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.