Only about a third of the adults who responded to a recent WebMD survey said that they know a lot about their family's health history, while more than a quarter admitted to knowing little or none of it.
than know a lot , while 18% know a little and 10% do not know any of it, according to the results of a survey conducted May 25 to 31 among 753 U.S. consumers.
A lack of medical self-knowledge was shown when participants were asked if they knew their own blood type: 39% said that they do not. Those aged 45 years and older were significantly more likely to know than those under 45 , and women were more likely than men , although that difference did not quite reach statistical significance.
More than half of the survey respondents reported that they schedule and maintain regular doctor visits, although there was a major gap between younger adults, of whom only 41% regularly schedule such visits, and the 76% of older adults who see a doctor regularly. None of the three health indicators that might have been reported at such encounters in the past 12 months received a majority response.
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