Table 1.

Characteristics of GPs and patients in the observed consultations 1975-2008

	1975	1977-1979	1978-1980	1982-1984	1989	1995-1996	2000-2001	2007-2008
Patients	n = 214	n = 345	n = 363	n = 1699	n = 250	n = 442	n = 2082	n = 808
Age mean (SD)	41 (15)	39 (15)	44 (18)	40 (17)	36 (20)	41 (22)	43 (22)	43 (23)
Gender (%)	30% m 70% f	30% m 70% f	42% m 58% f	38% m 62% f	39% m 61% f	38% m 62% f	40% m 60% f	41% m 59% f
GPs	n = 10	n = 9	n = 10	n = 30	n = 17	n = 32	n = 155	n = 40
Gender (%)	100% m	100% m	100% m	97% m 3% f	76% m 24% f	48% m 52% f	77% m 23% f	65% m 35% f