Table 1.

Descriptive statistics general practices in England, longitudinal study 2009/10–2012/13

	2009/10 (N = 5711)		2010/11 (N = 6793)		2011/12(N = 6903)		2012/13 (N = 7091)
	Median	Interquartile range	Median	Interquartile range	Median	Interquartile range	Median	Interquartile range
General practice population	6807	3650, 9153	6340	3822, 9582	6439	3925, 9717	6459	3929, 9736
Response rate GPPS	42.7	34.3, 49.1	40.9	32.9, 47.5	42.1	35.2, 48.5	39.6	32.1, 46.0
Pct. of patients 65+	34.1	28.5, 38.3	34.3	29.3, 38.4	34.6	29.9, 38.5	34.5	29.7, 38.5
Pct. of patients female	57.4	55.6, 59.1	57.5	55.9, 59.1	57.6	56.0, 59.1	57.5	55.9, 59.1
Pct. of patients UK white	91.5	74.5, 95.5	92.1	79.6, 95.6	92.6	82.6, 95.7	92.5	81.9, 95.7
Pct. of patients unemployed	3.5	2.2, 6.1	3.3	2.1, 5.6	3.2	2.0, 5.2	3.2	2.0, 5.3
Male life expectancy 2006–2010	78.1	76.3, 79.8	78.2	76.4, 79.8	78.3	76.5, 79.8	78.3	76.5, 79.8
Pct. of patients satisfied with open. Hours	82.9	78.9, 86.4	83.0	79.3, 86.5	83.3	79.5, 86.9	83.2	79.4, 86.8
Pct. of patients felt wait far too long	5.1	2.9, 8.6	5.1	2.9, 8.4	4.9	2.7, 8.1	4.9	2.8, 8.1
Pct. of patients having pref. GP	62.0	54.2, 68.7	62.6	54.6, 69.1	62.8	54.9, 69.3	62.8	54.8, 69.3
Pct. of patients saw pref. GP often	73.2	62.8, 82.5	73.5	63.1, 82.6	74.0	63.9, 83.1	73.9	63.8, 83.1
Std. self-ref. WiC attendance rate	0.1	0.0, 0.3	0.1	0.0, 0.3	0.1	0.0, 0.3	0.1	0.0, 0.3
Std. self-ref. MIU attendance rate	3.2	1.3, 23.5	3.0	1.3, 21.9	3.0	1.3, 22.3	3.0	1.3, 21.6
Std. self-ref. discharged ED attendance rate per 1000 general practice population	81.2	45.9, 116.0	85.8	56.2, 120.1	90.3	64.1, 124.9	92.3	63.0, 126.3
Combined ED, MIU & WiC attendance rate per 1000 general practice population	93.6	57.8, 130.4	99.9	69.5, 136.7	116.1	84.3, 154.6	123.5	89.9, 166
Rurality	Pct.		Pct.		Pct.		Pct.
Urban conurbation	50.2		44.7		42.9		43.0
cities and towns	35.9		40.4		40.9		41.3
rural	13.9		14.9		16.1		15.7