Table 2.

West Midlands Primary Care Trust characteristics related to general practice

PCT characteristic	Mean (SD)	Range
Percentage of male GPs	65.7% (5.9%)	54.2–75.4%
Percentage of single-handed practices	26.0% (17.2%)	0–58.8%
Percentage of GPs over 55 years of age*	22.8% (median 22.2%)	8–50%
Average list size	1699 (177)	1349–2035
Total QOF points	1013 (22)	972–1044
Proportion of population over 65 years of age*	16.3% (median 16.8%)	9.8–19.9%
Index of multiple deprivation score*	24 (median 19.7)	10.8–52.2

^*Non-parametric data (median reported instead of SD).