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Table 2 The total number and percentage of websites that comply with each criterion of HONcode

From: Are health websites credible enough for elderly self-education in the most prevalent elderly diseases?

Criteria

Search engines

Total

N = 216

Google

N = 85

Yahoo

N = 65

Bing

N = 66

Authority

55 (58.8%)

42 (64.6%)

43 (65.2%)

140 (64.8%)

Complementarity

67 (78.8%)

52 (80.0%)

49 (74.2%)

168 (77.8%)

Privacy

79 (92.9%)

64 (98.5%)

61 (92.4%)

204 (94.4%)

Attribution

73 (85.9%)

59 (90.8%)

58 (87.9%)

190 (88.0%)

Justifiability

76 (89.4%)

62 (95.4%)

63 (95.5%)

201 (93.1%)

Transparency

84 (98.9%)

62 (95.4%)

66 (100%)

212 (98.1%)

Financial disclosure

70 (82.4%)

52 (80.0%)

57 (86.4%)

179 (82.9%)

Advertising policy

61 (71.8%)

42 (64.6%)

45 (68.2%)

148 (68.5%)