Table 1.
Annual contact rates per person with general practitioners and practice nurses in elderly patients by age and social class
| Social class | No of people | Age group (years)
|
All elderly people | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65-74 | 75-84 | ⩾85 | |||||
| I (professional) | 2 913 | 3.93 | 5.14 | 6.52 | 4.41 | ||
| II (managerial) | 11 811 | 4.53 | 5.58 | 5.84 | 4.96 | ||
| IIIN (skilled non-manual) | 8 927 | 4.53 | 5.28 | 5.34 | 4.87 | ||
| IIIM (skilled manual) | 16 015 | 4.71 | 5.34 | 5.73 | 4.96 | ||
| IV (semiskilled) | 10 128 | 4.83 | 5.40 | 5.24 | 5.05 | ||
| V (unskilled) | 4 738 | 4.82 | 5.14 | 5.55 | 5.02 | ||
| Other | 6 800 | 4.46 | 5.07 | 5.38 | 4.96 | ||
| Unknown | 10 652 | 2.01 | 3.17 | 3.38 | 2.63 | ||
| All groups | 71 984 | 4.32 | 5.04 | 5.09 | 4.64 | ||