Table 2
Internet characteristics of health users and other users, household population aged 18 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2005

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  Health users Other users
Average number of activities 10.1 7.4
  %
Online 5 or more years 72 59*
Daily Internet access 72 56*
Online 5 or more hours per week 52 36*
Cable, satellite or high-speed connection 84 78*
10 or more Internet activities 57 31*
Electronic banking 64 50*
* significantly different from estimate for health users (p < 0.01)
Data source: 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Getting a second opinion: Health information and the Internet", Health Reports, Vol. 19 No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.