Table 1.

Sample characteristics for the three population groups

	People with no ACSCs	People with ACSCs but no hospitalisations	People with hospitalisations for ACSCs	Total population
N	229 631	65 179	5190	300 000
Age (average)	41	58	63	45
Gender
Female (%)	50	53	50	51
Male (%)	50	47	50	49
No of diagnosed ACSCs (average)	0	1.47	2.60	0.36
No of hospitalisations for ACSCs over 4.5 years (average)	0	0	1.44	0.02

ACSC, ambulatory care sensitive condition.