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Table 3 Distribution of study population according to gender, age, and exacerbation or new health problem 1

From: Daytime use of general practice and use of the Out-of-Hours Primary Care Service for patients with chronic disease: a cohort study

 

Heart disease N = 494 (100%)

Lung disease N = 210 (100%)

Diabetes N = 1,527 (100%)

Psychiatric disease N = 355(100%)

Cancer N = 1,491 (100%)

2+ diagnosed N = 673 (100%)

Remaining population N = 8,554 (100%)

Exacerbation (n (%))

n = 152 (30.8)

n = 83 (39.5)

n = 381 (25.0)

n = 131 (36.9)

n = 336 (22.5)

n = 205 (30.5)

n = 1,213 (14.2)

Gender (n (%2))

              

Men

77

(46.3)

34

(48.9)

182

(47.8)

59

(50.0)

142

(39.9)

96

(50.0)

537

(42.4)

Women

75

(53.7)

49

(51.1)

199

(52.2)

72

(50.0)

194

(60.1)

109

(50.0)

676

(57.6)

Total

152

(100.0)

83

(100.0)

 

(100.0)

131

(100.0)

336

(100.0)

205

(100.0)

1,213

(100.0)

Age groups in years (n (%2))

              

18-40

3

(6.7)

1

(0.5)

14

(6.6)

43

(27.0)

21

(11.6)

3

(0.5)

394

(44.1)

41-60

29

(20.5)

15

(26.4)

98

(29.6)

56

(44.0)

67

(24.5)

48

(26.0)

364

(29.9)

61-75

54

(36.4)

32

(39.0)

132

(34.0)

30

(28.5)

112

(34.0)

75

(28.4)

233

(13.4)

+75

66

(36.4)

35

(34.1)

137

(29.8)

2

(0.4)

136

(29.9)

79

(35.0)

222

(12.7)

Total

152

(100.0)

83

(100.0)

381

(100.0)

131

(100.0)

336

(100.0)

205

(100.0)

1,213

(100.0)

New health problem (n (%))

n = 342 (69.2)

n = 127 (60.5)

n = 1,146 (75.0)

n = 224 (63.1)

n = 1,155 (77.5)

n = 468 (69.5)

n = 7,341 (82.6)

Gender (n (%2))

              

Men

202

(44.1)

60

(47.5)

588

(50.1)

93

(40.7)

436

(31.9)

222

(43.7)

3,317

(43.0)

Women

140

(55.9)

67

(51.5)

558

(49.9)

131

(59.3)

719

(68.1)

246

(56.3)

4,024

(57.0)

Total

342

(100.0)

127

(100.0)

1,146

(100.0)

224

(100.0)

1,155

(100.0)

468

(100.0)

7,341

(100.0)

Age groups in years (n (%2))

              

18-40

6

(4.0)

4

(4.2)

117

(17.2)

83

(43.8)

114

(18.5)

21

(0.9)

3,683

(57.6)

41-60

55

(22.1)

20

(17.8)

262

(28.7)

93

(40.1)

214

(24.1)

80

(26.1)

1,851

(25.1)

61-75

105

(31.2)

46

(40.9)

351

(28.9)

35

(14.0)

335

(28.1)

157

(32.1)

851

(8.0)

+75

176

(42.7)

57

(37.0)

416

(25.2)

13

(2.1)

462

(29.3)

210

(32.5)

956

(9.3)

Total

342

(100.0)

127

(100.0)

1,146

(100.0)

224

(100.0)

1,155

(100.0)

 

(100.0)

7,341

(100.0)

  1. 1Patients with more than one of the five chronic diseases were included in the numerator for each specific disease.
  2. 2Distribution-related weighted percentage for contacts.