Comments on: Top 10 Conditions at CureTogether: Chronic, Women’s Health

By: Is There a Self-Experimentation Gender Gap? | Quantified Self

Is There a Self-Experimentation Gender Gap? | Quantified Self — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:07:16 +0000

[...] the other? I ran this past Alex, who said that at CureTogether ~2/3 of her members are women. In this reply she suggests a hypothesis: Thanks for the question, Faren! According to a 2004 Kaiser report, more [...]

By: Alexandra Carmichael

Alexandra Carmichael — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:51:30 +0000

Thanks for the question, Faren! According to a 2004 Kaiser report (http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/Women-and-Health-Care-A-National-Profile-Key-Findings-from-the-Kaiser-Women-s-Health-Survey-Report-Highlights.pdf), more women are affected by chronic conditions than men. However, it is also possible that since we started with women’s health conditions at CureTogether, we have attracted more women than men to join as members.

By: Faren

Faren — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:56:23 +0000

“…and many affect more women than men.” -is this because more site-users are women than men? Just curious about the stats, thanks! =)