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. 2015 Nov 6;65(641):e792–e798. doi: 10.3399/bjgp15X687673

Table 1.

Total number and proportion of patient demographics who reported that weekend opening would help

Weekend opening would help, n Total number, N %
Age, years
18–24 7754 10 567 73.4
25–34 18 885 24 734 76.4
35–44 24 593 31 725 77.5
45–54 33 449 42 990 77.8
55–64 26 840 34 558 77.7
65–74 10 005 13 476 74.2
75–84 3744 5570 67.2
≥85 1546 2784 55.5

Sex
Male 55 786 74 710 74.7
Female 71 047 91 753 75.9

Rural
Rural 18 633 24 026 77.4
Urban 109 523 144 381 77.6

Deprivation
Most deprived 39 517 54 137 73.0
Moderately deprived 44 043 57 476 76.6
Least deprived 44 532 56 708 78.5

Ethnicity
White 99 860 130 509 76.5
Mixed 8483 11 192 75.8
Asian 8014 10 131 79.1
Black 3485 4859 71.7
Chinese or other 6372 8984 70.9

Working status
Full-time employment 78 792 100 901 78.1
Part-time employment 17 625 22 927 76.9
Full-time education 2714 3582 75.8
Unemployed 3377 5087 66.4
Permanently sick or disabled 2722 4034 67.5
Fully retired 12 782 18 015 71.0
Looking after the house 4441 5739 77.4
Not able to take time off work 43 969 55 197 79.7