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Table 2 Top five community health concerns

From: Making the links: do we connect climate change with health? A qualitative case study from Canada

Health Concern

Number of Participants (% of total)

Mentions (% of the total)

Environment - Total

16 (73)

39 (23)

  Air Pollution

12 (54)

26 (15)

  Garbage

5 (23)

7 (4)

  Drinking Water

4 (18)

6 (3)

Accessibility to Services (ie. medical, education, housing)

11 (50)

24 (14)

Transportation

9 (41)

31 (18)

Obesity/Nutrition/Physical Activity

9 (41)

25 (14)

Poverty

6 (27)

15 (9)

Total

* 22

173 (100)

  1. * This is not equal to the sum of the numbers in the column due to multiple responses.