Table 1.
Demographics of virtual visit users (cohort), the BC total population (comparison group), and traditional primary care users (matched control).
| Demographics | Cohort, n (%) | Comparison group, n (%) | Matched control, n (%) | Virtual visit users per 100,000 population, n | |
| N | 5441 | 5,154,164a | 21,176 | 105.45 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 2246 (41.28) | 2,567,271 (49.81) | 6484 (41.21) | 87.41 | |
| Female | 3195 (58.72) | 2,585,293 (50.16) | 9251 (58.79) | 123.43 | |
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 0-19 | 668 (12.28) | 1,041,727 (20.21) | 1816 (11.54) | 64.08 | |
| 20-44 | 2908 (53.45) | 1,759,334 (34.13) | 8249 (52.42) | 165.02 | |
| 45-64 | 1356 (24.92) | 1,454,896 (28.23) | 4127 (26.23) | 93.12 | |
| 65-84 | 467 (8.58) | 735,034 (14.26) | 1402 (8.91) | 63.49 | |
| ≥85 | 42 (0.77) | 163,173 (3.17) | 141 (0.90) | 25.73 | |
| Region | |||||
| Interior | 558 (10.26) | 821,389 (15.94) | 1596 (10.16) | 67.89 | |
| Fraser | 2452 (45.07) | 1,804,191 (35.00) | 7150 (45.53) | 135.72 | |
| Vancouver Coastal | 1346 (24.74) | 1,287,575 (24.98) | 3850 (24.52) | 104.43 | |
| Island | 459 (8.44) | 833,223 (16.17) | 1343 (8.55) | 55.06 | |
| Northern | 613 (11.27) | 318,779 (6.18) | 1764 (11.23) | 191.93 | |
| Income quintile | |||||
| Lowest | 1065 (20.31) | 1,028,089 (20.42) | 3326 (21.42) | 103.48 | |
| 2 | 968 (18.46) | 1,022,091 (20.30) | 3312 (21.33) | 94.62 | |
| 3 | 1038 (19.79) | 1,014,178 (20.14) | 3183 (20.50) | 102.24 | |
| 4 | 1220 (23.26) | 1,007,627 (20.01) | 3020 (19.45) | 120.93 | |
| Highest | 953 (18.17) | 963,518 (19.13) | 2686 (17.30) | 98.81 | |
| Health status | |||||
| 0 major ADGs | 3044 (55.95) | 3,648,817 (70.79) | 8699 (55.28) | 83.35 | |
| 1 | 1451 (26.67) | 956,439 (18.56) | 4297 (27.31) | 151.48 | |
| 2 | 569 (10.46) | 330,074 (6.40) | 1645 (10.45) | 172.09 | |
| 3+ | 377 (6.93) | 218,834 (4.25) | 1094 (6.95) | 171.98 | |
a The total population that lived in British Columbia at any time during 2010/2011 to 2013/2014.