Table 3
Weighted distribution of respondents who used a handheld laser or were exposed to its emitted laser beam over the past 12 months and who experienced discomfort or injury involving a laser product, household population aged 12 and older, Canada excluding the territories, 2019

Table 3
Weighted distribution of respondents who used a handheld laser or were exposed to its emitted laser beam over the past 12 months and who experienced discomfort or injury involving a laser product, household population aged 12 and older, Canada excluding the territories, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Weighted distribution of respondents who used a handheld laser or were exposed to its emitted laser beam over the past 12 months and who experienced discomfort or injury involving a laser product. The information is grouped by Factor (appearing as row headers), % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Factor	%	95% confidence interval
		95% confidence interval
		from	to
Discomfort or injury to eyes or skin involving handheld laser
Yes	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.2	1.2
No	99.3	98.8	99.8
Laser light intentionally directed at respondent's eyes or skin
Yes	27.9	23.8	31.9
No	71.6	67.6	75.7
Acquistion of handheld laser
Retail store in Canada	40.5	36.2	44.7
Retail store outside of Canada	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Online	3.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.6	5.0
Bought somewhere else	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Did not buy	56.3	52.1	60.5
... not applicable ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Notes: Coefficient of variation is from 16.6% to 33.3% when used with the symbol ^E. Coefficient of variation is greater than 33.3% when used with the symbol F. Source: Statistics Canada, 2019 Canadian Community Health Survey.

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