Some facts about shingles include that: 1  Shingles is rare in children under ten years of age. 2  Younger children who do develop shingles tend to have milder symptoms than adults with shingles. 3  People have a 10 to 15 percent chance of developing shingles at some point in their life if they once had chicken pox.
There are approximately 310 million people in the United States. Of these people, approximately 250 million are over the age of 14. According to Comscore, about 235 million of these Americans use mobile devices. It seems likely that almost all of these folks will eventually have smartphones.
Here are six key findings from the report: 1The share of Americans who own a smartphone has substantially increased since 2011, when Pew Research first began examining smartphone adoption. Today, nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. adults own a smartphone, up from 35% in 2011. Younger adults as well as those who are more affluent and have higher levels of education are among the most likely groups to own a smartphone.