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Table 3 Knowledge around climate change

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

Theme

Number of participants (% of the total)

Mentions (% of the total)

Health effects

17 (77)

49 (21)

Weather/temperature change

15 (68)

22 (9)

Glaciers/ice caps

14 (64)

22 (9)

Pollution (general)

13 (59)

31(13)

Natural disasters

12 (54)

23 (10)

Ozone hole

11 (50)

16 (7)

Greenhouse gas emissions

8 (36)

16 (7)

Wildlife

8 (36)

14 (6)

Natural cycles

7 (32)

18 (8)

Deforestation

5 (23)

12 (5)

Sea-level rise

4 (18)

4 (2)

Rainforests

2 (9)

4 (2)

Storms

2 (9)

3 (1)

Water

2 (9)

3 (1)

Total

* 22

237 (100)

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