Here are 12 statistics on surgery method preference by age group, based on data from Accenture's 2018 Consumer Survey on Digital Health.
Accenture surveyed 2,301 U.S. adults between October 2017 and January 2018 and found 56 percent of consumers would prefer the robot-assisted surgery method after learning about the benefits of the approach.
18 to 34 years
1. Robot-assisted: 46 percent
2. Traditional: 39 percent
35 to 44 years
3. Robot-assisted: 45 percent
4. Traditional: 43 percent
45 to 54 years
5. Robot-assisted: 26 percent
6. Traditional: 58 percent
55 to 64 years
7. Robot-assisted: 26 percent
8. Traditional: 60 percent
65 to 74 years
9. Robot-assisted: 29 percent
10. Traditional: 53 percent
75 years and older
11. Robot-assisted: 30 percent
12. Traditional: 64 percent