Table 3. Patient and general practitioner (GP) sociodemographic characteristics non-emergency and emergency presentations with associated emergency presentation (EP) subroutes.
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| Characteristics | Non-emergency presentation, N (%) | Emergency presentation, N (%) | No prior primary care contact before EP, N (%) | EP occurred within an appropriate episode of care, N (%) | EP occurred while waiting for a relevant secondary care appointment, N (%) | EP occurred following a missed opportunity for earlier diagnosis, N (%) |
| Age | N=1437 | N=365 | N=94 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| <40 | 38 (2.6) | 3 (<1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0) |
| 40–49 | 113 (7.9) | 12 (3.3) | 3 (3.2) | 3 (2.6) | 3 (3.8) | 2 (4.0) |
| 50–59 | 203 (14.1) | 45 (12.3) | 12 (12.8) | 13 (11.3) | 9 (11.5) | 4 (8.0) |
| 60–69 | 384 (26.7) | 88 (24.1) | 23 (24.5) | 32 (27.8) | 16 (20.5) | 12 (24.0) |
| 70–80 | 456 (31.7) | 126 (34.5) | 31 (33.0) | 35 (30.4) | 28 (35.9) | 25 (50.0) |
| >80 | 243 (16.9) | 91 (24.9) | 24 (26.6) | 31 (27.0) | 20 (25.6) | 7 (14.0) |
| Gender | N=1437 | N=365 | N=94 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| Male | 728 (50.7) | 193 (52.9) | 61 (64.9) | 64 (55.7) | 37 (47.4) | 15 (30.0) |
| Female | 709 (49.3) | 172 (47.1) | 33 (35.1) | 51 (44.3) | 41 (52.6) | 35 (70.0) |
| Deprivation | N=1437 | N=365 | N=94 | N= 115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| 1 Most deprived | 100 (7.0) | 34 (9.3) | 9 (9.6) | 9 (7.8) | 11 (14.1) | 3 (6.0) |
| 2 | 178 (12.4) | 60 (16.4) | 21 (22.3) | 14 (12.2) | 14 (17.9) | 5 (10.0) |
| 3 | 275 (19.1) | 78 (21.4) | 21 (22.3) | 25 (21.7) | 7 (9.0) | 15 (30.0) |
| 4 | 399 (27.8) | 99 (27.1) | 22 (23.4) | 29 (25.2) | 25 (32.1) | 17 (34.0) |
| 5 Least deprived | 485 (33.8) | 94 (25.8) | 21 (22.3) | 38 (33.0) | 21 (26.9) | 10 (20.0) |
| Rurality sixfold | N=1437 | N=365 | N=94 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| 1 Large urban | 595 (41.4) | 154 (42.2) | 44 (46.8) | 41 (35.7) | 41 (52.6) | 16 (32.0) |
| 2 | 204 (14.2) | 63 (17.3) | 12 (12.8) | 22 (19.1) | 12 (15.4) | 13 (26.0) |
| 3 | 115 (8.0) | 32 (8.7) | 6 (6.4) | 15 (13.0) | 4 (5.1) | 6 (12.0) |
| 4 | 200 (13.9) | 38 (10.4) | 13 (13.8) | 12 (10.4) | 4 (5.1) | 7 (14.0) |
| 5 | 161 (11.2) | 39 (10.7) | 7 (7.4) | 11 (9.6) | 15 (19.2) | 3 (6.0) |
| 6 Remote rural | 162 (11.3) | 39 (10.7) | 12 (12.8) | 14 (12.2) | 2 (2.6) | 5 (10.0) |
| Smoking status | N=1428 | N=363 | N=94 | N=113 | N=78 | N=50 |
| Current smoker | 351 (24.6) | 128 (35.3) | 31 (33.0) | 38 (33.6) | 30 (38.5) | 18 (36.0) |
| Ex-smoker | 557 (39.0) | 144 (39.7) | 42 (44.7) | 49 (43.4) | 23 (29.5) | 23 (46.0) |
| Never smoked | 520 (36.4) | 91 (25.1) | 21 (22.3) | 26 (23.0) | 25 (32.1) | 9 (18.0) |
| Ethnicity | N=617 | N=149 | N=33 | N=49 | N=41 | N=19 |
| White | 583 (94.5) | 133 (89.3) | 29 (87.9) | 43 (87.8) | 37 (90.2) | 17 (89.5) |
| Other ethnic background | 34 (5.5) | 16 (10.7) | 4 (12.1) | 6 (12.2) | 4 (9.8) | 2 (10.5) |
| GP list size | N=1437 | N=365 | N=101 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| Small | 172 (12.0) | 39 (10.7) | 16 (15.8) | 14 (12.2) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (6.0) |
| Medium | 468 (32.5) | 132 (36.2) | 44 (43.6) | 28 (24.3) | 31 (39.7) | 20 (40,0) |
| Large | 797 (55.5) | 194 (53.1) | 41 (40.6) | 73 (63.5) | 44 (56.4) | 27 (54.0) |
| GP male : female ratio | N=1437 | N=365 | N=101 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| Equal | 237 (16.5) | 60 (16.4) | 17 (16.8) | 25 (21.7) | 8 (10.3) | 8 (16.0) |
| Male preponderance | 285 (19.8) | 57 (15.6) | 14 (13.9) | 24 (20.9) | 10 (12.8) | 8 (16.0) |
| Female preponderance | 915 (63.7) | 248 (67.9) | 70 (69.3) | 66 (57.4) | 60 (76.9) | 34 (68.0) |
| GP deprivation | N=1437 | N=365 | N=101 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| 1 Most deprived | 95 (6.6) | 31 (8.5) | 6 (5.9) | 14 (2.2) | 7 (9.0) | 3 (6.0) |
| 2 | 68 (4.7) | 22 (6.0) | 8 (7.9) | 4 (3.5) | 5 (6.4) | 5 (10.0) |
| 3 | 586 (40.8) | 131 (35.9) | 45 (44.6) | 35 (30.4) | 27 (34.6) | 18 (36.0) |
| 4 | 347 (24.0) | 84 (23.0) | 19 (18.8) | 32 (27.8) | 15 (19.2) | 13 (26.0) |
| 5 Least deprived | 341 (23.7) | 97 (26.6) | 23 (22.8) | 30 (26.1) | 24 (30.8) | 11 (22.0) |
| GP rurality two-fold | N=1437 | N=365 | N=101 | N=115 | N=78 | N=50 |
| 1 Urban | 959 (66.7) | 254 (70.0) | 68 (67.3) | 74 (64.3) | 65 (83.3) | 32 (64.0) |
| 2 Rural | 478 (33.3) | 111 (30.1) | 33 (32.7) | 41 (35.7) | 13 (16.7) | 18 (36.0) |