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.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are now smartphone owners, and for many these devices are a key entry point to the online world. 64% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind, up from 35% in the spring of 2011. Smartphone ownership is especially high among younger Americans, as well as those with relatively high income and education levels.