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. 2013 May 29;15(5):e105. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2610

Table 3.

Illicit eDTCA user location data.

Country Classificationa Social media site, n (%)


Facebook Twitter MySpace Total
United States High income 702 (34.2) 818 (37.7) 650 (30.0) 2170 (54.3)
China Upper-middle income/emerging market 240 (23.1) 412 (39.7) 387 (37.2) 1039 (26.0)
United Kingdom High income 105 (8.8) 145 (9.6) 106 (8.2) 356 (8.9)
Russian Federation Upper-middle income/emerging market 67 (5.6) 76 (5.0) 117 (9.0) 260 (6.5)
Unknown 38 (3.2) 12 (0.8) 7 (0.5) 57 (1.4)
Germany High income 7 (0.6) 9 (0.6) 8 (0.6) 24 (0.6)
Japan High income 5 (0.4) 15 (1.0) 4 (0.3) 24 (0.6)
Netherlands High income 4 (0.3) 5 (0.3) 5 (0.4) 14 (0.4)
France High income 4 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 12 (0.3)
Ukraine Lower-middle income/emerging market 2 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 2 (0.2) 6 (0.2)
Israel High income 2 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 2 (0.2) 6 (0.2)
Czech Republic High income 2 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 2 (0.2) 6 (0.2)
Moldova, Republic of Lower-middle income 3 (0.3) 2 (0.1) 2 (0.2) 7 (0.2)
Canada High income 3 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 5 (0.1)
Sweden High income 2 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1)
Australia High income 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.1)
Taiwan High incomeb 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.1)
Romania Upper-middle income 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.1)
Korea, Republic of High income 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1)

aCountry income classification based on World Bank List of Economies [25]. Country emerging market classification based on the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook Update [26].

bTaiwan is not listed as a separate country, but it is separately classified by the World Bank as a high-income country [27].