The next social challenge to public health: the information environment.pptx
Inspire Cancer Support Groups--by the numbers
1. CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITIES
INSPIRE (WWW.INSPIRE.COM) IS THE LEADING ONLINE SUPPORT
COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER
75,000Patients and caregivers
affected by cancer.
*as of May 2013
1.6MOf the 5 million posts made by Inspire
members, over 1.6 million were in
Inspire’s cancer support groups.
Woman, 53, with
Stage IV breast cancer
“We laugh. We cry, but
no matter what, we are
there for each other.”
52%
Growth rate of amount of
members affected by
cancer, 2011 to 2012
POSTS MADE BY
2012
MEMBERS IN
LUNG
125,000
OVARIAN
110,000
THYROID
64,000
BLADDER
50,000
ADVANCED BREAST
42,000
CERVICAL
25,000
22,500
Number of people who
joined at least one
Inspire cancer support
community in 2012
SAMPLE COMMUNITIESAND
MEMBER SIZE
(Q3 2013)
ADVANCED
BREAST
7,500
CERVICAL
13,000
OVARIAN
15,000
LUNG
25,000
Based in Princeton, NJ, Inspire is the patient engagement company. We build and
manage online support communities for about 400,000 members, and help industry
connect to members for the purpose of research.
Find out more at www.corp.inspire.com or by contacting us at amir@inspire.com.
Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/teaminspire
Inspire also has communities for people affected by melanoma, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer.