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Table 2 Activity rate for Facebook followers of national health authorities

From: Social media in public health: an analysis of national health authorities and leading causes of death in Spanish-speaking Latin American and Caribbean countries

Country

N° of publications

Population with Internet access

Users who follow national health authority

Activity rate (“Like,” “Comment,” “Share”)

  

Absolute value

Percentage

Absolute value

Percentage of people with Internet access

Absolute value

Percentage

Costa Rica

17

2,350,733

49.41

70,355

2.99

2,065

0.02

Panama

112

1,737,297

44.92

24,858

1.43

2,494

0.10

Dominican Rep.

370

5,159,267

49.58

11,477

0.22

5,053

0.44

Ecuador

240

6,838,254

43.00

72,975

1.06

34,828

0.47

El Salvador

305

1,813,989

29.70

11,481

0.63

9,964

0.86

Argentina

326

27,808,077

64.70

221,511

0.79

287,722

1.29

Guatemala

292

3,747,626

23.40

6,016

0.16

8,243

1.37

Uruguay

78

2,101,635

61.46

2,822

0.13

4,554

1.61

Bolivia

956

4,121,248

39.02

7,400

0.17

12

1.62

Colombia

296

25,123,935

52.57

36,257

0.14

62,002

1.71

Chile

1,411

12,851,275

72.35

71,073

0.55

148,269

2.08

Paraguay

1,869

2,817,583

43.00

22,823

0.81

51,275

2.24

Mexico

1,229

55,658,771

44.39

158,021

0.28

432,394

2.73

Peru

2,375

12,451,205

40.20

137,313

1.10

431,425

3.14

Honduras

505

1,519,089

19.08

1,960

0.13

10,477

5.34

Mean values

692

    

100,000

1.66