Table 3: Representativeness of physicians in the national CPCSSN data (up to Sept. 30, 2013) compared with respondents to the 2013 NPS
CharacteristicNo. (%) of CPCSSN physicians
n = 478
No. (%) of 2013 NPS respondents
n = 31 799
Age, yr
< 3559 (13.7)3434 (10.8)
35-44110 (25.5)6805 (21.4)
45-54125 (29.0)8554 (26.9)
55-64104 (24.1)9000 (28.3)
≥ 6533 (7.7)4007 (12.6)
No. missing470
Sex
Male234 (48.9)17807 (56.0)
Female244 (51.0)13992 (44.0)
Practice location
Urban/nonrural402 (84.1)26432 (84.0)
Rural76 (15.9)5035 (16.0)
No. missing0332
Practice setting
Academic primary care92 (19.3)1982 (7.8)
Nonacademic primary care386 (80.7)23423 (92.2)
No. missing06 394

Note: CPCSSN = Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network, NPS = National Physician Survey.