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. 2015 Jul 8;3(3):e72. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4438

Table 2.

New media use prevalence and taxonomies, July 12 to August 30, 2012.



ED #1 ED #2 ED #3 Total
New media profile
Yale-New Haven Hospital York Street Campus Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus Bridgeport Hospital All EDs combined (N=5788)
Cell phone ownership
1677/1922 (87.25%) 1591/1966 (80.93%) 1666/1900 (88.68%) 4934/5788 (85.25%, 95% CI 84-86)
Cell phone use Calling 1666/1677 (99.34%) 1572/1591 (98.81%) 1654/1666 (99.28%) 4892/4934 (99.15%, 95% CI 98.9-99.4)

Texting 1235/1677 (73.64%) 1141/1592 (71.72%) 1219/1666 (73.17%) 3595/4935 (72.86%, 95% CI 72-74)

E-mailing 654/1677 (39.00%) 624/1591 (39.22%) 803/1666 (48.20%) 2081/4934 (42.18%, 95% CI 41-44)

Surfing Internet 762/1677 (45.44%) 652/1591 (40.98%) 869/1666 (52.16%) 2283/4934 (46.27%, 95% CI 45-48)

Social networking 664/1677 (39.59%) 545/1591 (34.26%) 694/1666 (41.66%) 1903/4934 (38.57%, 95% CI 37-40)

Playing games 422/1677 (25.16%) 430/1591 (27.03%) 564/1666 (33.85%) 1416/4934 (28.70%, 95% CI 27-30)
Mobile phone ownership
837/1677 (49.91%) 716/1591 (45.00%) 947/1666 (56.84%) 2500/4934 (50.67%, 95% CI 49-52)
Mobile phone operating system iPhone 404/837 (48.27%) 278/716 (38.83%) 411/947 (43.40%) 1093/2500 (43.72%, 95% CI 42-46)

Android 333/837 (39.78%) 333/716 (46.51%) 451/947 (47.62%) 1117/2500 (45.88%, 95% CI 43-47)
Mobile phone contract type Contract, Limited Min 909/1677 (54.20%) 687/1591 (43.18%) 850/1666 (51.02%) 2446/4934 (49.57%, 95% CI 48-51)

Contract, Unlimited Min 909/1677 (54.20%) 687/1591 (43.18%) 850/1666 (51.02%) 2446/4934 (49.57%, 95% CI 48-51)

Medicaid phone (aka Obama phone) 66/1677 (3.94%) 84/1591 (5.28%) 63/1666 (3.78%) 213/4934 (4.32%, 95% CI 4-5)

Pay-as-you-go 255/1677 (15.21%) 391/1591 (25.58%) 353/1666 (21.19%) 999/4934 (20.25%, 95% CI 19-21)