Table II.

Use of various laboratory tests according to doctors’ sex and age: Numbers per 1000 out-of-hours contacts (n = 928 169 by male doctors and n = 268 861 by female doctors).

	Basic fee		CRP		Strep A test		U-HCG		Glucose		ECG
Age group	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
< 31	330	350	300	330	30	45	9	9	24	22	50	46
31–39	310	330	270	300	40	40	7	11	18	24	45	43
40–49	320	300	270	250	46	45	6	6	21	15	38	35
> 49	264	269	235	232	40	48	4	6	13	16	34	30
Total	310	320	270	290	40	44	6	9	20	20	42	41