mHealth market will reach over 17 billion Euros by 2017. (April 2014)
• The European Union (2014) states the mHealth market is sustained by over 6 billion wireless subscriptions worldwide. (April 2014)
• The European Union (2014) forecasts the estimated global market value in 2017, 17.6 billion euro. (April 2014)
• The European Union (2014) stated 97,000 mHealth apps are available. (April 2014)
• The European Union (2014)  forecasts by 2017, 3.4 billion people worldwide will own a smartphone, half will use health apps. (April 2014)
• A survey of 57 US hospitals found that 49% did not have a mobile responsive website and/or the most important call to action buttons were not found easily, e.g. Contact Us (March 2014)
• As of 2012 Wikipedia is the largest online reference site, and it is reported to be the most used online healthcare resource globally. (March 2014)
• 85% of doctors say they proactively check online reviews about themselves. (January 2014)
• 1 in 4 people will suffer from a mental health problem. (Kings Fund 2014)
• By 2018 it is estimated that there will be 7 million older people in the UK who cannot walk up a flight of stairs without resting. (Kings Fund 2014)
• In 1948 the life expectancy was 66 years for men, 71 for women; by 2035 this will increase to 83 for men and 87 for women. (Kings Fund 2014)
• In England around 3 million people currently volunteers for health, disability and welfare organisations, the same number as the combined NHS and social care workforce. (Kings Fund 2014)
• Over the next 20 years the number of people in England aged 65-84 will grow by over a third and those over 85 will more than double. (Kings Fund 2014)
• 70% of the adult population are inactive, 26% are obese and 21% smoke. (Kings Fund 2014)
• Self care for ailments such as common colds, constipation, sprains and strains can reduce primary and secondary care visits for long-term conditions by up to 80%. (2014)
• 80% of patients in England prefer to book a GP appointment by phone. (December 2013)
• One third of patients in England prefer to book a GP appointment online. (December 2013)
• The global mobile health (mHealth) market is estimated to reach $58.8 billion by the end of 2020, at a CAGR of 32.3% during 2013 to 2020. (November 2013)
• Blood Glucose Meters market is projected to lead the mHealth devices market, followed by cardiac monitoring devices during the forecast period (2013 – 2020). (November 2013)
• Brits could add 4,700 years to their lives and £34.5 million to their wallets if they stopped smoking. (October 2013)
• Women are now living to an average age of 82.8 years and men 78.8 years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). (July 2013)
• Smoking is the primary cause of preventable illness and premature death in the UK, leading to 100,000 deaths per annum. (April 2013)
• Five big killers in the UK are heart disease, stroke, cancer, lung and liver disease – they account for more than 150,000 deaths a year among under-75s in England alone. (March 2013)
• 79% of physicians/GPs would recommend participation on online patient communities. (March 2013)
• NHS England has a budget of £95.6 billion; it has allocated £65.6 billion to local health economy commissioners. (January 2013)
• 26% of all hospitals in the US use social media; 41% said social media would affect their choice of a specific doctor, hospital, or medical facility. (December 2012)
• The highest age expectancy in the UK is 87.45 years in Kensington and the lowest is 74.8 years in Glasgow. (December 2012)
• 80% of all searches are healthcare related. (June 2012)
• 2/3 of internet users have looked online for information about a specific medical problem. (June 2012)
• 80% of nurses direct patients to health-related content online. (June 2012)
• 4.9 million patients worldwide will use remote health monitoring devices, such as cardiac monitors by 2016. (2012)
• Office for National Statistics confirms the strong association between the prevalence of smoking and levels of deprivation in England. (2012)
• Over 80% of Internet users have searched the web for health care information. (June 2012)