• by July 11, 2001

According to MRI's Cyber Stats, collected through April, 2001, use of the Internet among those age 55-64 grew in the past six months to 43% from 36% and 31% eighteen months ago.

133 million U.S. adults - 66% of the adult population – have access to the Internet either at work or home. Of those, 101 million reported using the Internet in the past 30 days. This means that 50% of U.S. adults have used the Internet in the past 30 days.

The most common activity on the Internet among consumers 55-64 is e-mail. Compared to six months ago, use of e-mail by these senior adults has increased by 20%. Compared to 18 months ago, there has been a 46% increase in e-mail use among this group.

And, older Americans are growing in tracking their investments, making purchases, making travel plans and browsing on the Internet.

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