The most Googled diseases were HPV, celiac disease and diabetes. Unfortunately,
these were not the deadliest or as prevalent, that being heart disease, the nation’s top
killer disease. The list is important as it may shed some insight on which regions of the country are struggling with specific diseases and can therefore lead to more effective and relevant targeted health initiatives.
Millions of people around the country use search websites like Google to research information about diseases.
Diseases most Googled for each state:
Alabama: AIDS
Alaska: Asthma, stroke and liver disease
Arizona: HPV
Arkansas: HPV
California: HPV
Colorado: Asthma
Connecticut: Asthma
Delaware: Liver disease
Florida: Cancer and HPV
Georgia: HPV
Hawaii: Diabetes
Idaho: Celiac disease
Illinois: Relapsing polychondritis
Indiana: Diabetes and HPV
Iowa: Diabetes
Kansas: Celiac disease
Kentucky: Emphysema and asthma
Louisiana: AIDS
Maine: Heart disease, Ebola virus and Lyme disease
Maryland: HPV
Massachusetts: Alzheimer’s
Michigan: HPV
Minnesota: Epilepsy
Mississippi: AIDS and multiple sclerosis
Missouri: Colitis
Montana: Rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease
Nebraska: Scleroderma
Nevada: HPV
New Hampshire: Celiac disease
New Jersey: Colitis
New Mexico: Diabetes
New York: Cancer, HPV, colitis and Crohn’s disease
North Carolina: HPV
North Dakota: Liver disease
Ohio: HPV
Oklahoma: Lupus
Oregon: AIDS
Pennsylvania: HPV
Rhode Island: HPV
South Carolina: Scleroderma
South Dakota: Diabetes
Tennessee: Asthma
Texas: HPV
Utah: Celiac disease
Vermont: Alzheimer’s
Virginia: HPV
Washington: HPV
West Virginia: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, kidney disease and
rheumatoid arthritis
Wisconsin: Diabetes and celiac disease
Wyoming: Pulmonary hypertension and Crohn’s disease
Many of the health conditions listed above are potentially life threatening if allowed to go unchecked, but fortunately, there are also many that can be benefited by making changes in diet, ensuring you’re getting all necessary nutrients and vitamins and adopting a supplement protocol custom-tailored to your own body’s unique needs.
If you’d like to learn more about how to use nutrition and naturopathy along with natural remedies to treat digestive issues like Crohn’s disease, celiac disease and colitis, cardiovascular issues like heart disease and hypertension, autoimmune illnesses and more, then please have a look at my consultation page. Googling a disease can be a great way to inform yourself (or give yourself anxiety), but the search shouldn’t end there…let’s search for a solution together and improve your symptoms today.