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Table 2 Characteristics of registered users and visitors from January 1 to December 31, 2010

From: Missing and accounted for: gaps and areas of wealth in the public health review literature

 

Registered Users (4, 668)

% (n)

Visitors (40, 166)

% (n)

Continent

  

   North America

90.6% (4, 229)

75.0% (30, 107)

Canada

82.7% (3, 859)

65.0% (26, 113)

British Columbia

10.9% (509)

4.6% (1, 841)

Alberta

7.8% (366)

4.6% (1, 853)

Saskatchewan

3.6% (166)

1.6% (627)

Manitoba

4.0% (186)

1.9% (761)

Ontario

41.6% (1940)

41.9% (16, 810)

Quebec

5.3% (247)

6.0% (2, 408)

New Brunswick

2.2% (105)

0.7% (282)

Nova Scotia

3.4% (157)

2.2% (900)

Prince Edward Island

0.3% (12)

0.2% (88)

Newfoundland & Labrador

1.8% (82)

0.9% (354)

Nunavut

0.5% (22)

0.1% (29)

Northwest Territories

0.3% (16)

0.1% (49)

Yukon

0.3% (15)

0.2% (77)

Not specified (within Canada)

0.8% (36)

0.1% (34)

United States of America

7.9% (370)

9.9% (3, 994)

Europe

3.5% (164)

14.4% (5, 774)

Oceania

4.0% (188)

4.0% (1, 604)

Asia

0.7% (35)

3.9% (1, 570)

South America, Central America, Caribbean

0.7% (31)

1.9% (777)

Africa

0.1% (6)

0.8% (326)

Not specified

0.3% (15)

0.02% (8)

Language Preference §

English

98.1% (4, 580)

83.3% (33, 459)

French

1.9% (88)

6.2% (2, 482)

Spanish

-

3.6% (1, 463)

Italian

-

1.8% (708)

German

-

1.0% (399)

Portuguese

-

0.7% (285)

Other

-

3.4% (1, 370)

Organization Type*

Public Health/Health Services

54.6% (2, 547)

15.8% (5, 502)

Academic/Research Institution

18.7% (872)

18.3% (6, 393)

Not-for-Profit/NGO

4.5% (210)

0.4% (123)

Government

4.2% (197)

6.7% (2, 340)

Corporate/Private Business

2.0% (93)

0.8% (294)

Professional Association

0.9% (44)

0.1% (49)

Library

0.6% (28)

0.8% (287)

School (primary/secondary)

0.2% (10)

0.01% (5)

Pharmaceutical

0.1% (6)

0.01% (5)

Internet Provider

0.04% (2)

53.0% (18, 503)†

Not specified/determinable

14.1% (659)

4.0% (1, 408)

  1. § Language preference data only collected for Canada's official languages (English and French) for registered users, whereas 65 languages were identified for visitors.
  2. * Visitor data for organization type is shown for organizations with five or more visits in 2010.
  3. † Visitor data was collected by internet service provider and many organizations could only be identified by internet service provider (e.g. Rogers, Shaw, Bell, etc.)