Table 3.
Percent of individuals in each ethnic-native group who use the internet and look up health information online (National Health Interview Survey, 2015-16).
| Ethnicity by nativity | Population: use the internet | Population: look up health information | ||
| n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | |
| US-born non-Hispanic whites | 32,735 (85.6) | 85.1-86.1 | 22,167 (67.3) | 66.6-68.1 |
| US-born Mexican | 2037 (85.0) | 82.7-87.1 | 1228 (58.2) | 55.0-61.4 |
| Foreign-born Mexican | 1358 (53.8) | 51.1-56.4 | 633 (45.1) | 41.6-48.7 |
| US-born Puerto Rican | 414 (88.9) | 84.0-92.4 | 247 (58.2) | 52.1-64.0 |
| Foreign-born Puerto Rican | 276 (65.2) | 60.2-70.0 | 155 (56.3) | 48.2-64.0 |
| US-born Central and South American | 246 (95.9) | 92.5-97.7 | 171 (69.1) | 60.6-76.5 |
| Foreign-born Central and South American | 739 (67.3) | 63.6-70.8 | 370 (48.8) | 44.1-53.5 |
| US-born other Latino | 139 (91.4) | 83.7-95.6 | 90 (61.7) | 51.1-71.3 |
| Foreign-born other Latino | 307 (55.4) | 50.0-60.7 | 145 (45.8) | 38.8-52.9 |