Table 1 Patient and practice characteristics for the respondents (n = 1823) in the four age groups
Patients 0–30 years (n = 283) | Patients 30–51 years (n = 633) | Patients 51–75 years (n = 700) | Patients 75 years and older (n = 207) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean age | 21.4 | SD = 6.3 | 40.8 | SD = 5.9 | 60.8 | SD = 6.5 | 80.74 | SD = 4.4 |
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Education | ||||||||
- unknown | 14 | 5.0 | 17 | 2.7 | 47 | 6.7 | 21 | 10.1 |
- low | 84 | 29.7 | 152 | 24.1 | 300 | 42.9 | 128 | 61.8 |
- medium | 128 | 45.2 | 259 | 46.6 | 256 | 36.6 | 47 | 22.7 |
- high | 57 | 20.1 | 169 | 26.7 | 97 | 13.9 | 11 | 5.3 |
Gender | ||||||||
- unknown | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
- male | 182 | 64.3 | 223 | 35.2 | 319 | 45.6 | 70 | 33.8 |
- female | 99 | 34.9 | 410 | 64.8 | 380 | 54.3 | 137 | 66.2 |
Perceived health | ||||||||
- unknown | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.9 | 13 | 1.9 | 2 | 1.0 |
- bad | 2 | 0.7 | 13 | 2.1 | 22 | 3.1 | 8 | 3.9 |
- reasonable | 27 | 9.5 | 94 | 14.8 | 176 | 25.1 | 85 | 41.1 |
- good | 156 | 55.1 | 377 | 59.6 | 409 | 58.4 | 100 | 48.3 |
- very good | 66 | 23.3 | 106 | 16.7 | 57 | 8.1 | 10 | 4.8 |
- excellent | 32 | 11.3 | 37 | 5.8 | 23 | 3.3 | 2 | 0.1 |
GP contact rate | ||||||||
- unknown | 8 | 2.8 | 27 | 4.3 | 52 | 7.4 | 15 | 7.2 |
- 0 | 55 | 19.4 | 68 | 10.7 | 82 | 11.7 | 11 | 5.3 |
- 1 | 51 | 18.0 | 94 | 14.8 | 82 | 11.7 | 9 | 4.3 |
- 2-4 | 108 | 38.2 | 254 | 40.1 | 243 | 34.7 | 55 | 26.6 |
- 5-9 | 51 | 18.1 | 144 | 22.7 | 166 | 23.7 | 81 | 39.1 |
- 10 or more | 10 | 3.5 | 146 | 7.3 | 75 | 10.7 | 36 | 17.4 |
Urbanisation practice location | ||||||||
- unknown | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.7 | 23 | 3.3 | 7 | 3.4 |
- rural | 152 | 53.7 | 341 | 53.9 | 301 | 43.0 | 80 | 38.6 |
- urban | 131 | 46.3 | 281 | 44.4 | 376 | 53.7 | 120 | 58.0 |