Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of respondents compared with those of family physicians and general practitioners in British Columbia

CHARACTERISTICS	PROPORTION OF SURVEY RESPONDENTS	PROPORTION OF BC PHYSICIANS15,16
Sex
• Male	56.4	66.1
• Female	43.6	33.9
Age, y
• ≤ 40	24.9	24.6 (35–44)^*
• 41–50	37.2	33.3 (45–54)^*
• > 50	37.9	35.0 (≥ 55)^*
Practice location^†
• Urban	52.8	NA
• Suburban	37.2	NA
• Rural	24.8	20.9^‡

NA—data not available.
↵* Reference population ages indicated in parenthesis. Percentages do not add to 100 owing to incomplete data.
↵† Definitions of urban, suburban, and rural were not provided to survey respondents.
↵‡ Rural was defined as areas with populations of less than 10 000 persons.17