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Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics between adult respondents of two surveys and the general population of Hong Kong

From: Healthcare seeking behavior of patients with influenza like illness: comparison of the summer and winter influenza epidemics

 

Summer survey respondents

Winter survey respondents

Hong Kong populationa

No.

%

No.

%

%

Age group (years)b

505

 

535

  

 18–59

314

60.8

353

65.5

75.4

  > 60

191

37.8

182

33.8

24.6

Female

302

58.5

340

63.1

54.7

Educationc

512

 

533

  

 Primary or below

99

19.3

91

16.9

23.4

 Secondary

233

45.5

263

48.8

50.5

 Tertiary or above

180

35.1

179

33.2

26.1

  1. aPercentage of age group was calculated based on the population of mid–2014 and the education data from the 2011 population census
  2. bThere were eleven and four respondents who refused to give age in summer and winter surveys
  3. cFour and six respondents did not answer education attainment in the summer and winter surveys, respectively