| Characteristic | All, no. (%) n = 1076 | Purpose of travel, no. (%)* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism n = 754 | Immigration n = 63 | VFR n = 78 | Missionary volunteer/researcher/aid n = 84 | Business n = 69 | Other† n = 28 | ||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 448 (41.6) | 300 (39.8) | 36 (57.1) | 32 (41.0) | 28 (33.3) | 34 (49.3) | 18 (64.3) |
| Female | 628 (58.4) | 454 (60.2) | 27 (42.9) | 46 (59.0) | 56 (66.7) | 35 (50.7) | 10 (35.7) |
| Age, yr; median (IQR) | 39.7 (26–52) | 39 (27–53) | 36 (22.5–59.8) | 39 (28–54) | 29 (22.3–51) | 39 (32.8–50) | 25 (22–40) |
| Patient type | |||||||
| Inpatient | 27 (2.5) | 13 (1.7) | 6 (9.5) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (2.4) | 2 (2.9) | 2 (7.1) |
| Outpatient | 1049 (97.5) | 741 (98.3) | 57 (90.5) | 76 (97.4) | 82 (97.6) | 67 (97.1) | 26 (92.9) |
| Travel duration, d; median (IQR) | 15.5 (7–31) | 14 (7–27) | NA | 33 (16.5–79) | 28 (14.8–61.3) | 21 (8.8–35) | 24 (9.3–111) |
| Pretravel encounter | |||||||
| Yes | 364 (33.8) | 238 (31.6) | NA | 18 (23.1) | 60 (71.4) | 32 (46.4) | 16 (57.1) |
| No | 387 (36.0) | 310 (41.1) | NA | 39 (50.0) | 9 (10.7) | 23 (33.3) | 6 (21.4) |
| Unknown | 262 (24.3) | 206 (27.3) | NA | 21 (26.9) | 15 (17.9) | 14 (20.3) | 6 (21.4) |
| CanTravNet site | |||||||
| Montréal | 619 (57.5) | 447 (59.3) | 26 (41.3) | 38 (48.7) | 60 (71.4) | 34 (49.3) | 14 (50.0) |
| Toronto | 277 (25.7) | 192 (25.5) | 16 (25.4) | 31 (39.7) | 11 (13.1) | 25 (36.2) | 2 (7.1) |
| Montréal-CHUM | 87 (8.1) | 72 (9.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.6) | 10 (11.9) | 3 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
| Ottawa | 52 (4.8) | 22 (2.9) | 12 (19.0) | 4 (5.1) | 3 (3.6) | 3 (4.3) | 8 (28.6) |
| Vancouver | 41 (3.8) | 21 (2.8) | 9 (14.3) | 3 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.8) | 4 (14.3) |
| Region of exposure | |||||||
| Caribbean | 242 (22.5) | 206 (27.3) | 2 (3.2) | 6 (7.7) | 16 (19.0) | 10 (14.5) | 2 (7.1) |
| Central America | 197 (18.3) | 180 (23.9) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (2.6) | 4 (4.8) | 4 (5.8) | 5 (17.9) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 138 (12.8) | 51 (6.8) | 20 (31.7) | 15 (19.2) | 32 (38.1) | 14 (20.3) | 6 (21.4) |
| Southeast Asia | 114 (10.6) | 85 (11.3) | 9 (14.3) | 6 (7.7) | 7 (8.3) | 6 (8.7) | 1 (3.6) |
| Southcentral Asia | 84 (7.8) | 35 (4.6) | 12 (19.0) | 20 (25.6) | 5 (6.0) | 6 (8.7) | 6 (21.4) |
| South America | 71 (6.6) | 41 (5.4) | 2 (3.2) | 9 (11.5) | 14 (16.7) | 3 (4.3) | 2 (7.1) |
| North America | 64 (5.9) | 57 (7.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (8.7) | 1 (3.6) |
| Western Europe | 24 (2.2) | 19 (2.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.3) | 0 (0) |
| Northeast Asia | 19 (1.8) | 7 (0.9) | 7 (11.1) | 3 (3.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0) |
| Eastern Europe | 13 (1.2) | 2 (0.3) | 1 1.6) | 7 (9.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.9) | 1 (3.6) |
| North Africa | 12 (1.1) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (1.6) | 5 (6.4) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0) |
| Middle East | 12 (1.1) | 3 (0.4) | 5 (7.9) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (3.6) |
| Oceania | 4 (0.4) | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Australia/New Zealand | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) |
| Unknown | 79 (7.3) | 60 (8.0) | 2 (3.2) | 1 (1.3) | 4 (4.8) | 9 (13.0) | 2 (7.1) |
Note: CHUM = Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, NA = not available, VFR = visit friends and relatives. *Unless otherwise specified. †Includes students (n = 16), military personnel (n = 10) and medical tourists (n = 2).