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Table 4
Proportion of sales of selected merchandise group sales by trade group sectors,1 Canada, 1998 and 2005
Proportion of sales of selected merchandise group sales by trade group sectors,1 Canada, 1998 and 2005
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| Commodity groups | Pharmacies and personal care stores |
Food stores and general merchandise stores |
All other trade groups combined |
Total, all trade groups |
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| 1998 | 2005 | 1998 to 2005 | 1998 | 2005 | 1998 to 2005 | 1998 | 2005 | 1998 to 2005 | 1998 | 2005 | 1998 to 2005 | |
| % | change | % | change | % | change | % | change | |||||
| Health and personal care products | 79.7 | 85.1 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
| Drugs2 | 58.4 | 64.2 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
| Personal care, products3 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Eyewear4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Tobacco products and supplies | 2.1 | 0.9 | -1.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| All other goods and services | 18.2 | 14.0 | -4.2 | 89.4 | 86.3 | -3.1 | 98.4 | 98.5 | 0.1 | 89.9 | 88.8 | -1.1 |
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1. In Quebec only, sales from pharmacies located in food and general merchandise stores are reported in the phamacies trade group. |
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