More trends in the search for health

27 01 2009

Now lets play around a little:

Cures Cancer, Causes cancer

MMR

Quack Quack Quack

Head, shoulders, knees and toes (I suspect porn interference on this one)

Are asthma and allergies growing concerns? (Media: Yes; Google: No)

Who cares most about radiation poisoning? (Australia)

Who cares most about anthrax? (Chile) anthrax attacks? (USA and its allies)





What cancers do Aussies find trendy

27 01 2009

Experiments with Google Trends.

I’m supposed to be working on my skills that can accurately tell public perception on health issues. Can Google help?

What cancers are Australians worried about? Have a little think, and then venture below the fold (if you want nice scary death stats).

I used the major four: Breast O, Lung O, Prostate O and Skin O. These are the cancers you hear mostly about day in day out. I also added kidney cancer O and brain cancer (-), because these two were on my mind from work-related projects.

Search terms did not use quote marks, doing so only removes the news reference results without significantly changing the main chart. Google Trends machinations also removed brain cancer, perhaps they should market that…

The results were … interesting:

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