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. 2024 Nov 29;14(11):e085332. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085332

Table 1. Frequency of international travel events across demographic and geographical groups, during the period of the traffic light system (17 May 2021 to 26 September 2021) in Scotland.

Factor Level Mean weekly travel events per 10 000 population Kruskal-Wallis test, p value* Mean weekly cases among travellers per 10 000 population Kruskal-Wallis test, p value*
Age group 0–19y 5.98 p<0.001 0.25 p<0.001
20–39y 26.31 0.40
40–59y 21.69 0.29
60–79y 12.36 0.12
80y+ 1.73 0.05
Sex Male 17.29 p=0.569 0.28 p=0.343
Female 16.13 0.24
NHS Board Greater Glasgow and Clyde 18.42 p<0.001 0.34 p=0.025
Lothian 26.86 0.37
Lanarkshire 11.93 0.27
Grampian 20.09 0.24
Tayside 14.11 0.23
Fife 14.61 0.22
Ayrshire and Arran 9.92 0.22
Highland 10.21 0.13
Forth Valley 14.25 0.26
Dumfries and Galloway 5.66 0.12
Borders 9.50 0.20
Western Isles 5.82 0.38
Shetland 6.33 0.00
Orkney 5.22 0.45
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 1 (most deprived) 10.02 p=0.007 0.22 p=0.310
2 12.65 0.24
3 15.49 0.21
4 18.04 0.27
5 (least deprived) 25.95 0.35
Month May (17 May–6 June 2021) 4.40 p=0.002 0.04 p=0.003
June (7 June–4 July 2021) 7.27 0.09
July (5 July–1 August 2021) 14.09 0.26
August (2 August–5 September 2021) 24.56 0.43
September (6–26 September 2021) 31.95 0.43
*

Test of difference in mean weekly travel events per 10 000 population.

NHS Boards are ranked by population size from high-to-low.