According to the We Are Social 2021 report, the biggest reason why individuals go online is information search with a rate of 63%. In other words, almost two-thirds of internet users in the world use the internet to find information. According to the results of the Health Information Searching Behavior and Related Factors research on the Internet and Television, 95.37% of active internet users conduct health research on the internet. Health-related research accounts for 4.5 percent of daily searches made on the internet worldwide.
In this context, the largest online service provider in its field, Doctor Calendar, based on more than 59 million sessions opened by 39 million 129 thousand 386 users in 2021, its report, which diseases are searched most on the internet, how these searches are compared to cities and geographical regions. appeared to take shape.
The most searches were made in the dermatology branch
In 2021, skin diseases were in the first place with 18.8% in the most searched diseases and disease symptoms.
allergy with 13.8%,
moles with 13%
hemorrhoids 10.3%,
9.3% pediatric orthopedics,
7.6% herniated disc,
7.2% risky pregnancy,
6.8% varicose veins,
6.7% female diseases,
6% inflammatory rheumatism.
Dermatology branch searches made 32.2% in total with skin diseases and me categories; gynecology and obstetrics branch has a 13.9% share with the calls made about risky pregnancy and gynecological diseases.
Istanbulites made the highest number of health calls
The city with the highest number of health calls is Istanbul with 22.06%.
took Ankara with 15.10% and Izmir with
8.49%.
Looking at the provinces, the most searched diseases and symptoms in Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir are skin diseases, pediatric orthopedic diseases and hair loss after hemorrhoids, moles, hernia, obsessive compulsive disorder, varicose veins, gynecological diseases and inflammatory diseases. rheumatism took place.
Black Sea people and Southeast people searched for allergies, Mediterranean people I searched
Marmara ranks first with 31.9% in health searches compared to their geographical regions.
Central Anatolia with 28%,
Aegean with 13.2%,
Eastern Anatolia with 2.36%
in the Marmara Region. Afterwards, searches were made mostly for pediatric orthopedic diseases and allergies. Skin diseases were followed by mole and hemorrhoids in Central Anatolia, and mole and allergy in Aegean.
When looking at the most searched diseases and disease symptoms compared to geographical regions, skin diseases ranked first in each region. The most sought after issue in Marmara, Aegean, Central Anatolia and Eastern regions are skin diseases; Allergy occurred in the Black Sea and Southeastern Anatolia regions. In the Mediterranean, I, a type of skin disease, was searched.