Internet Use
Proportion of physicians who personally use the Internet for various purposes.
Overall | Females | Males | < 35 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | |
Total | 3128 | 938 | 2190 | 320 | 1033 | 957 | 585 | 233 |
62.9% | 54.3% | 66.4% | 68.7% | 68.1% | 66.7% | 54.7% | 35.6% | |
Discussion groups | 18.7% | 12.1% | 21.7% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 21.0% | 16.2% | 8.6% |
World wide web, all uses | 60.5% | 49.9% | 65.0% | 67.9% | 66.3% | 65.0% | 50.1% | 32.2% |
Ordering documents & books | 26.5% | 18.8% | 29.9% | 27.2% | 29.4% | 28.4% | 23.7% | 13.3% |
Bibliographic database searching (e.g. MEDLINE) | 53.2% | 46.1% | 56.2% | 57.0% | 60.1% | 56.6% | 43.9% | 24.9% |
Web sites intended for physicians (e.g. online journals) | 50.1% | 41.1% | 54.1% | 56.3% | 56.6% | 54.4% | 39.6% | 22.3% |
Patient-oriented Web resources | 30.3% | 25.1% | 32.5% | 31.3% | 35.8% | 33.7% | 22.7% | 10.2% |
Continuing medical education web sites | 41.0% | 33.1% | 44.4% | 46.6% | 45.0% | 43.9% | 35.1% | 18.9% |
News in medicine, health care | 36.7% | 27.0% | 40.9% | 38.8% | 40.2% | 38.3% | 33.1% | 20.3% |
Classified advertising, placements | 11.5% | 6.9% | 13.5% | 15.6% | 14.5% | 11.6% | 7.1% | 4.3% |
CMA Online | 26.6% | 17.7% | 30.4% | 27.5% | 28.7% | 29.0% | 23.9% | 12.8% |
CMA Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase | 21.1% | 15.1% | 23.4% | 26.6% | 22.2% | 22.1% | 18.6% | 10.3% |
Financial activities (e.g. bill payments, banking services) | 26.8% | 18.2% | 30.4% | 32.6% | 31.4% | 28.1% | 19.1% | 12.0% |
GP/FP | Med Spec | Surg Spec | Rural | Urban | |
Total | 1685 | 1035 | 408 | 302 | 2826 |
57.2% | 71.5% | 63.7% | 59.9% | 63.0% | |
Discussion groups | 15.4% | 23.0% | 21.8% | 18.9% | 18.7% |
World wide web, all uses | 54.4% | 70.1% | 61.2% | 56.3% | 60.9% |
Ordering documents & books | 22.6% | 32.6% | 27.6% | 28.1% | 26.5% |
Bibliographic database searching (e.g. MEDLINE) | 44.7% | 65.6% | 55.9% | 44.6% | 53.9% |
Web sites intended for physicians (e.g. online journals) | 45.0% | 58.7% | 49.8% | 46.4% | 50.5% |
Patient-oriented Web resources | 28.4% | 33.9% | 29.6% | 29.8% | 30.4% |
Continuing medical education web sites | 37.3% | 47.7% | 39.7% | 37.8% | 41.3% |
News in medicine, health care | 33.3% | 42.6% | 35.5% | 34.5% | 36.9% |
Classified advertising, placements | 11.4% | 12.1% | 11.3% | 15.0% | 11.2% |
CMA Online | 25.5% | 28.3% | 26.8% | 27.5% | 26.5% |
CMA Clinical Practice Guidelines Infobase | 22.0% | 21.1% | 16.6% | 22.9% | 20.8% |
Financial activities (e.g. bill payments, banking services) | 25.2% | 29.0% | 27.5% | 24.5% | 27.1% |